What the F Happened? Fraud and Financial Crime, Deconstructed

In this Analysis, we examine why explainability, not just accuracy, has become the new standard for AI in fraud and AML, as regulators demand clear, defensible decision-making from financial institutions.
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In this February Monthly Brief, we break down what Nacha’s latest guidance signals for fraud and compliance teams—and why proactive detection is quickly becoming the new baseline.

From evolving ACH risk expectations to the rise of coordinated fraud and AI-enabled attacks, this episode explores what’s changing across the payments ecosystem and what financial institutions should be prioritizing right now. We cover how modern fraud programs are moving upstream, shifting from reactive investigations to real-time detection, and why flexibility across data, models, and workflows matters more than ever.

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In this episode of What the F Happened? Fraud and Financial Crime, Deconstructed, we go beneath the hype to examine the real plumbing of the future financial system: stablecoins.

While Bitcoin grabs headlines, stablecoins now move over $300B globally, acting as the bridge between traditional banking and Web3. We break down what stablecoins actually are, why they’ve grown so fast, and how they’re reshaping payments, compliance, and financial crime.

In this episode of What the F Happened? Fraud and Financial Crime, Deconstructed, we unpack how a leading payments processor transformed its internal risk stack into a scalable, revenue-generating product.

Handling over 60 million transactions per month across 2,500+ clients, the organization replaced siloed legacy systems with a unified, real-time fraud and AML platform—unlocking faster threat response, lower losses, and an entirely new monetization strategy.

You’ll learn how modern risk architecture turns defense into differentiation, including: