Digital Tells A BioCatch Podcast
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -BioCatch presents a podcast on cybercrime and financial fraud, and how Behavioral Biometrics identifies the tells that tip the hands of cybercriminals – and flip the tables on fraudsters. We explore the origins of behavioral biometrics, and applying innovative tech to account take overs, new-account fraud, and scams and mule activity.
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New Account Fraud with Javelin’s Suzanne Sando
August 31, 2022 00:00 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MBIn Episode 8 of Digital Tells we speak with Suzanne Sando, Senior Fraud and Cybersecurity Analyst at Javelin Strategy and Research. BioCatch recently published a report written on our behalf by analysts at Javelin Strategy and Research titled New Account Fraud A Threat Down Every Avenue. In this discussion, Suzanne discusses many aspects of new account fraud, including identity theft and synthetic identities, stimulus fraud, the rise of Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL), money laundering and anti-mo...
Vulnerable Customers and the Evolving Responsibilities of Financial Institutions
August 26, 2022 14:00 - 17 minutes - 23.7 MBIn Episode 7 of Digital Tells we speak with Iain Swaine, Director of Global Advisory for BioCatch in the EMEA region. Iain reviews four different drivers of vulnerability as defined by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK, how different regions’ authorities are approaching financial institutions’ responsibilities when it comes to vulnerable customers, the challenges that faster payments present, particularly when dealing with scams perpetrated on vulnerable customers, and how institutio...
Market Opportunities for Behavioral Biometrics
November 08, 2021 21:21 - 21 minutes - 49.1 MBThe sixth episode of Digital Tells: A BioCatch Podcast examines the market for behavioral biometrics. What are the top challenges in preventing fraud in digital channels, and what technologies are on the radars of fraud practitioners? How do organizations like BioCatch partner and innovate with financial institutions to identify and isolate the Digital Tells that can help detect fraud? And how may behavioral biometrics evolve in the metaverse? Digital Tells’ host Peter Beardmore opens with ...
Are You a Mule?
October 26, 2021 16:35 - 18 minutes - 42.8 MBThe Fourth episode of Digital Tells: A BioCatch Podcast dives into the phenomenon of online money mules. What is a mule? How does one become a mule? Why do or why should financial institutions care about mule activity? And what can be done to detect mules? We open with commentary from Julie Conroy, Head of Risk Insights and Advisory at Aite-Novarica Group. Julie discusses the role of money mules inside criminal organizations and introduces some different mule back-stories. Digital Tells’ ho...
Falling Victim to Scams
October 19, 2021 02:33 - 18 minutes - 42.9 MBThe fourth episode of Digital Tells: A BioCatch Podcast focuses on scams and social engineering. Why is there so much scam activity these days? Why are these scams so successful? And what, if anything, can financial institutions do to help protect themselves and their customer? We open with a first-hand story of a brilliant social engineering, told by Coby Montoya. Tim Dalgleish discusses some of the Digital Tells that may indicate scam activity. And Ayelet Biger-Levin explains the layers o...
Detecting Account Opening Fraud
October 12, 2021 12:30 - 22 minutes - 52.5 MBThe third episode of Digital Tells: A BioCatch Podcast tackles the global epidemic of identity theft, and the resulting fraudulent accounts that ruin personal credit ratings, perpetuate mule activity and money laundering, and drain institutions of $Billions annually. Tom O’Malley joins us again to discuss why most account opening fraud occurs online. Raj Dasgupta from BioCatch, discusses the peculiar online behaviors exhibited by cybercriminals, versus those of genuine account applicants; Th...
Facing Account Take Over Fraud
October 04, 2021 20:33 - 19 minutes - 45.4 MBThe second episode of Digital Tells: A BioCatch Podcast looks at how sophisticated cybercrime networks perpetrate mass account take over fraud. Former U.S. federal prosecutor and consumer identity expert Tom O’Malley shares an overview of the GozNym cybercrime network, from which three members were prosecuted in 2019. We also talk with Jonathan Barnes, a retired attorney who discovered while on vacation that his personal bank account was being drained by cybercriminals. Finally we speak with...
Discovering Behavioral Biometrics
October 04, 2021 20:30 - 21 minutes - 48.6 MBThe inaugural episode of Digital Tells: A BioCatch Podcast explores the origins of behavioral biometrics with BioCatch founder Uri Rivner and Chairman and CEO Howard Edelstein. The episode begins with host Peter Beardmore’s visits with his elderly mother and aunt, both having recently been targeted by scammers. Their stories illustrate the prevalence of cybercrime and scams throughout society, and the need for innovative solutions to help protect consumers and financial institutions alike. ...
Digital Tells | Episode 1
September 29, 2021 18:17 - 21 minutes - 48.6 MBDigital Tells is a podcast from BioCatch. Episode 1 reveals first-hand experiences of scam activity, told by show-host Peter Beardmore’s elderly mother and aunt. We’ll discuss the origins of behavioral biometrics, as explained by BioCatch founder Uri Rivner and CEO Howard Edelstein.
Digital Tells Trailer
September 29, 2021 06:17 - 21 minutes - 48.6 MBDigital Tells is a podcast from BioCatch. Episode 1 reveals first-hand experiences of scam activity, told by show-host Peter Beardmore’s elderly mother and aunt. We’ll discuss the origins of behavioral biometrics, as explained by BioCatch founder Uri Rivner and CEO Howard Edelstein.