Welcome to Part 2 of Holiday Fraud 2025 where I will discuss what to expect from the bank or credit union point of view and strategies you can implement now to be ready. If you missed part 1 where I described common holiday scams and how to warn your customers and members, check it out…
Halloween is tomorrow, so why am I writing about Holiday Fraud? For one, there is snow on the ground as I write this in Colorado which makes me think about the holidays. More importantly, if you aren’t already preparing customer and member education or rule and model updates, now is the time. What to expect…
Today’s job market is unlike any I’ve seen in 25 years. Job openings received hundreds of applications within 24 hours – no exaggeration, here is a job that was reposted 9 hours ago on LinkedIn: AI is both helping and hurting. AI is helpful to job seekers because it helps build resumes, cover letters, and…
Growing up, there was nothing worse than back to school commercials coming on when you still had a month of summer left. Back then I never imagined that my ‘nothing worse’ as an adult is scammers who use this time of year to exploit people. Same goes for disaster scams and holiday scams, but let’s…
Remember when scams were relatively easy to detect? You’d get an email from a random address, full of misspelling and poor grammar and possibly the mention of a Nigerian prince. Then in 2020, the sophistication of scams evolved faster than we ever imagined as a result of two global events: the rise of generative AI…