New fraud prevention laws: What the September 2025 ‘failure to prevent’ offence means for firms
When the UK’s Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) was signed into law, it m...
How to strengthen your fraud controls before the September 2025 legislation takes effect
From September 2025, a new legal duty will fall on organisations across the UK, the obligation to pr...
Verification of Payee (VOP): EU rollout timelines for corporate finance teams
October 2025 marks a critical deadline for European payments. All banks across the SEPA zone must im...
The Verification of Payee Rulebook: What You Need to Know
The digitalisation of payments has revolutionised the way businesses and consumers transfer funds. H...
Smart Card vs. HSM – Which is best for your business?
38.8 billion payments were sent in the UK during 2017. Of these, 4.2 billion were UK business paymen...
Fighting back against fraud: How to protect your profits from Authorised Push Payment (APP) schemes and fraudsters
APP fraud is fast becoming one of the biggest threats to UK businesses. In 2023, it was responsible ...
APP Fraud: The Mandatory Reimbursement Scheme Explained
What is APP Fraud Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud occurs when individuals or businesses are pers...
AccessPay improves fraud prevention processes with Account Name Verification API Service
New API-based service will integrate anti-fraud and error checks into existing back-office systems T...
Unintended consequences: How the mandatory repayment rules could kill competition in the payments market
The planned introduction of the mandatory reimbursement scheme for Authorised Push Payment (APP) fra...
Reducing Fraud & Error within Banking Processes
Fraud and error represent two of the biggest threats to an organisation’s financial security – a...
Payment Screening: Detecting & preventing suspicious transactions
From micro-transactions to multi-million-pound sales, payments make the business world go round. But...
