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Fraud is out of control. Synthetic identities, AI-generated bank statements, account takeovers, ransomware. The threats credit unions face today look nothing like they did five years ago, and most institutions are still catching up. This hub is where we track the schemes, the tools for fighting back, the regulatory pressure and the real conversations happening inside credit unions trying to stay ahead of the bad guys. You’ll find articles, podcast interviews and straight talk from practitioners, covering:
Fraud is different at a credit union: When trust breaks, it’s personal because your members own your institution. Let’s work together to fight this scourge!
Fraud prevention that doesn’t annoy your members is no longer a nice-to-have, and the 2025 numbers from Alkami and BioCatch show why. Alkami Technology, Inc. has announced that customers using BioCatch through the Alkami Digital Banking Platform prevented more than $263 million in fraud during 2025. BioCatch supplied the data.
“The future of the credit union movement is being shaped by the choices we make now.” That was Anthony Hernandez, DCUC President/CEO and retired U.S. Air Force colonel, explaining why the Defense Credit Union Council (DCUC) and co-host Scott Credit Union gathered Midwest leaders at The Westin St. Louis, October
Let’s face it: when you picture a financial fraudster, Hollywood loves to feed us images of shadowy criminal masterminds hacking mainframe systems in hoodies. But the reality? It’s often much closer to home—and far more human. In a recent episode of The Credit Union Connection podcast host Sarah Snell Cooke
*Allegedly As you all have heard by now, Jackson Area Federal Credit Union’s own CEO allegedly stole somewhere between $69 million and $95 million over more than a decade, and nobody caught it until the credit union was already insolvent. The NCUA liquidated it tonight. If you’re into true crime
LaCorp Ask any credit union risk officer what keeps them up at night, and payment fraud will be near the top of the list. Checks. Cards. ACH. Mobile payments. Every channel that your members use to move money has become a target, and the schemes hitting credit unions today look
Patrick Whelan, VP of Sales at Fortuna Cysec Ransomware is no longer simply a criminal business model built around encrypting systems and demanding payment for a decryption key. Today’s threat actors have evolved their tactics and are increasingly stealing sensitive data before deploying ransomware, using data theft, public exposure, and
