This fraud briefing outlines seven emerging risks from May to July 2026, including executive impersonation, consumer scams, and AI-assisted deception. It shows how familiar-looking invoices, notices, and documents can bypass scrutiny.

Financial crime risk is the possibility that an organisation, its people or its services could be involved in, used for or harmed by criminal activity connected to money, financial services or markets. It considers both the likelihood of that activity and its consequences. Could a business be exposed even when its accounts show no fraud loss? A firm handling criminal proceeds illustrates why the answer is yes. What does Financial Crime include? Fraud is one component: it commonly involves dishonest conduct intended to secure a gain or cause a loss. Financial crime also encompasses money laundering, bribery and corruption, terrorist financing, tax evasion and criminal misconduct in financial markets. Relevant offences and regulatory obligations depend on the activity and jurisdiction. The UK's FCA definition includes fraud, handling criminal proceeds, market-related criminal conduct and terrorist financing. Money laundering concerns criminal proceeds, including activity that conceals th

Helping payment providers, insurers, pension providers and investment firms connect fraud intelligence with customer outcomes. Could a convincing insurance document, recruitment message or investment promotion expose several parts of your business at once? PORGiESOFT Intelligence Group's quarterly fraud intelligence helps financial institutions examine that question. Its May pack analyses impersonation, courier, ticket, QR code and employment scams. The August briefing extends the picture to investment and pension fraud, fake car insurance policies and AI-generated documents, highlighting three connected challenges. Deception across different products and channels A Head of Financial Crime at an e-money institution may investigate payments linked to a fake job. A Pension Transfer Specialist could encounter a customer under pressure to move retirement savings. How can teams recognise the underlying scam when each sees only one transaction? Customers risk losing income or savings, while

Fraud risk intelligence for colleges and universities, focusing on job, ticket, QR code and phishing scams that target students and campus communities, and showing how they can affect wellbeing, identity security and trust.

Fraud risk intelligence turns warnings, complaints and transaction signals into practical insight about how fraud could affect an organisation’s people, finances, services and reputation, helping it assess exposure and decide what action to take.

A regulator-focused overview of fraud intelligence that connects consumer harm across social media, phone, and payment channels. It examines scam typologies, AI-enabled deception, and the challenge of coordinating supervision across institutions.