ABA's ecosystem strategy to tackle fraud

ABA's ecosystem strategy to tackle fraud

From ABA Banking Journal Podcast by American Bankers Association

April 22, 2026 · 11 min · Season 8 · Episode 20

About this episode

The episode discusses ABA's ecosystem strategy to combat fraud in banking.

On the latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast — a crossover episode with the ABA Fraudcast — ABA's Rob Nichols and Paul Benda provide several updates on ABA's work to reduce the incidence and cost of fraud for bank customers. Among other topics, they highlight: Their recent participation in the United Nations and Interpol Global Fraud Summit . "O ne of the key messages that I heard loud and clear is the need for there to be a whole ecosystem approach," said Nichols. "It can't just be banks protecting their customers and their clients. . . . We have to get these other industrial sectors to really step up and do their fair share." The growing co-sponsorship of the bipartisan SCAM Act , which targets the source of many scams afflicting Americans. ABA's collaboration with the International Banking Federation to bring the best global anti-fraud practices home to the United States. The growth of state-level legislative activity , and state bankers association leadership, on fraud issues.

People in this episode

Guests: Rob Nichols, Paul Benda

Topics covered

  • fraud prevention
  • banking
  • collaboration
  • legislation
  • global practices

Keywords

  • fraud
  • banking
  • ecosystem
  • SCAM Act
  • legislation
  • collaboration
  • global practices

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ABA, United Nations, Interpol, International Banking Federation, SCAM Act

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