Biennial Report: Measuring the Impact of Employee Fraud within Financial Services
An independent study initiated by Actimize, Inc
November 2009
In today's strained economic climate, employee fraud is becoming a growing challenge for financial institutions. Insider fraud schemes are becoming more sophisticated and complex and, as a result organizations are finding that they lack the tools and capabilities to identify these threats. Many firms are actively reevaluating their ability to manage the risk of employee fraud and are wondering how their plans and efforts to address the issue stack up against their peers in the industry.
The results of Actimize's 2009 Employee Fraud study reveal what factors are impacting employee fraud, what tactics and attacks are on the rise, and what banks and brokerages across the globe are doing to improve detection and prevent losses. Download this report to learn more about:
- Leading factors contributing to the increase in employee fraud & sabotage
- What organizational roles present the greatest risk
- Greatest challenges financial institutions face in managing the problem
- Top 3 strategies used to uncover insider threats
| Effect of slowing economy on the employee fraud problem |
Leading contributors to employee fraud
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Research Study Background
This study, sponsored by Actimize was conducted by Infosurv, an independent research firm during 2009. The findings included detailed responses from individuals at financial institutions around the world, but largely across North America and Europe.
About Actimize
Actimize, a NICE Systems company (NASDAQ: NICE) is the world's largest and broadest financial crime, risk and compliance solutions provider. Actimize empowers its clients to prevent financial crime, mitigate risk, reduce operational costs, minimize losses and improve compliance. Actimize provides real-time and cross-channel fraud prevention, anti-money laundering, enterprise investigations, risk management and trading surveillance solutions; built upon the Actimize Core Platform which has been enhanced by the company's acquisitions of Syfact and Fortent (Searchspace) analytics and technology. With offices across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, Actimize serves the majority of the world's largest financial institutions including all of the top ten global banks. www.actimize.com