Analysis

February 8, 2022

Neobanks' biggest challenge isn't growth. It's fraud

PayPal admitted it had found 4.5m “illegitimate” accounts last week. That raises questions of how smaller fintechs are tackling the compliance battle, as fraudsters get smarter.


It’s not sexy, but it’s the single biggest issue in financial services — the F word, fraud.

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