AI-Powered Fraud Found The Seam Between Cybersecurity & Payments Risk

AI-Powered Fraud Found The Seam Between Cybersecurity & Payments Risk

AI-Powered Fraud Found The Seam Between Cybersecurity & Payments Risk

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2026/04/22/ai-powered-fraud-found-the-seam-between-cybersecurity–payments-risk/

Publish Date: 2026-04-22 21:00:00

Source Domain: www.forbes.com

  • Structural fragmentation: Payment processors and financial institutions’ cybersecurity and fraud teams operate in isolated departments with different budgets and monitoring systems, leading to fragmented defenses.

  • High global fraud losses: In 2024, global card fraud reached $33.41 billion with the US bearing nearly 42% of these losses despite processing only 26% of the volume of transactions.

  • Cybercrime on the rise: There was a 33% year-over-year increase in cybercrime losses, with a significant surge in vulnerability exploitation noted in the Verizon 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report.

  • AI exploits fragmentation: Hackers leverage artificial intelligence to exploit the siloed defenses, executing multi-step attacks that go undetected as defenders operate in isolated departments.

  • Unified risk architecture needed: Success in combating fraud requires treating security, fraud, risk, and cyber operations as interconnected elements that work together in real time to prevent and respond to threats effectively.