Australian banks announce new anti-fraud platform to help quickly freeze scam payments
by Cait Kelly from on (#6BR1P)
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Australian banks have announced a platform that will help them act quickly to freeze money being sent to scammers by allowing the reporting of bank-to-bank scam payments in close to real-time.
On Tuesday the Australian Banking Association announced the new Fraud Reporting Exchange (FRX) platform, which will facilitate the quick reporting of fraudulent payments as they are transferred to another bank. The move will boost the likelihood that funds can be frozen and returned to customers", the association said in a statement.
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