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GIACT (a Refinitiv company) released an addition to its annual identity theft report, developed by Aite-Novarica, on consumer scams in 2021.

According to the report, one-in-three (34%) U.S. consumers were targeted by scams in 2021. Scammers used email, phone calls, text message and social media, along with a variety of scam tactics and payment channels, to socially engineer victims out of their money and / or sensitive information.

Announced today, GIACT (a Refinitiv company) released its annual report, developed by Aite-Novarica, on identity theft in 2021.  According to the report, 25% of U.S. consumers were impacted by identity theft in 2021. The report’s findings follow record high rates of identity theft in 2020 and explosive growth in scam activity in 2021.

In the last two months of 2020, two-thirds of home buyers placed bids on properties without ever seeing the home in person. To operate in 2022, mortgage lenders increasingly rely on their online platforms to facilitate home buying and refinancing. While digital identity verification is critical to any online loan application, many mortgage lenders are considering how best to balance customer experience and risk.

In the last two months of 2020, two-thirds of home buyers placed bids on properties without ever seeing the home in person. To operate in 2022, mortgage lenders increasingly rely on their online platforms to facilitate home buying and refinancing. While digital identity verification is critical to any online loan application, many mortgage lenders are considering how best to balance customer experience and risk.

In the last two months of 2020, two-thirds of home buyers placed bids on properties without ever seeing the home in person. To operate in 2022, mortgage lenders increasingly rely on their online platforms to facilitate home buying and refinancing. While digital identity verification is critical to any online loan application, many mortgage lenders are considering how best to balance customer experience and risk.

GIACT’s new report, U.S. Identity Theft: The Stark Reality, developed by Aite Group and underwritten by GIACT, uncovers the striking pervasiveness of identity fraud perpetrated against U.S. consumers, tracking pandemic-related shifts in banking behaviors.

GIACT’s new report, Understanding Account Takeover 2021, discusses the impact of account takeover (ATO) on more than one third (38%) of U.S. consumers.