Banks step up war on e-fraud
Barclays and the Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBoS) are to use artificial intelligence technology as part of an industry-wide crackdown on financial fraud and terrorist funding. The banks, along with Abbey National, HSBC, LloydsTSB and the Royal Bank of Scotland, last week announced the Know Your Customer campaign to verify the identity of their 40 million UK account holders and step up the monitoring of transactions. Full Story