TransUnion urges banks to tighten fraud loopholes

Kabelo Ramaselwana
Kabelo Ramaselwana

The country’s main credit bureau, TransUnion has called on banks and businesses to deploy robust identity verification and fraud detection tools in order to manage risks and avoid losses.

TransUnion’s quarterly analysis of global online fraud trends found that the telecommunications, e-commerce and financial services industries have been increasingly targeted by online fraud.

Kabelo Ramaselwana, chief executive officer of TransUnion Botswana said the number of suspected fraudulent digital transactions increased by five percent between January to March and March to April. Botswana did not report any cases however, as the credit bureau noted that most transactions in the banking sector were still done manually.

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