Wednesday, 21 January 2026

Your fraud team sees transactions. Your cyber team sees logs. Your financial crime team sees patterns.
Criminals? They see all three — and they’re winning.


I keep hearing CISOs, fraud directors, and AML officers talk about their “advanced detection capabilities.”
But when you look closer, these teams often operate in completely different worlds.

Here’s the harsh truth: 60% of fraud executives learn about cyber breaches after the fraud losses have already happened.
And the financial crime team? Usually the last to know that the suspicious transaction they’re investigating started with a stolen credential three days earlier.

Meanwhile, criminals are connecting the dots faster than our organisations can. Your Cyber, Fraud, and AML Teams Are Fighting Different Battles — Against the Same Enemy