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05 Oct 2026
Why scam prevention has to start before the payment
Scam prevention means stopping a scam before the victim sends money. Most of what banks and credit unions do today is scam detection, which means spotting a suspicious payment once it has been started. FALKIN was founded on the view that most of the harm happens in the gap between the two.
05 Oct 2026
What is a scam checker, and why are banks and credit unions offering them?
A scam checker is a tool that lets someone check whether a link, message, phone number or website is likely to be a scam before they act on it. Some are standalone consumer tools. Increasingly, banks, building societies and credit unions offer one free to their customers and members, inside the channels those people already use. They are also called digital safety checkers.
