Revolut has launched an advanced scam detection feature to help protect customers from card scams. It means that Revolut customers can now experience an added layer of security protection. The latest feature complements technology already in place to detect APP (Authorised Push Payment) scams. This is where criminals trick the user to get them to transfer money to another account.
Revolut’s new AI-scam feature uses sophisticated machine learning to detect if a customer is being scammed. As a result, it breaks the ‘spell’ of the scammer before they send their money to the criminal.
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New feature built in-house by Revolut financial crime team
It determines if there is a high likelihood the customer is making a card payment as part of a scam. If so, it will decline the payment. The customer is then protected from performing other similar payments and sent through a scam intervention flow in-app.
During this phase the customer needs to provide additional information about the transaction they were attempting. The goal is to check whether the customer is being guided by someone and is under the scammer’s ‘spell’. They are then also shown specific scam educational stories to prompt customers to think in-depth before they make the payment. Revolut can also redirect the customer into a chat with a Revolut fraud specialist. They will then ask them further questions in order to determine if they are being scammed.
New security feature cuts fraud losses by 30%
Since the launch of the card scam detection feature, Revolut has observed a 30% reduction in the fraud losses resulting from card scams where money has been sent for investment opportunities.
David Eborne, Head of Fraud at Revolut, said: “We’re very excited to be launching our new AI-scam feature. It implements advanced technology to interrupt fraudsters taking advantage of everyday people. We’ve invested heavily in the product to ensure that customers can continue to spend and send their money safely. For example, a growing number of banks are increasingly restricting or heavily limiting the ability to make card payments to crypto and investment websites. With this advanced feature, rather than completely block those transactions, we ensure that customers who want to perform legitimate payments continue to do so. But it also intervenes to protect those who are being guided by criminals to make fraudulent ones. We are giving our customers both freedom and security at the same time”.
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