UK Finance 2025 Annual Fraud Report

Key takeaways from the report include:

➡️ In 2024, the total number of fraud cases increased by 12% to 3.31 million;

➡️ £1.17 billion was lost to fraud, mirroring the previous year's figures;

➡️ While authorised push payment (APP) fraud losses decreased by 2% to £450.7 million, unauthorised fraud losses rose by 2% to £722 million;

➡️ Remote purchase fraud, involving the use of stolen card details for online or phone transactions, surged by 22% to nearly 2.6 million cases, accounting for 78% of all unauthorised fraud incidents;

➡️ APP fraud cases dropped by 20% to under 186,000, the lowest since 2020, attributed to enhanced detection technologies and increased consumer awareness; and

➡️ The implementation of mandatory reimbursement rules by the Payment Systems Regulator in October 2024 led to £267.1 million being returned to APP fraud victims, covering approximately 59% of losses.

✅ As fraud cases continue to rise, firms should review and calibrate their fraud detection systems to enable earlier and more accurate identification of suspicious activity, as highlighted in the report.

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