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AFS and Access Softek Partner to Equip FIs with Real-Time, Omnichannel Fraud Prevention

Berkeley, CA & High Point, NC — October 15, 2025 — Access Softek, Inc., a leader in digital banking , and Advanced Fraud Solutions (AFS), a leading provider of real-time fraud-detection software, announced a strategic partnership to deliver AFS’s full fraud-prevention suite—TrueChecks®, TrueWire™, TrueACH™ and Positive Pay by AFS—directly to Access Softek’s consumer and business … Continued

Linker Finance Partners with Advanced Fraud Solutions to Deliver Next-Gen Positive Pay for Community Banks

Linker Finance, a modular platform purpose-built for community banks is partnering with Advanced Fraud Solutions to integrate next-gen Positive Pay into its business banking solution. The collaboration brings AFS’s real-time scoring into commercial onboarding, funding, and payment workflows. It adds positive pay with check, payee match, and ACH protection—enabling earlier detection and fewer fraud losses, … Continued

Fraud insights: Ally Bank spoof, OCC enforcement, and HELOC fraud

  Quick Headlines Ally Bank targeted via FBI-agent spoof, attempted bank-fraud play Connecticut indictment alleges stolen-check scheme hitting bank accounts OCC releases August enforcement actions with governance signals Loan officer HELOC manipulation case moves toward sentencing Key Stories Ally Bank spoof via fake FBI authority DOJ reports a Texas suspect posed as an FBI agent … Continued

Best Fraud Detection Tools in Banking: The Complete Guide for FI Stakeholders

Deposit fraud is an ever-present threat, every year draining billions from unsuspecting account holders—and financial institutions. Your financial institution stands on the frontline of banking fraud detection, potentially next in line to bear the brunt of these losses. But it doesn’t have to be this way. In this guide, we’ve broken down the key insights … Continued

A Reflection on Fraud Trends in 2022

At AFS, we strive to not only help mitigate and prevent fraud losses at your institution with our fraud prevention software, but we also strive to educate and keep you up-to-date on important fraud trends. Technology continued to grow last year, which created more avenues for fraudsters to attack, and there is no limit to how far swindlers will go to steal information or money. Here is a breakdown of some of the fraud trends we saw last year.

Advanced Fraud Solutions Hires Beverly Nichols as Product Manager

Advanced Fraud Solutions (AFS), a leading provider of payments fraud detection software, today announced the hiring of Beverly Nichols as product manager. Beverly joins AFS from Fiserv and will be responsible for bringing AFS’ leading payments fraud detection solutions to market. 

Branch Closings Signals Shift to Remote Deposit Channels, Need for Protection

  How do financial institutions maintain their footprint without opening or operating potentially unsustainable branches? This is the question that many FIs are asking themselves as branch closures are up 38% since the start of 2022.1 Like the rest of the marketplace, FIs must deal with rising costs, staff shortages and a potential economic slowdown. … Continued

When Behavioral Analytics Falls Short

Can you rely on behavioral analytics when behavior changes?

A new guide by Advanced Fraud Solutions, When Behavioral Analytics Fall Short, discusses the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on our routines and the fallout for financial institutions relying on behavioral analytics to prevent fraud…