StanChart reports doubling of fraud threats in one year

Standard Chartered Bank branch on Kenyatta Avenue in a picture taken on January 3, 2020. PHOTO | SALATON NJAU | NMG

The number of fraud threats recorded by Standard Chartered Bank Kenya last year almost doubled, amid a rise in cyber-attacks in the banking industry.

In its 2021 Sustainability Impact Report, the lender recorded 2,027 fraud threats, out of this, 1,822 were card frauds. None of this was instigated internally.

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