Crime: Neobanks increasingly targeted by fraudsters
Last year, the Central Office for Financial Transaction Investigations received 108,158 suspicious reports
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Last year, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) received 108,158 suspicious reports. July 2026, 11:31 am FIU received more than 374,000 suspicious reports in 2025. (symbolic image) © Nicolas Armer/ dpa Digital financial services providers such as neobanks are increasingly the target of cyber fraud. Their share of all suspicions increased from 13 to 29 percent, the FIU said in its annual report.
Furthermore, FIU had evaluated around 14 million individual transactions in advance and recognized a striking pattern. It affected more than 4.3 million people in 193 countries. In November 2025, investigators raided ten countries and executed 21 arrest warrants.
In addition, In total, the FIU registered almost 374,700 suspicions in 2025 – around 41 percent more than in the previous year. The authority wrote a total of a good 67,000 analysis reports to investigation and security authorities, just under 24 percent less than in the previous year.
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Last year, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) received 108,158 suspicious reports.
reliability low1/3 sourcesJuly 2026, 11:31 am FIU received more than 374,000 suspicious reports in 2025. (symbolic image) © Nicolas Armer/ dpa Digital financial services providers such as neobanks are increasingly the target of cyber fraud.
reliability low1/3 sourcesTheir share of all suspicions increased from 13 to 29 percent, the FIU said in its annual report.
reliability low1/3 sourcesFIU had evaluated around 14 million individual transactions in advance and recognized a striking pattern.
reliability low1/3 sourcesIt affected more than 4.3 million people in 193 countries.
reliability low1/3 sourcesIn November 2025, investigators raided ten countries and executed 21 arrest warrants.
reliability low1/3 sourcesIn total, the FIU registered almost 374,700 suspicions in 2025 – around 41 percent more than in the previous year.
reliability low1/3 sourcesThe authority wrote a total of a good 67,000 analysis reports to investigation and security authorities, just under 24 percent less than in the previous year.
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