U.S. House Financial Services Committee issues fraud policy framework

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The House Financial Services Committee's new report, 'Fighting Back: A Policy Framework for Combating the Rise of Financial Fraud & Scams,' recommends stronger consumer protections and coordination to combat fraud costing billions annually.
Chairman French Hill and Subcommittee Chairman Dan Meuser highlight that increasingly sophisticated, transnational fraud schemes now impact a diverse array of U.S. groups, amplifying systemic financial risk.
Recent committee efforts included roundtables with banks, tech firms, regulators, and federal agencies, leading to calls for an ecosystem-wide, government-driven anti-fraud framework and immediate policy implementation.

Committee report sets anti-fraud priorities

According to House Committee on Financial Services, Chairman French Hill and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Dan Meuser are releasing a staff report titled "Fighting Back: A Policy Framework for Combating the Rise of Financial Fraud & Scams." The report says financial fraud is a growing threat to American consumers and details recommendations to strengthen consumer protections, improve coordination among regulators and law enforcement, and help financial institutions better detect and prevent scams.

Hill says financial fraud is among the fastest-growing threats facing Americans and costs consumers and financial institutions billions of dollars each year. He says authorities, regulators and financial firms need stronger tools to keep pace as fraud schemes become more sophisticated.

Broader coordination drive across sectors

Meuser says fraud and scams affect a wide range of groups, including veterans, small businesses, seniors and younger people, underscoring the breadth of the issue for the U.S. financial system. He adds that increasingly elaborate schemes are often carried out by transnational criminal organizations, which requires continued vigilance as threats evolve.

Over recent months, Meuser says he has convened roundtables with banks, social media companies, telecom firms, the Department of Justice, the FBI, attorneys general, the Federal Reserve, the State Department, the FTC and the FCC to identify problems and potential solutions. He says the report supports an ecosystem-wide approach built around a coordinated government response and positions the committee to push for implementation of its recommendations.

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