Julie Conroy

Head of Risk Insights and Advisory, Aite-Novarica Group

Conroy is research director for Aite-Novarica Group's Fraud & AML practice and covers fraud, data security, anti-money laundering, and compliance issues. Conroy brings to Aite Group more than a decade of hands-on product management experience working with financial institutions, payments processors, and risk management companies.

CNP, Deposit Fraud and the Great Resignation - the Latest Research

Presented by Julie Conroy • June 3, 2022

Sixty-five percent of merchants say less than 90% of their CNP transactions are authorized; deposit fraud attacks have sharply risen; and 71% of FIs have seen voluntary attrition increase in the wake of the Great Resignation. These are among the highlights of the latest research by Aite-Novarica Group. In this...

OnDemand | Why Forgetting your Password is Safer than Having One – Best Practices for Banks Adopting Password-less Authentication

Presented by Julie Conroy , Will LaSala, Senior Director Global Solutions OneSpan , David Vergara, Senior Direct, Product Marketing OneSpan • October 14, 2021

Outdated yet ubiquitous, passwords are inconvenient, risky and costly for banks to maintain. So what’s the best way for banks to modernize authentication with secure and user-friendly password-less technologies? In this webinar, Aite-Novarica and OneSpan will discuss how a password-less approach to authentication...

First Look: Fraud 2022 – The Trends and Technologies

Presented by Karen Boyer, SVP Financial Crimes, Fraud Intelligence, M&T Bank , Julie Conroy • October 14, 2021

One is a longtime financial fraud researcher; the other a hands-on practitioner. Both have their fingers on the racing pulse of fraud trends and defenses. And in this panel discussion they open up on the latest trends and technologies, including: Digital channel fraud – how banks are responding; Application...

Aite's Julie Conroy on Emerging Fraud Schemes

Presented by Julie Conroy • July 9, 2021

Julie Conroy has been a leading fraud researcher for many years now. But no year has been anything quite like the one we've just seen. In this one-on-one discussion, she opens up her latest research and discusses: Emerging fraud trends in the new digital landscape The new sophistication and speed of...

Panel: Next Steps to Advance Cybersecurity

Presented by Julie Conroy , Stephen Scharf , Jeff Schwartz • May 5, 2020

A global crisis, a remote workforce and emerging fraud schemes - this is the landscape in which financial institutions continue to develop trust and conduct business. This expert panel examines current trends, lessons learned from crisis and response and paints a picture of what "normal" will look like next - and how...

Changing the Equation: Ensuring Faster Payments Do NOT Equate to Faster Fraud

Presented by Julie Conroy , Krithika Ramadoss , Fang Yu • January 16, 2020

Faster payments are the new reality in more than 40 countries, and this innovation is benefiting consumers and businesses alike. Criminals are also enjoying the speed and non-refutable nature of these transfers, and in many deployments faster payments quickly translates to faster fraud. This does not have to be the...

CNP: Escalating Threats Amid Changing Rules of the Road

Presented by Julie Conroy • June 27, 2019

Attacks on card-not-present (CNP) merchants are escalating rapidly globally, fueled by rampant breaches, automated credential stuffing attacks, and the rapid growth of the CNP transactional category as a whole. The trend line is concerning for merchants, issuers, and the payment networks alike, as the industry seeks...

Key Trends in Payments Intelligence: Machine Learning for Fraud Prevention

Presented by Julie Conroy , Marc Trepanier • February 15, 2019

Banks can drive real value to their fraud prevention strategies with machine learning and analytics if they cut through the hype. Machine learning can be made intuitive and available directly to fraud experts. A multi-faceted strategy can turn fraud prevention expertise into a revenue generator for the business. ...

New Account Fraud: Emerging Schemes & Solutions

Presented by Julie Conroy • June 4, 2018

The bad guys are currently winning the war on the new account fraud front, with losses mounting for organizations across sectors. Organized criminals have plenty of weapons in their arsenal, including vast quantities of breached data and carefully cultivated synthetic identities. How can businesses keep pace with the...

Mobile: Fraud's New Frontier

Presented by Julie Conroy , Eduardo Monteagudo • May 13, 2014

Fraud Summit - Chicago 2014 - Mobile banking is still in its infancy, but experts predict it will soon be the dominant banking and payments channel. What are today's key mobile fraud and security risks, and how are they evolving? Register for this session to learn about: The risks inherent in mobile...