Banks often don’t see a fraud scheme until money has left the account, and then it’s too late. A stolen check, compromised card or banking credential may already have circulated among criminals, giving fraud teams little time to intervene.
As payments move faster and fraudsters gain tools that make it easier to exploit stolen information, transaction monitoring remains essential.
NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2026 — The dark web is a hotbed of activity for fraudsters targeting banks and credit unions of all sizes. This activity often precedes actual fraud attempts by days, weeks and even months. By the time a stolen or altered check is presented for fraudulent deposit at a bank or credit union, it’s usually been on the dark web for over a week. Financial institutions and their customers have long been at a structural disadvantage, only able to see threats once they surface as fraudulent transactions.
NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2026 — Nasdaq Verafin today announced a partnership with Q6 Cyber, bringing together Q6 Cyber’s dark web fraud intelligence and Verafin’s consortium data insights in a single platform to help financial institutions proactively identify and respond to emerging fraud and scam threats.
Austin, TX and Miami, FL — October 22, 2025 – The Texas Bankers Association (TBA), the nation’s largest state-based banking trade organization, and Q6 Cyber, a global leader in threat intelligence for fraud prevention, today announced a strategic partnership to help Texas financial institutions proactively detect and mitigate fraud and cybercrime.
MIAMI & BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Q6 Cyber (“Q6” or the “Company”), a leading threat intelligence platform focused on preventing fraud and financial crime, announced today that it has received a strategic growth investment from Charlesbank Capital Partners (“Charlesbank”), a middle-market private investment firm.
The International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators (IAFCI) announced its partnership agreement with Q6 Cyber who is one of the leaders in the industry of monitoring and detecting fraud, financial and cybercriminal activities on the “Digital Underground”.
Check fraud, one of the oldest crimes in finance, is being supercharged by popular messaging platforms like Telegram, according to a cybersecurity expert.
Siren, a leading provider of Investigative Intelligence analytics, and Q6 Cyber, a leading provider of cyber threat intelligence , today announced the launch of a jointly developed critical infrastructure cyber defence solution which empowers governments to effectively monitor threats at a national level.
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We are very excited to announce our partnership with PSCU, the nation’s premier payments CUSO supporting 1,900 credit unions. We will be working together to proactively detect and prevent advanced cyber threats and financial crimes.
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