Inside ABA's new platform to help prevent Treasury check fraud

ABA's new online platform to provide members with free access to the Treasury Check Verification System is now live. On a special joint episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast and ABA Fraudcast, ABA anti-fraud experts Paul Benda and Hannah Ibberson discuss the platform and how banks can put it to use. Among other topics, Benda and Ibberson discuss: the scale of physical U.S. Treasury checks and why they remained a potential vector for fraud; how and why ABA developed the platform; how ABA member bank employees -- including frontline staff -- can access the portal to verify a payee; and ways this new platform fits into ABA's overall anti-fraud initiatives.