Community banks can be targets of large-scale fraud, just like larger banks. On the inaugural episode of the ABA Fraudcast, former ABA Chair Dan Robb, president and CEO of Jonesburg State Bank in Missouri, describes the recent targeting of his bank by fraudsters who texted thousands of residents of his community, seeking access to customer accounts. What followed for Robb and his team were fast lessons on all the areas his bank was prepared for, and a few challenges that were surprising. “We are no longer dealing with a mom-and-pop criminal,” says ABA’s Paul Benda, Fraudcast host. “This is institutional crime.”

The brand new ABA Fraudcast will be published every two weeks, on this site, in ABA Daily Newsbytes and wherever you listen to and subscribe to your favorite podcasts.

Stay tuned for a new show from the American Bankers Association. Hosted by cybersecurity and anti-fraud leader Paul Benda, the ABA Fraudcast will bring you expert insights, tools and strategies to help fight fraud every two weeks.

Paul Benda returns with the ABA Pandemic Update after a three week break to account for a spring break family trip to Greece returns. Benda reports they made the trip COVID-free. On this episode, he talks about a recent rise in cases, new BA.2 variants, fourth doses and improved booster shots, the dropping of mask mandates, and what the next few weeks and months may look like.

In the latest episode of the biweekly Pandemic Update podcast, ABA SVP Paul Benda discusses cases plateauing nationally but rising in 15 states, second booster shots and when to get them, virus mutations, some good news on recovered immunity and things to look for in the future.

In the latest episode of the biweekly Pandemic Update podcast, ABA SVP Paul Benda discusses the continued drop of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., the rise in cases in Europe, a new “scariant” Deltacron, vaccines and treatments for children and the news from Asia. Benda also talks about if the country has reached the point where COVID-19 is less deadly than the flu.

In the latest episode of the weekly Pandemic Update podcast, ABA SVP Paul Benda discusses further downward trends of COVID-19 cases, whether BA.2 or the stealth variant is likely to change those trends, omicron hospitalization data for children, good and bad news on the value of recovered immunity, third dose booster waning, the value of fourth doses, and the future of the podcast.

In the latest episode of the weekly Pandemic Update podcast, ABA SVP Paul Benda discusses continuing good news on COVID-19 case counts, omicron variant BA.2 in the U.S., trends in removing restrictions and a potential framework to guide that removal, omicron specific booster data, and what Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s top medical adviser for the coronavirus says about the future.

In the latest episode of the weekly Pandemic Update podcast, ABA SVP Paul Benda discusses downward trends and how they compare to the plateaus that are taking place in the U.K. and South Africa, vaccines on the horizon for six-month-olds to 4-year-olds, Israeli fourth dose data and talks about when it’s time to start thinking about taking masks off adults and children.

In the latest episode of the weekly Pandemic Update podcast, ABA SVP Paul Benda discusses the continuing downward trends, a new “stealth” variant in the news, an update on children and COVID-19, data comparing throat swabs versus nasal swabs, vaccines and pregnancies and ways to think about living with COVID-19.