Recognise and prevent pension provider fraud
The IBAN-Name Check for pension providers.
Integration of API
for organisations
Prevent financial losses
Prevent reputational damage
Prevent incorrect transactions
Transaction errors and fraud can lead to both financial loss and reputational damage. For example, an employee of a pension fund looted €75,000 from the employer in November 2021. The pension fund also had to incur €108,000 in costs for investigations and having financial statements redone.
This makes it clear that pension funds are also affected by bank transaction fraud. This fraud case could have been prevented with SurePay’s IBAN-Name Check. Pension providers can largely prevent fraud and erroneous transactions by working with this additional control.
How was theft of corporate pension fund possible?
The employee defrauded €75,000 without being detected. Subsequent verification revealed that an account number was used that was not in the name of a beneficiary. The pension fund then hired an investigative agency and that is how the fraud came to light. This incident caused damage to the pension fund’s reputation, as it ended up in the media, and the €75,000 could not be recovered from the perpetrator.
Fraud is often preventable
Preventing wire transfer fraud is easy in many cases. If the beneficiary’s name does not match, a warning message is prompted. A so-called “no match” occurs. There may be a reason for the deviation, but such transactions should at least be looked at more closely by pension funds. After verification, the transaction is still executed, or adjusted or at this point an attempted fraud has been detected.
The IBAN-Name Check is already deployed in all banking apps when transferring money to individuals. Many insurers such as Achmea and NN and also the (semi) government use the check to have certainty about the account numbers they do business with.
What are the benefits of the IBAN-Name Check in business processes?
Making payment processes as secure as possible is essential for pension funds. The financial stakes are high and it is important to maintain the trust of customers and stakeholders. With the IBAN-Name Check, fraud becomes more difficult. It also reduces the likelihood of errors. There may be several reasons why the beneficiary’s name does not match the account holder’s name, yet it is a cause for additional focus on these transactions. This is the main focus, but there are more benefits
More interesting client case studies
IBAN-Name Check for
Organisations helps Grolsch with preventing fraud
After attempts at fraud at a
international fellow brewery,
Grolsch started to use the
IBAN-Name Check for Organisations.
Decrease in fraud and fake orders at STRATO
Since the introduction of the IBAN-Name
Check we see over 80% less
fraudulent orders relative to
from a year earlier.
Mitros improves processes
by using the IBAN-Name
Check for Organisations
Thanks to this solution, we know for sure
That we can get to the right person or
organisation pay.
