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GRIP Forecast 2025 – Financial crime

Montage of piles with money.
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The GRIP team looks into the crystal ball and does some plain speaking about what the future might bring – this time focusing on financial crime.

Alexander Barzacanos, Deputy Content Manager and Editor

Sophisticated crypto-fueled confidence scams are going to be a growing problem. This year, we’ve seen high-profile cases where shocking levels of credulity were afforded to social engineers by people who definitely should have known better.

And tether, a cryptocurrency pegged to the