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05/14/2026

Digging Deeper Into Your Bank’s Fraud Metrics

With fraud plaguing banks across the country, boards need to go beyond the basics to make decisions about how to fight back.

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Laura Alix Director of Research

Laura Alix is the Director of Research at Bank Director, where she collaborates on strategic research for bank directors and senior executives, including Bank Director’s annual surveys. She also writes for BankDirector.com and edits online video content. Laura is particularly interested in workforce management and retention strategies, environmental, social and governance issues, and fraud. She has previously covered national and regional banks for American Banker and community banks and credit unions for Banker & Tradesman. Based in Boston, she has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Connecticut and a master’s degree from CUNY Brooklyn College.

Laura Alix
Director of Research
Every bank seems to be battling fraud today. According to Bank Director’s 2026 Risk Survey, 99% of executives and board members said their bank or their customers were directly affected by check fraud over the prior 18 months. Eighty-four percent encountered the financial exploitation of elderly customers, and 73% were impacted by digital payments fraud. Information about those incidents should be shared with the board. But what do directors need to know about the fraud and scams targeting their organizations? And perhaps more importantly, what should they do with that data when they receive it? The 2026 Risk Survey found…

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WRITTEN BY

Laura Alix

Director of Research

Laura Alix is the Director of Research at Bank Director, where she collaborates on strategic research for bank directors and senior executives, including Bank Director’s annual surveys. She also writes for BankDirector.com and edits online video content. Laura is particularly interested in workforce management and retention strategies, environmental, social and governance issues, and fraud. She has previously covered national and regional banks for American Banker and community banks and credit unions for Banker & Tradesman. Based in Boston, she has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Connecticut and a master’s degree from CUNY Brooklyn College.