# Resources — Payment Fraud & Verification | RankShield Financial

> Guides on payment fraud, authorized push payment scams, instant-rail risk, and how pre-settlement verification proves a payment was meant to happen before money moves.
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> Source: https://rankshieldfinancial.com/resources/ · RankShield Financial (verifiable pre-settlement payment security)

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# Resources

How payment fraud actually works on irreversible rails, and how verifying intent before settlement changes the outcome. Evidence-led, primary-sourced, no hype.
        Payment Fraud
## Authorized push payment (APP) fraud: how it works and how to stop it in 2026

APP fraud is the scam where the victim sends the money themselves. That is what makes it so hard to stop, and why the fight has moved to verifying intent before the payment settles.
 Read the guide →           Verify, then settle
## See your payments verified before they settle.

RankShield Financial is rolling out with design partners on instant and tokenized rails. Request access and we’ll map it to your settlement flow.
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