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FOR BANKS

Preempt scams.
Predict ATOs.
Prove compliance.

Get real-time, session-aware visibility into impersonation, phishing, and advanced credential threats before impact. Shift from reacting to disrupting, and prove control with effortless evidence that meets tightening reimbursement.

What banks are facing

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Immaculate impersonation

AI-assisted social engineering and one-click brand impersonation kits create pixel-perfect layouts and app-like flows. Customers can no longer tell real from fake.
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Human-bypassed attacks

Phishing kits, reverse proxies, and remote-access scams sidestep even the most compliant controls, stealing credentials and replaying them in real time before detection systems react.
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The victims blindspot

Fraud teams only see the incident after the customer reports it. Without real-time victim visibility, prevention becomes post mortem and accountability lands on the bank.
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Global reimbursement mandates

Reg E, PSD2, and the Singapore SRF shift scam liability onto banks, requiring proof that prevention controls were active when the scam occurred.
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The pre-login blind spot

Fraud defenses only activate after authentication, leaving impersonation, credential theft, and device anomalies to unfold unseen in the pre-login phase.
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Reactive, delayed defenses

Fraud, SOC, and digital teams work in silos, each seeing a slice of the attack. Without unified context, response slows, costs rise, and insight is lost.

How real-time protection works for banks

See scams coming, identify at-risk accounts, and expose impersonation, phishing and session-based threats in real time before damage occurs.

Get early warning before accounts are targeted

Memcyco reveals impersonation and phishing activity in its earliest stages, detecting reconnaissance and spoofing patterns before fake domains or campaigns reach customers.

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Detect impersonation in active use

When cloned portals or fraudulent apps capture credentials, Memcyco exposes the activity in real time, identifying affected users and alerting teams before the attack escalates.

Detect credential theft and misuse instantly

Decoy credentials trigger alerts the moment they’re harvested. When reused on the genuine site, Memcyco traces the source device and blocks repeat attempts to prevent takeovers.

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Prevent unauthorized access and session manipulation

Detects proxy-based and relay-driven login attempts that bypass MFA or exploit stolen cookies. Suspicious sessions are intercepted before authentication completes.

Intervene in remote-access and coerced sessions

Recognizes behavioral signs of remote control or guided logins, allowing your teams to step up verification or blocks risky sessions before any loss occurs.

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Together

these capabilities give banks the visibility, control, and documentation to stay ahead of scams, and regulators.

Trusted by banks, backed by analysts

Global bank reduces ATO by 55%

55%

Reduction in ATO Incidents

$18M

Annual Savings Realized

Zero

Mean-Time-To-Detect

But don’t just take our word for it

What security and fraud prevention leaders say about Memcyco

Innovation That Sets a New Standard

Recognized as a game-changer in cyber fraud preemption

SOLUTION BRIEF

Stop Fraud Before Banking Customers Are Impacted

Stop Fraud Before Banking Customers Are Impacted

The window of exposure

The window where scams succeed

The Window of Exposure is the time from when a scam goes live, to when it is taken down. That is when account takeover can succeed, before your controls see or do anything.

CAPABILITY COMPARISON

A quick way to see what changes when protections shifts into the scam phase.

CAPABILITY

WITHOUT MEMCYCO

TRADITIONAL SOLUTIONS

WITH MEMCYCO

With Memcyco

Detection
Timing

After discovery, or after impact.
In-attack, during scam exposure and at authentication, before takeover completes.

Scope

External monitoring, takedown, and server-side controls.
Real-time signals on the genuine channel, plus cross-channel monitoring and correlation

Victim Visibility

None, victims remain unknown.
Per-victim identification and device mapping.

Prevention

Limited, often reduced to alerts or broad friction.
Decoy credentials, deception, and optional quarantine.

Threat Reponse

Manual workflows and slow escalation.
Automated takedown initiation, device flagging, and risk enrichment.
Operational Benefits

A new reality for every team

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Gain preemptive visibility into scam exposure and prioritize real risk and reduce the volume of cases reaching the dispute stage.

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Gain the earliest possible, reliable indicators attack activity, for near-instant investigation and response.

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Protect brand trust earlier, so campaigns can run without exposing customers or undermining marketing spend.

Other sectors we serve

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Retail & eCommerce

Retail & eCommerce

Protect shopper trust, reduce customer care pressure, and gain visibility into fake e-stores, promo scams, refund scams, and search-driven impersonation
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Airlines

Airlines

Protect loyalty revenue, reduce account recovery pressure, and gain visibility into fake booking, refund, and mileage theft journeys.
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Credit Unions

Credit Unions

Protect member trust, reduce ATO exposure, and ease fraud response and account recovery pressure on lean teams.
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Hospitality

Hospitality

Preserve guest trust, reduce booking support pressure, and gain visibility into fake reservation, payment verification, and loyalty account journeys.
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Crypto & E-wallets

Crypto & E-wallets

Secure customer access, reduce account recovery pressure, and gain visibility into fake login, wallet impersonation, and credential theft journeys.
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Logistics

Logistics

Preserve customer trust, reduce support workload, and gain visibility into fake tracking, customs fee, and redelivery scam exposure.
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Utilites

Utilites

Protect customer trust, reduce service desk and fraud investigation workload, and gain visibility into fake billing portals, payment scams, and account impersonation journeys.
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Education & University

Education & University

Shield student and staff account compromise, secure tuition payment journeys, and ease IT helpdesk pressure from fake portals and credential theft.

Get a Custom Demo

See it in action and discover why others switch to Memcyco

Get a demo to learn how Memcyco customers:

  • Identify individual scam victims in real-time
  • Predict and preempt ATO incidents
  • Deceive threat actors

Frequently asked questions

Why do phishing and impersonation scams still lead to account takeover in banks?

Memcyco does not block remote tools or rely on application signatures. Instead, it detects when remote control intersects with sensitive interaction on the protected site.

Legitimate IT support sessions are automatically learned and suppressed over time.

Malicious sessions are identified only when remote control is active during authentication or high-risk interaction, and correlated with device history and session context.

This avoids false positives while exposing attacker control only when it creates real risk.

How can banks identify customers exposed to phishing scams?

Remote access scams originate from the victim’s own device and network.

  • The device fingerprint matches a known trusted profile
  • The IP address is the victim’s residential connection
  • MFA succeeds because the victim is present

Traditional controls see a legitimate user.

Memcyco closes this blind spot by detecting remote control activity during live interaction, revealing when control of a trusted device has silently shifted to a third party.

Why don’t phishing site takedowns prevent fraud?

Memcyco does not analyze typing cadence, mouse dynamics, or post-login behavior.

Instead, it detects technical indicators of remote control at the browser and session level, and correlates them with:

  • device continuity
  • session integrity
  • authentication context
  • known ATO and impersonation signals

This allows Memcyco to expose attacker-controlled access without monitoring user behavior or transactions, preserving privacy and reducing false positives.

How can banks reduce fraud investigation caseload from phishing attacks?

No. Memcyco does not monitor network traffic, ports, DNS, or remote desktop protocols.

Detection occurs entirely at the protected site, using browser-level and device-level telemetry when users interact with your application.

This avoids dependency on network visibility, endpoint agents, or SSL inspection, and works equally for web-based and native remote tools.

What early signals indicate an account takeover attack in progress?

Protective actions are triggered only when multiple high-confidence signals indicate probable attacker control during sensitive interaction.

Signals are correlated across:

  • remote control indicators
  • device history
  • session anomalies
  • known fraud patterns

This ensures warnings or protections are activated only when manipulation risk is high, avoiding disruption of legitimate support sessions or normal user activity.

How does Memcyco prevent replay and escalation after remote access attacks?

When stolen credentials are replayed, Memcyco:

  • detects reuse attempts from attacker-linked devices
  • substitutes exposed credentials with decoys at authentication
  • delivers verified victim and device intelligence to fraud and SOC systems

This prevents escalation across accounts and converts each replay attempt into high-fidelity intelligence for containment and investigation.

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