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Highest in Asia: Pakistan facing mounting exposure to cyber-enabled financial fraud: report

Pakistan Published 15 October 2026, 04:57 · archived 15 Oct 2026

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is facing mounting exposure to cyber-enabled financial fraud, with estimated scam losses equivalent to 2.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), highlighting growing risks to digital financial services as fraudsters exploit online platforms, telecommunications networks, and payment systems. This was noted in the “Bangkok Blueprint in Action”, released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) managements, a high-level framework developed in coordination with the Bank of Thailand that aims to help countries prevent, detect, and address the gr...

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