Card and ATM fraud are on the decline

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A important diminution – amounting to 9% – successful outgo paper fraud incidents was recorded successful 2025 compared with the erstwhile year, according to information from the Bank of Greece.

The accusation was presented successful the Financial Stability Report published by the cardinal bank. In addition, a substantial yearly alteration of 20% was recorded successful the fraud-to-transaction ratio successful volume terms, which fell to 0.013%, corresponding to 1 fraudulent transaction per 7,600 transactions successful 2025.

Regarding the value of fraudulent transactions successful implicit terms, this remained astatine the aforesaid level arsenic successful 2024, amounting to €22.6 cardinal retired of total transactions worth €120 billion.

Given the summation successful the total transaction value from €112 cardinal successful 2024, the fraud-to-transaction ratio successful value terms stood astatine 0.019%, corresponding to 1 euro of fraudulent transaction value per €5,300 of total transactions successful 2025, compared to a ratio of 1:4,900 successful 2024.