Banking records could help detect signs of financial abuse

Banking records could be used to detect the telltale signs of financial abuse, including depleted savings, increasing debts and declining credit scores, according to UK research. Using the banking data of 5,428 female victim-survivors of financial abuse, the researchers identified 373 indicators of financial abuse that occurred as much as seven years before the abuse was disclosed. The findings offer insight into how financial abuse can present itself over long periods of time and could help the