Banks Are Becoming Bulwarks Against Scams for Vulnerable Seniors By Paula Span March 10, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/banks-protect-seniors-financial-scams-dementia-cognitive-decline-new-old-age/ KFF Health News: Banks Are Becoming Bulwarks Against Scams For Vulnerable Seniors The first call came just before Thanksgiving last year. She didn’t recognize the phone number, but she answered anyway. “The person said he was an officer of the Department of Criminal Investigations looking into drug trafficking and money laundering,” the woman recalled. He seemed to know a lot about her: the states where she and her late husband had lived; his name and occupation; and her current address in Washington County, Rhode Island. (Span, 3/10)