Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesComparative Analysis of Fraud Detection Methods in Banking Using Machine Learning TechniquesYoussef Tounsi, Ennouri TaziFraud detection in banking requires algorithms that balance classification performance, computational efficiency, and regulatory interpretability, criteria that are rarely benchmarked together. We present a comprehensive evaluation of nine machine learning approaches (Logistic Regression, Decision Tree, Random Forest, SVM, SGD, XGBoost, CatBoost, LightGBM, and MLP) across three datasets differing in size, imbalance severity, and feature type (synthetic, real-world PCA-anonymized, and large-scale … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 22, Issue 6 · 22 Jun 2026 · 1,351 accessesView PDFCite