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Financial Crime

The Financial Crime working group has the specific objective of delivering community-driven thought-leadership on the challenges of, and solutions for, problems posed by fraud and financial crime, as well as lobbying key stakeholders on financial crime-related regulation impacting members of the association.

AI in Payments: Tackling fraud the ever-evolving threat

AI is revolutionising fraud prevention and business practices, helping payments firms detect suspicious activity and enhance regulatory efficiency. But as AI evolves, so do the tactics of financial criminals which is creating an ongoing arms race between fraudsters and AI-powered defences. 

Industry experts from City of London Police, Featurespace, Monzo, PwC, SEON and Thredd provide clarity on large language models, fraud analytics, and the need for precise fraud monitoring tools. The panel examine emerging threats like deepfake fraud, and other AI-driven attacks.  

Watch this webinar on demand and read the latest insights from Payments Intelligence to gain actionable insights into AI’s role in financial crime prevention, and how to use it as a force for both security and efficiency. 

NEW: The new origin of authorised push payment (APP) fraud

Evidence of digital platforms’ role and the case for shared liability

Why should I join a working group?

The Payments Association’s working groups are comprised of industry experts from across the payments chain, who share the mission of driving industry change to shape the future payments landscape and improve the industry on behalf of members of the association

Being a member of one of The Payments Association’s working groups comes with a host of benefits:

  • You will get exclusive access to meetings with industry experts.
  • The opportunity to build your network with the leading figures from across the payments industry.
  • Invites to exclusive events from The Payments Association, like the Working Group AGM at the annual PAY360 conference.
  • The opportunity to actively help deliver the Working Group outputs.

In addition, committee members will receive:

  • An invitation to an annual in-person meeting and lunch.
  • The opportunity to feature your headshot and company logo on selected outputs and our website.
  • The opportunity to contribute and network in our monthly meetings.

All working group members are representatives of organisations with The Payments Association membership.

Strategy and approach

Our mission

“This working group gives professionals with the passion and enthusiasm to reduce financial crime the opportunity to network with, share expertise and learn from like-minded people and invited external guests. We produce thought leader guides on crucial financial crime topics for members and influencers in the sector. A fantastic opportunity to help determine policies to defeat criminals who increasingly use technology to conceal their activities. We aim to ensure the good guys keep one step ahead.”

Jane Jee, Company Secretary at Numitor Limited and Risk Alert 247 Ltd, Working Group Lead

Team members

Alison Kopra

Grant Thornton
Director - Financial Crime and Investigations

Andrew Churchill

Technology Strategy
Security Consultant & Researcher

Bradley Elliot

RelyComply
CEO

Daisy Lowe

Jaguar Land Rover
Payments Fraud Analyst
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Gavin Coull

Feature Space
Fraud Prevention Subject Matter Expert

Iain Armstrong

Comply Advantage
Global Regulatory Affairs Practice Lead

Jane Jee

The Payments Association
Ambassador & Financial Crime Working Group Lead

Joe Tallett

Aviel Technology
CEO

Karen Traynor

Allica Bank
Head of Financial Crime

Keith Finson

Nasdaq
Principle Strategic Advisor - Fraud/Financial Crime

Lisa Lee Lewis

Addeshaw Goddard
Partner & Digital Currencies Working Group Lead

Lucy Hawley

Barclays
Director, Head of Product Fraud Prevention & Detection

Mark Goldspink

TPA Ambassador
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Matthew Tataryn

Tide
Director of Financial Crime Risk & DMLRO

Neil Turner

Mastercard
Payments Compliance Manager

Rachel Coote

Vinted
UK MLRO
Rebecca Marriott headshot

Rebecca Marriott

Tide
CRO, Financial Crime Working Group Mentor
Robin Bwalya headshot

Robin Bwalya

NatWest
Payments Regulatory Liaison Manager

Thara Brooks

FIS
Business Development Specialist, Financial Crime Risk & Compliance Solutions
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Tim Khamzin

Vivox AI
CEO & Founder

Victoria Preece

allpay
Director of Compliance and Regulation

Yasmin Tariq

Nationwide
Lead Manager, Economic Crime Policy, Training & External Engagement

Member testimonials

The collective nature of the group amplifies our influence, ensuring our voice is heard more effectively. You will become part of a collaborative and collegiate group of industry professionals, building your professional network.”

“A great forum for experts to discuss hot topics”

Members involved

Outputs

The Financial Crime Working Group supported TPA’s lobbying campaign to highlight the systemic issue of fraud, particularly APP fraud, in the U.K. This also included championing members concerns around the development of a new reimbursement framework, as set out by the PSR. 

AI (artificial intelligence) is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines or computer systems.

The adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) divide’s opinion and serves to remind us that humans’ use of technology is not always a force for good. AI has the potential to transform our lives and will ultimately underpin our access to services. It is a disruptive technology which will increase the impact and speed of change. AI deployment clearly comes with risks. The issue facing us all is how to develop new and amend existing policies, processes, and customer journeys to mitigate those risks and then enforce the regulation we create.

The Financial Crime Working Group launched their content programme exploring the role of data sharing in preventing financial crime. The programme included a whitepaper, podcast and webinar exploring the barriers to data sharing in the UK, related legislation and best practice for data sharing arrangements from around the globe. 

Whitepaper: Data Sharing to prevent financial crime: Why you can now share data with confidence

March 2023

The Financial Crime working group published a whitepaper explaining the processes of identification and authentication, presenting an overview of the technologies and suppliers that can help businesses know who their customers under the threat of criminal activity such as money laundering, financing terrorism and fraud.

Chryssi Chorafa, CEO and Founder of Starlix and Francisco Mainez, Financial Crime Lead at Lucinity, join Nick Fleetwood, Head of Data Services at Form3 to reflect on findings from The Payments Association’s report ‘Data Sharing to Prevent Economic Crime’. Thanks to Form3, benefactor to TPA’s Financial Crime Working Group.

January 2025

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