Dr. Kimmo Soramäki (FNA) and Curtis Matlock (Proto) reveal how their G20 TechSprint-winning solution uses multilingual AI and real-time graph analytics to dismantle "industrial-scale" scams.

FNA and Proto join forces for the G20 TechSprint 2025, presenting "Trust at Speed"—a national utility that integrates multilingual AI reporting with real-time graph analytics to close the "fraud response gap."

The recent crackdown on mule accounts in Thailand illustrates the delicate balance authorities must strike between aggressive fraud enforcement and maintaining public trust to prevent systemic liquidity risks and financial instability.

This article outlines the critical performance metrics—ranging from fund recovery rates and case closure speed to public trust—that are essential for justifying the investment in and managing the success of National Anti-Scam Centres.

FNA utilizes Graph Machine Learning instead of Federated Learning for real-time payment fraud detection because centrally analyzing hashed, multi-bank data reveals coordinated illicit networks and significantly increases predictive performance.

In November 2024, FNA was awarded a substantial grant ($2.9m) by the Gates Foundation to support FNA in developing a “Fraud Portal as a Service” solution running on the cloud, as well as full implementation of the FNA Fraud Portal in one of its priority jurisdictions

The BIS Innovation Hub has provided a key forum for exchange at a recent event in London. FNA’s solution tackling the problem statement “How can privacy technology be used to support public and private institutions to share data and intelligence; and collaborate while preserving user privacy?” was shortlisted

FNA’s “Money Trails” wins the 2025 Central Banking Award for revolutionizing fraud recovery in Malaysia, increasing frozen funds from 0.5% to 30% through real-time, graph-based tracing.

FNA receives the RegTech Association’s Chairman’s Award for its National Fraud Portal, a pioneering digital public infrastructure designed to accelerate fraud recovery and victim support.