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Since its launch in 2017, sixteen of the UK’s leading Financial Technology (FinTech) firms have agreed to join the UK FinTech Financial Crime Exchange (FFE).

The Exchange, established by  FINTRAIL and RUSI enables firms to collaborate by sharing best practise and pooling information on financial crime typologies in order to protect their customers and strengthen their sector’s ability to detect and counter the global threat of financial crime, including money laundering, terrorist financing, bribery and corruption, tax evasion and market manipulation.

The UK FinTech sector is at the forefront of the global FinTech revolution, accounting for a total of £783m investment in 2016. This coincides with a growth in the risk of financial crime driven by expansion of digital channels and the increasingly interconnected nature of global finance and business.

As the UK continues to leading this area, UK FFE members are taking a proactive and robust stance against financial crime and the negative impact it can have on customers, communities and the financial services industry. Through collaboration members are sharing information on typologies and leveraging advanced technology to deter, prevent and detect criminality.

'The FFE gives senior management a forum to share industry knowledge, and gain an understanding of best practices specifically relating to FinTechs.'
James Nurse – Head of Fraud and Payments, Pockit

'Our company's core value is collaboration. Thanks to the FFE and participating members, we have been able to share and learn from industry leaders. This, ultimately, will lead to a more secure sector.'
Merlin Gore – Head Engineer, Bud

'At Ozan.com, we’ve developed innovative and dynamic financial crime tools to keep our customers safe. The FFE’s network of FinTech industry experts provides insights enabling us to continually improve our risk management products to continually mitigate fraud and other criminal behaviour.'
Danielle Herndon – Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO), Ozan.com

Current FFE Members are:

Bud

Curve

Facekart

Iwoca

Lendable

Loot

Market Invoice

Mobility

Monzo

Ozan

Optal

Pockit

Rate Setter

Revolut

Transfer Wise

Tungsten

For any enquiries on the FFE please contact Florencek@rusi.org or Rebecca.marriott@fintrail.co.uk