What the Fraud Summit 2025

Fraud is exploding worldwide, turning into a full-blown fraudemic. WTF Summit brings together fintech, crypto, tech, and compliance pros to connect the dots between fraud prevention, AI security, regulation, and resilience—because fighting fraud in silos just doesn’t cut it anymore.

Info: In this session, we’ll take a closer look at some of the most sophisticated fraud tactics making waves today, from deepfakes and forged documents to impersonation during verification and account takeovers. You’ll get to see exactly how these schemes work with a live deepfake demo, where we’ll use volunteers to show how a fake account can be created in real time.

Then it’s your turn—you’ll dive into interactive exercises to spot fake documents and deepfakes yourself, followed by a hands-on investigation where you’ll put best practices for fraud detection into action. By the end, you’ll not only understand how these scams are pulled off but also feel more confident in catching them before they cause damage.

Ideal for: Fraud and risk specialists, security analysts

Info: In this workshop, we’ll explore what it takes to design a smart, secure, and user-friendly onboarding process. We’ll start with the theory, walking through best practices that balance fraud prevention, speed, and conversion. Then you’ll get hands-on with a practical challenge: building your own onboarding flow with defined logic, validation rules, and UX optimizations.

Using modular steps, levels, and conditions, you’ll map out your flow and refine it in real time. Along the way, the moderator will give feedback, helping you fine-tune your design so it’s not only functional but also smooth, efficient, and fraud-aware.

Ideal for: Product managers, compliance officers, and risk managers

Info: In this workshop, we’ll walk through the full AML investigation process step-by-step—from spotting unusual activity and detecting anomalies to triaging alerts, creating cases, and gathering critical information from documents, transactions, and payment methods. We’ll cover key checks like source of funds and source of wealth, filing suspicious activity reports, and keeping accurate records, as well as ongoing monitoring and updating risk classifications.

You’ll get hands-on with a real case investigation, trying your skills in both manual and automated approaches. By the end, you’ll have both the theoretical grounding and the practical experience to approach AML investigations with more speed, accuracy, and confidence.

Ideal for: Compliance managers, AML investigators, and heads of financial crime

Info: Exploring the evolution of Fraud-as-a-Service and the increasing use of AI in fraud schemes. A look at deepfake executive scams, the risks posed by unregulated industries, and key AML case trends shaping the future.

Info: A candid discussion on how AI agents are being exploited in modern fraud schemes and the emerging challenges in identity verification and authentication.

Info: Insights into how traditional financial institutions are integrating crypto into banking and payments, including common challenges and proven best practices.

Info: An insider-exclusive deep dive into a real fraud case, featuring firsthand tactics, key discoveries, and lessons learned.

Info: An in-depth conversation on the convergence of cyber threats and compliance intelligence, the role of adaptive risk scoring, and innovations driving real-time fraud prevention.

Info: The payments landscape is evolving fast with real-time payments, mobile wallets, embedded finance, and CBDCs. This session examines how these changes reshape financial services—and if digital wallets might surpass traditional banks.

Info: This panel will explore the global adoption of digital ID and its implications for businesses, governments, and individuals. We will examine competing visions: centralized systems managed by governments or major platforms, and decentralized, blockchain-enabled models.

Info: Compliance leaders from top fintechs share their strategies for maintaining regulatory integrity while scaling at speed.

Info: An exposé into the rise of Fraud-as-a-Service operations in Asia-Pacific, with a spotlight on how the underbanked are being targeted and exploited.

Info: Industry experts share real-world strategies for navigating complex and evolving regulatory landscapes across the region.

Info: A live voting debate on AI’s role in financial services—balancing ethical risks and compliance opportunities.

Info: Emerging threats, real-world tactics, and regional trends in the fight against scan networks and money mule operations.

Info: Most risk emerges after onboarding—not during it. This session shows how to link identity verification with ongoing activity and transaction monitoring so risk signals build rather than stay siloed. We’ll share a practical path from point tools to an integrated, full-cycle compliance and fraud-prevention system, where every interaction refines the risk profile and drives real-time decisions.

Info: A comparative overview of regulatory developments, including the Travel Rule enforcement, market forecasts, and country-by-country analysis.

Info: A strategic view on the future of cross-border payments, infrastructure innovation, and global compliance harmonization.

Info: A forward-looking discussion on upcoming 2026 regulations, the rise of real-time compliance practices, the regulatory focus on crypto and Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs), and the impact of AI on compliance frameworks.

Info: Exploring how regulation and technology can ensure fair and inclusive access to financial services across underserved populations.

Info: A technical showcase of advanced AI-driven solutions for proactive fraud detection and prevention.

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