Thursday, 25 September, 2025
12 PM BST

Scaling fraud defences without scaling headcount

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Why attend

Real-time payments are speeding everything up, including fraud. With just seconds to spot a suspicious transaction, fintechs are under pressure to act fast without slowing things down for genuine customers. It’s a tough balance. In this session, we’ll look at how fintechs are moving beyond old rules-based systems and turning to smarter, AI-powered approaches that can recognise patterns and spot scams in-flight. We’ll explore the rise of authorised fraud, why scams are getting harder to detect, and how having the full picture across both cards and payments is becoming essential for stopping fraud before it’s too late.

The key take-aways

Scam detection now hinges on context, not just control. Fintechs need to see the full picture to act in real time.

Operational resource strain is a hidden cost of outdated fraud models. Efficiency is just as important as accuracy.

Building resilience means thinking beyond fraud tech. It’s about processes, people, and proactive risk posture.

And many more

The webinar panel

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Karthik Tadinada, Founder | FORTIFY SOLUTIONS

I’ve spent the last decade tackling the toughest fraud challenges alongside some of the world’s largest financial institutions. My personal mission is to use AI to make fraud prevention easier, faster, and more inclusive.

As COO at Featurespace, I built and deployed mission-critical machine learning solutions for fraud detection to global payment processors and banks. I oversaw all aspects of business operations, technology development, strategy, and growth.

I’m proud of the systems we built and the impact we had. Our customers reduced their false positive rates and increased fraud detection by double-digit percentages. I led Featurespace’s growth in deployed systems from start-up to world leader in fraud prevention, growing its revenue by over 100x. Our team earned major accolades, including NatWest’s “Best Security and Anti-Fraud Development” and WorldPay’s “Best Technology Initiative” at The Card & Payments Awards.

I have been fortunate to be a part of long traditions of excellence. I hold a PhD in Electrical and Information Engineering from the University of Cambridge. Post-graduation, I worked as a consultant at BCG London and taught maths at one of the best schools in the UK.

Now, I add Founder to this as well. Fortify Solutions is the culmination of this last two decades of experience. Combining deep expertise in financial services, with the latest in machine learning and AI, Fortify will transform fraud prevention for financial institutions and payment processors.

Anthony Gudgeon, Head of Fraud Operations | THREDD

I am a highly motivated, committed and outgoing leader with a strong drive to succeed. I have an in-depth knowledge of fraud management within an online retail company and a proven record of motivating my teams to achieve consistently positive results. Friendly and outgoing, with a passion for empowering others, I always maintain a professional approach towards my areas of responsibility, remaining flexible to the needs of the business. I pride myself on being decisive and enjoy solving problems. I have experience of working in several areas within a number of roles and am known for maintaining a supportive and cheerful disposition in a challenging environment.

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This webinar is in partnership with

THREDD

We are Thredd, formerly Global Processing Services. Thredd sits at the heart of the global payments revolution, processing billions of issuer transactions annually across 44 countries for the world’s leading fintechs, digital banks, and embedded finance providers.

Thredd’s unique offering is its client-centric approach combining hands-on support with modern, reliable, and scalable technology. Thredd’s assured solution accelerates the development and delivery of consumer and corporate payments components embedded within digital banks, as well as for expense management, B2B payments, crypto, lending, credit, Buy Now Pay Later (“BNPL”), FX, remittance, and open banking innovators. By partnering with our clients from concept to creation with our easily configurable solutions, we allow these leaders the agility to achieve their core business aspirations.

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