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Swift & Global Banks Trial AI for Fraud Detection

29 September 2025

Swift & Global Banks Trial AI for Fraud Detection

Swift partnered with 13 global banks to explore how artificial intelligence and privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) can strengthen fraud detection in cross-border payments.

 

 

The trials involved ten million artificial transactions and demonstrated that collaborative models were twice as effective in real-time fraud detection compared to models trained on data from a single institution. 

Key highlights from the pilot include: 

➡️ Secure data sharing using PETs while preserving privacy and security; 

➡️ Real-time verification of suspicious accounts and detection of anomalous activity; 

➡️ Use of federated learning to train AI models locally without sharing customer data; and 

➡️ A scalable framework for industry-wide fraud defence. 

✅ Financial institutions should explore collaborative approaches to fraud detection, leveraging emerging technologies to reduce risk and operational costs. 

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