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Experian Launches AI-Powered Transaction Forensics to Bolster UK Fraud Prevention


Experian Launches AI-Powered Transaction Forensics to Bolster UK Fraud Prevention
  • by: Business Wire
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  • April 22, 2026

Experian today announces the go-live of 'Transaction Forensics', a pioneering AI-powered fraud and anti-money laundering solution designed to help financial services detect and prevent increasingly sophisticated fraud and financial crime in real time. Combining Resistant AI's advanced behavioural and transaction analytics and Experian's leading proprietary consumer and commercial data assets, Transaction Forensics uses more than 80 AI models to deliver an all-encompassing, granular view of fraud risk across bank-to-bank payments.

Quick Intel

  • Experian launches Transaction Forensics, combining Resistant AI's analytics with Experian's proprietary data assets using more than 80 AI models.

  • Pilot testing demonstrated 200% increase in APP fraud detection, 80% reduction in false positives, and 50% reduction in total alert volumes.

  • Supports Faster Payments, BACS, and CHAPS for identification of APP fraud, money mule activity, and money laundering.

  • Transaction Forensics is the first solution from Experian's strategic investment in Resistant AI announced in July 2025.

  • The solution can be deployed as an additional analytical layer within existing fraud prevention systems or applied selectively to high-risk transactions.

  • Experian has 25,200 people across 33 countries and is a FTSE 100 Index company.

CPO on a Major Step Forward

"Transaction Forensics marks a major step forward in fraud and financial crime prevention, one which is only possible thanks to our leading innovation and trusted, high-quality data," said Paul Weathersby, Chief Product Officer, Experian UK&I. "Financial services are facing a significant challenge in identifying and stopping fraud and financial crime attacks, which are increasingly enabled by AI and at a scale not seen before. Transaction Forensics harnesses the power of AI to help businesses meet that challenge head on."

Resistant AI CEO on AI as Essential

Martin Rehak, Chief Executive Officer at Resistant AI, said: "The use of AI in fraud and financial crime prevention is no longer optional but essential. By combining Resistant AI's advanced models with Experian's leading datasets, we are enabling financial institutions not just to address current attacks including APP fraud and money laundering but any new threats which will undoubtedly emerge in the years ahead."

The Challenge of AI-Driven Fraud Attacks

As criminals continue to use AI to launch fraud attacks at a scale and speed which traditional fraud systems cannot match, financial services are under increasing pressure to improve detection rates, while minimising friction for genuine customers and operational costs. In this current environment, businesses face three substantial issues: the detection gap where increasingly complex attacks including sophisticated mule networks and AI-generated social engineering are avoiding detection; increased friction where attempts to tighten security often result in false positives; and regulatory requirements from the FCA that AI deployment should be explainable in fraud and financial crime risk detection.

Transaction Forensics Capabilities

Transaction Forensics is the first solution to market that uniquely combines the most comprehensive identity data available in the UK with real-time transaction and behavioural analytics, enabling organisations to understand the true intent behind every transaction as it happens. By enriching transaction signals with Experian insights across credit, identity, fraud and anti-money laundering, alongside historical behavioural data, the solution directly addresses the growing challenge of financial crime and allows organisations to assess risk with precision at the transaction, customer or company level. Now available to UK businesses, Transaction Forensics supports Faster Payments, BACS and CHAPS, enabling businesses to identify and investigate complex fraud attacks at scale including authorised push payment (APP) fraud, money mule activity and money laundering. Transaction Forensics is designed to complement existing transaction monitoring systems rather than replace them. It can be deployed as an additional analytical layer within existing fraud prevention systems or applied selectively to high-risk transactions.

About Experian

Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We help to redefine lending practices, uncover and prevent fraud, simplify healthcare, deliver digital marketing solutions, and gain deeper insights into the automotive market, all using our unique combination of data, analytics and software. We also assist millions of people to realise their financial goals and help them to save time and money. We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agrifinance, insurance, and many more industry segments. We invest in talented people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data and to innovate. A FTSE 100 Index company listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN), we have a team of 25,200 people across 33 countries. Our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland.

About Resistant AI

Resistant AI builds software that uses AI to detect fraud. We use machine learning to detect fraud within documents and transaction data. Both our products, Resistant Documents and Resistant Transactions, integrate directly into existing monitoring systems. Resistant AI does away with the traditional, rules-based approach to fraud detection, instead using an adaptive, AI-powered approach. This has proven effective against a wide range of threats, including authorized push payment (APP) fraud and AI generated documents, ensuring financial institutions stay ahead of evolving threats while maintaining compliance. Resistant AI was founded in 2019 by nine security professionals, fresh from an acquisition of their first startup by Cisco. Currently, the company is headquartered in the United States, with offices in San Antonio, TX, London, UK, and Prague, Czech Republic.

 

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