AFIA Fraud Uncovered Examines AI, Deepfakes and Emerging Fraud Threats
The Australian Finance Industry Association (AFIA) is holding its Fraud Uncovered: Beyond the scam – preventing tomorrow’s fraud today summit in Sydney on 13 August 2026, bringing together financial-services, technology and law-enforcement professionals to examine how fraud risks are changing.
AFIA says the programme focuses on the growing impact of artificial intelligence, organised crime, identity theft, synthetic identities, deepfakes and increasingly sophisticated scams. The event is designed around prevention, intelligence sharing and collaboration as financial institutions face faster-moving and more technology-enabled fraud.
The summit is being hosted at Gilbert + Tobin’s Sydney office. Gilbert + Tobin said the event will examine how AI-driven threats and identity-based fraud are reshaping the risk landscape, as well as the role of collaboration and intelligence-led prevention in protecting customers and financial institutions.
The agenda reflects a broader shift in financial crime management: fraud prevention is increasingly moving closer to identity controls, AML monitoring and cross-industry intelligence sharing, rather than operating as a standalone function. For compliance and fraud teams, the practical challenge is to connect these signals early enough to intervene before losses occur or criminal proceeds move further through the financial system.
