Global Fraud
Index 2025

This year's Global Fraud Index shows that fraud protection isn't about geography, it's about governance. For technology leaders, the message is clear: treat fraud exposure like system uptime. It requires constant monitoring.

CryptoUK is committed to ensuring the highest standards across all of its members and as such, supporting essential research such as the Global Fraud Index is critical for us and our members to understand the current scenario globally. It is critical that we share these findings with key policymakers and agencies to assist with raising awareness and highlight opportunities for improvements in consumer protection.

Fraud is constantly evolving, making trusted analysis like Sumsub’s Global Fraud Index indispensable. At Vixio, access to detailed fraud intelligence helps us guide businesses through an increasingly complex regulatory landscape with confidence.

The findings of the 2025 Global Fraud Index are a stark reminder of the escalating challenges we face in the digital economy. The marked decline in rankings for key APAC hubs highlights a pressing need for a unified response to the growing threat of sophisticated fraud.

The 2025 Sumsub Global Fraud Index marks a pivotal moment for digital economies — especially across the Middle East and Africa. As financial ecosystems scale at record speed, we need fraud detection that moves at the same pace. The sophistication of threats is growing in tandem with transaction volumes, making proactive digital resilience — built on intelligence, interoperability, and collaboration — absolutely essential.

The Global Fraud Index results highlight the pressing need for Nigeria to accelerate joint efforts between public, private agencies, and the wider financial industry. Nigeria’s addition to the Index presents an opportunity to turn awareness into action. Building a safe, inclusive, and trusted digital economy is essential to achieving the Renewed Hope Agenda and realizing Nigeria’s ambition of a USD 1 trillion economy by 2030.

At FITSPA, our mission is to empower Uganda’s fintech ecosystem to grow sustainably and securely in an increasingly digital economy. These findings are a wake-up call for stronger collaboration between fintechs, regulators, and government institutions to build a more resilient, digital-friendly and transparent financial ecosystem.

AFIK works hard to ensure Africa's fintech companies continue to expand and innovate while staying protected from online scams and financial crime. Kenya’s position in the Global Fraud Index reflects both the rapid digital growth we’ve achieved and the urgent need to strengthen the country’s fraud prevention measures.