Financial services provider Mastercard has revealed a new partnership with AI firm Feedzai. Mastercard says this integration aims to boost its ability to detect and prevent fraud routed through cryptocurrency exchanges.
According to the report, Feedzai will be integrated directly with Mastercard’s CipherTrace Armada platform, a bank tool to monitor transactions from thousands of crypto exchanges for fraud and other suspicious activities.
Feedzai’s software was built to identify and block suspicious transactions in “nanoseconds” using AI. Data from Feedzai says that nearly 40% of scam transactions go directly from bank accounts to crypto exchanges.
Nuno Sebastio, the CEO and co-founder of Feedzai, said the technology will “increase fraud detection by protecting unwary consumers” while also detecting any money laundering activity or mule accounts.
This comes after Mastercard announced another AI-powered tool in July, deployed to help banks fight fraud and payment scams involving real-time payments.
The financial services provider has made its presence known in the Web3 and crypto space. It has launched crypto-based Mastercards in partnership with major crypto exchanges, such as Nexo and Binance.
Mastercard has also recently been involved in trials wrapping central bank digital currencies on blockchains. On Oct. 12, it announced a successful attempt in collaboration with the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre CBDC, with participation from Cuscal and Mintable.
