Cifas is the UK's leading fraud prevention service, operating as a not-for-profit membership association. For more than three decades, it has brought together organisations from 17 different sectors - including financial services, the public sector, and the third sector - to share intelligence and combat financial crime. Its network now encompasses over 775 member organisations.
The association's technical infrastructure is central to its mission. It operates the National Fraud Database, the country's largest database of fraud risk, which allows members to share critical intelligence in near real-time, with a new fraud risk case recorded approximately every two minutes. In 2025, this collaborative network helped its members identify and share more than 444,000 fraud risk cases, preventing losses valued at over £2.4 billion.
Beyond its core database, Cifas offers a suite of related products. The Insider Threat Database serves organisations concerned with internal fraud, while Protective Registration is a service designed for individuals at risk of identity fraud. The organisation also focuses on professional development through its Fraud and Cyber Academy, which provides training and qualifications in counter-fraud expertise, and it publishes annual Fraudscape reports that provide comprehensive assessments of UK fraud trends for businesses and law enforcement.
