Cifas

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Last activity: 08.08.2026

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Cifas is the UK’s leading fraud prevention service. This account is supervised from Mon-Fri 9am-5pm.

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4.97K

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48.4K /mo.

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Overview

Location

United Kingdom, England, London

Employees

51-200

Founded date

1988

Mentions in press and media 19

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Aug 4, 2026	NatWest Drops Payslip Requirement: Open Banking Now Verifies UK Mortgage Income	By Zachary Chambers Published: Aug 04 2026, 11:47 AM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard
Jul 15, 2026	Vodafone Replaces SMS Codes in UK and Europe: What the Carrier Now Sees When You Log In	By Clayton Lewis Published: Jul 15 2026, 6:27 AM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard
Jul 10, 2026	AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile Retire SMS Codes: Carrier Login Logs Raise Privacy Questions	By Devin Culbertson Published: Jul 10 2026, 11:31 AM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard
Mar 12, 2026	444,000 Fraud Cases Rocked the UK in Record High 2025	More than 444,000 cases of fraud were recorded to the National Fraud Database in 2025, the highest number ever recorded in a single year, marking a 6% increase on 2024, according to research from Cifas. The scale of fraud continues to accel...
Feb 9, 2026	Comment \| Identity, Not Surveillance, is Facial Recognition’s Future	Artificial intelligence might be the technology attracting the most public attention – or misunderstanding – over the past year. But make no mistake, facial recognition technology (FRT) has not been far behind. In recent months, headlines h...
Nov 11, 2025	Cifas and Trend Micro Announce Partnership to Combat Identity Fraud and Online Scams	JustMe app empowers UK consumers to protect their identities and fight back against online scams and fraud HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 11 November 2025 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global cybersecurity ...
Oct 13, 2025	AI fraud surge squeezes UK retail margins as businesses fight back with tech	UK retailers are under siege from a surge in AI-driven fraud, eroding thin profit margins and forcing a scramble for smarter defences. As economic headwinds bite, fraud losses are climbing, with businesses from high street giants to e-comme...
Jul 8, 2025	Top 5 Best KYC Providers for 2025	Created by Carl Williams Updated: Jul 08 2025, 23:25 PM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard
Mar 18, 2025	Is Facebook about to fall foul of new fraud laws?	This week the anti-fraud provisions of the Online Safety Act start to become enforceable. This could mean huge fines for social media firms that break the law by carrying fraudulent content. Yet our investigation shows that Facebook is stil...
Dec 2, 2024	Small-Medium Businesses Lose More than £3,000 Each To Fraud	Research from Visa has revealed that more than two fifths (41%) of small-medium businesses in the UK have been victims of fraud, with the average amount lost to fraudsters in the last year sitting at £3,808. With small-medium businesses (SM...
May 10, 2024	From Lloyds Bank to UK Finance, here’s who’s paying for the City of London Police	A series of funding deals between private entities and City of London Police to help fight fraud highlights the ongoing funding pressures faced by the police force, experts have said. City of London Police received more than £13m a year for...
Sep 20, 2022	Fraud prevention and compliance fintech Sardine nets $51.5m Series B	Sardine, a fraud prevention and compliance infrastructure fintech, has raised $51.5 million in a Series B round led by Andreesen Horowitz. Sardine raises $51.5m A number of new and existing investors also participated, including XYZ, Nyca P...
Oct 20, 2021	Aussie ID and fraud prevention platform FrankieOne nets $15m Series A round	Melbourne-based identity and fraud prevention platform FrankieOne has closed a $15 million (AUD 20 million) Series A funding round. Simon Costello and Aaron Chipper co-founded the fintech in 2017 The financing was led by Australia’s AirTree...
Aug 25, 2017	Fraud prevention firm Emailage raises $10m funding	Fraud prevention and identity verification firm Emailage has raised $10 million in new funding. The round was led by Anthos Capital, and featured the participation of Mucker Capital, Radian Capital, Tallwave Capital, and Wipro Ventures, rep...
Jul 5, 2016	Identity fraud in UK targets under 30s	New figures reveal a 52 percent rise in young identity fraud victims in the UK. In 2015, just under 24,000 people aged 30 and under were victims of identity fraud. This is up from 15,766 in 2014, and more than double the 11,000 victims in t...
Oct 2, 2012	UK at Greatest Risk of Identity Fraud in Europe	‘Don’t let it be you’ warns campaign to help combat identity fraud in Britain The UK is at the greatest risk of identity fraud throughout Europe, according to new independent research.* As National Identity Fraud Prevention Month starts fro...
Oct 1, 2012	UK at greatest risk of identity fraud in Europe	UK at greatest risk of identity fraud in Europe 01-10-2012 Don’t let it be you’ warns campaign to help combat identity fraud in Britain The UK is at the greatest risk of identity fraud throughout Europe, according to new independent researc...
	Moonsense: Fraud Prevention Company Raises $4.2 Million	Fraud prevention innovator Moonsense announced they have raised $4.2 million in seed funding and the general availability of its user behavioral and network intelligence solution to help organizations future-proof their fraud detection and ...

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FAQ about Cifas

When was Cifas founded?

Cifas was founded in 1988.

What has the press written about Cifas?

Parsers VC has collected 19 articles mentioning Cifas, among them “NatWest Drops Payslip Requirement: Open Banking Now Verifies UK Mortgage Income” (Aug 4, 2026) and “Vodafone Replaces SMS Codes in UK and Europe: What the Carrier Now Sees When You Log In” (Jul 15, 2026).

Is Cifas still active?

Yes, Cifas is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Aug 8, 2026.