RUSI and the FFIS programme have published a global survey of fraud intelligence-sharing platforms — 37 platforms across six continents, assessed on what data they share, how they share it, and what results they produce.
Salv Bridge is one of only two platforms in the survey classified as cross-border.
So what does that mean exactly?
The survey maps platforms across a spectrum of data sharing — from anonymised fraud typologies at one end, through to live personal data on suspects at the other. Of 37 platforms assessed, only two share actual personal data across national borders: Salv Bridge, operating across the UK and the Baltics, and NFCERT, a Nordic banking hub covering Norway, Denmark and Iceland. Currently, other cross-border platforms either shares aggregate statistics or risk scores without the underlying data.
RUSI is the world’s oldest defence and security think tank, founded in 1831. Their FFIS programme spent over a year on this research — interviews and workshops in 12 cities across six continents. The survey covers platforms in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania, benchmarking Salv Bridge alongside Cifas, Swift, Nasdaq Verafin, Mastercard, and 30 others.
One finding from the report puts the stakes: the median time between a criminal being offboarded at one bank and attempting to onboard at another is 9 days. Intelligence sharing is what ensures institutions find out in time — rather than not at all.
Some highlights from the report
Fraud losses totalled an estimated USD$579.4 billion globally in 2025, according to the Nasdaq Verafin 2026 Global Financial Crime Report. The GASA 2025 State of Global Scams report estimates that 70% of adults globally were exposed to a scam in the last 12 months.
Against that backdrop, the report maps 37 platforms across six continents and finds that cross-border personal data sharing — the kind that lets one institution warn another about a specific suspect in time to act — remains rare. Over 60% of surveyed platforms reported limited to no significant international cooperation with foreign anti-fraud platforms.
The two most commonly cited barriers to effectiveness: the increased speed and diversity of cross-border payments (64% of platforms), and the lack of cross-border information sharing (58%).
On Salv Bridge specifically, the report records 60,000+ intelligence exchanges facilitated across 100+ financial institutions in the EU and UK since 2021. Around 50% of reported cases result in at least partial financial loss recovery as a direct result of the exchange. One large Nordic bank increased its fraud recovery rate from 10% to 80% after deploying Salv Bridge.
The report closes with a call to action for FATF to establish international standards for cross-border fraud-risk information sharing — and identifies the small number of platforms already operating across borders as evidence that it is legally and technically possible.
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