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Through our partners at SORAMITSU: We're excited about what we can bring to strengthen the lives of fraud intelligence professionals everywhere, and to protect users globally.",{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":4652,"children":4653},{},[4654],{"type":23,"value":4655},"And Andrew Wong, co-founder of Fraud Intelligence Limited and COO of Soramitsu mentions;",{"type":17,"tag":94,"props":4657,"children":4658},{},[4659],{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":4660,"children":4661},{},[4662],{"type":23,"value":4663},"Fraud Intelligence Limited is all about finding ways to bring this technology to life and letting peers and intelligence professionals take an even more active role in fighting the fraudsters. We built the technology core on Hyperledger Iroha (a permissioned based blockchain). Hyperledger Iroha derives its strength as a community led initiative that galvanizes the best technical minds in the world towards solving real problems which need solving. 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As a cutting-edge blockchain technology provider, Soramitsu harnesses the power of ecosystems to develop solutions that aim to improve humanity.","/img/news/creating-ecosystems/cover.png","/img/news/creating-ecosystems/og.png","2023-12-14",{"type":14,"children":4733,"toc":4949},[4734,4738,4743,4748,4760,4766,4785,4790,4795,4807,4812,4817,4823,4837,4851,4874,4879,4902,4925,4929,4934,4939,4942],{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":4735,"children":4736},{},[4737],{"type":23,"value":4728},{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":4739,"children":4740},{},[4741],{"type":23,"value":4742},"Maintaining leadership in the business world is hard. It is cut-throat, and anyone who says it isn't hasn't worked a proper corporate job in his/her life. Companies around the world are working day and night, ideating on how to solve their target customer needs, writing and shipping code, manufacturing new products, investing in R&D, and driving process automation and financial planning, all while orchestrating these efforts under a cohesive corporate vision that drives financial performance and promotes performance excellence.",{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":4744,"children":4745},{},[4746],{"type":23,"value":4747},"Soramitsu is no different. We are invested heavily in building cutting-edge technologies and grasping their humanity-changing applications, varying from our relationship with leading Web3 Ecosystems to the work we are pioneering in the telecommunications arena to our public sector cooperative efforts.",{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":4749,"children":4750},{},[4751,4753,4758],{"type":23,"value":4752},"Our technology model is built fundamentally on (the) Open Source Philosophy. 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I will briefly touch on our work within the telecommunications sector, Web3 and its groundbreaking applications to the public sector and the impact of ecosystems supporting their success;",{"type":17,"tag":18,"props":4791,"children":4793},{"id":4792},"fraud-intelligence-limited",[4794],{"type":23,"value":314},{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":4796,"children":4797},{},[4798,4800,4805],{"type":23,"value":4799},"One of an ecosystem model's most powerful use cases is Soramitsu's investment in the Joint Venture ",{"type":17,"tag":214,"props":4801,"children":4803},{"href":3116,"rel":4802},[271],[4804],{"type":23,"value":314},{"type":23,"value":4806},". In recent years, businesses have been criticised as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. Companies are widely thought to be prospering at the expense of their communities. Trust in business has fallen to new lows, leading government officials to set policies that undermine competitiveness and economic growth. Focusing on short-term financial performance results in short-term decision-making, often at the expense of customers' well-being.",{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":4808,"children":4809},{},[4810],{"type":23,"value":4811},"Fraud Intelligence Limited promotes the belief that both business and society can come together in a way, through a redefined purpose of creating 'shared value' - which is to generate economic value in a way that also produces value for an industry or society, by addressing challenges, and which can connect the company success with that of its customers and more broadly, society. 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It also catalyses the building of a conduit that enables telcos to participate using their native workflow contained in their preferred fraud management system provider, driving further the shared value ecosystem model.",{"type":17,"tag":18,"props":4818,"children":4820},{"id":4819},"web-3-and-the-public-sector",[4821],{"type":23,"value":4822},"Web 3 and the Public Sector",{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":4824,"children":4825},{},[4826,4828,4835],{"type":23,"value":4827},"The elephant in the room when it comes to blockchain is crypto. This word is almost taboo due to the recent run-ins with law enforcement and the contrasting opinions from daily headlines scattered with scams and technological breakthroughs. 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We do not believe in the limitations that one network presents for users by building an ecosystem that takes the best of all worlds to provide an experience that is as seamless, easy to use and great-looking as those provided by Google or Meta.",{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":4852,"children":4853},{},[4854,4856,4863,4865,4872],{"type":23,"value":4855},"We have harnessed our expertise and community collaboration to build a decentralised finance platform on the SORA network called ",{"type":17,"tag":214,"props":4857,"children":4860},{"href":4858,"rel":4859},"https://polkaswap.io/",[271],[4861],{"type":23,"value":4862},"Polkaswap",{"type":23,"value":4864},". 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Their feedback inspired Fraud Intelligence Limited in ways both big and small, and in 2023, we accelerated our execution to take that feedback and transform it into a reality aligned with our partner's needs, which enabled us to build tools emboldening Fraud Intelligence Blockchain to become the undisputed leader and trusted source of shared fraud intelligence globally.","/img/news/2023-in-review/cover.jpg","/img/news/2023-in-review/og.jpg","2023-12-12",{"type":14,"children":4966,"toc":5164},[4967,4971,4977,4982,4988,4993,4998,5004,5009,5014,5019,5025,5030,5035,5041,5046,5051,5054,5059,5064,5069,5072,5076,5084,5092,5095,5127,5130],{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":4968,"children":4969},{},[4970],{"type":23,"value":4961},{"type":17,"tag":18,"props":4972,"children":4974},{"id":4973},"listening-and-expanding",[4975],{"type":23,"value":4976},"Listening and Expanding",{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":4978,"children":4979},{},[4980],{"type":23,"value":4981},"2023 was a year of listening to our customers; the more we listened to them, the more we could build capabilities that put us in the shoes of Fraud Intelligence Professionals globally. In these uncertain economic times, costs are under a magnifying glass. The ability to generate ROI is under intense scrutiny. Investors want more for less. We heard you loud and clear, and Fraud Intelligence Limited was up for the task of delivering something novel to address these concerns.",{"type":17,"tag":18,"props":4983,"children":4985},{"id":4984},"freemium-pay-per-use",[4986],{"type":23,"value":4987},"Freemium Pay Per Use",{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":4989,"children":4990},{},[4991],{"type":23,"value":4992},"Now, with a few taps, customers can gain access to a freemium pay-per-use model that removes the cost equation from customers who want to gain access to a diverse set of fraud types (Wangiri, IRSF, Stolen Device, IP address, and SMS A2P) to combat problems such as Simbox Fraud. Our freemium pay-per-use subscription allows customers to earn and spend essentially internal digital credit tokens through their contributions and downloads from the ledger. 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We also embedded fraud data in analytics and scoring, ensuring that fraud intelligence professionals can be confident in the accuracy of data flagged as fraudulent in a crowd-sourced environment.",{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":5015,"children":5016},{},[5017],{"type":23,"value":5018},"We also set up the API to be extensible with existing Fraud Management System providers, such as Mobileum and Six Degrees, so that we can make real and meaningful changes. We are looking forward to accelerating these conversations in 2024.",{"type":17,"tag":18,"props":5020,"children":5022},{"id":5021},"enterprise-grade-infrastructure",[5023],{"type":23,"value":5024},"Enterprise Grade Infrastructure",{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":5026,"children":5027},{},[5028],{"type":23,"value":5029},"Fraud Intelligence Blockchain operates on a community-led project called Hyperledger Iroha under the Linux Foundation's Hyperledger Foundation. This gives Hypeledger Iroha the strength and legitimacy to support the vision of a consortium agnostic platform for fraud intelligence sharing. It is worth mentioning that the same technology backbone used to power the Fraud Intelligence Blockchain is also used to power the World's first blockchain-based central bank-operated national payment infrastructure known as Bakong (for Cambodia), a system to date that runs over $10B of transactions and touches on 60% of the general population.",{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":5031,"children":5032},{},[5033],{"type":23,"value":5034},"As the telecommunications landscape evolves, there is great potential to direct this experience towards expanding cross-consortia collaborative intelligence sharing, not only for telcos but also capabilities that can improve the protection for end customers and as Hyperledger Iroha is an open source contribution to the Hyperledger Project.",{"type":17,"tag":18,"props":5036,"children":5038},{"id":5037},"whats-next",[5039],{"type":23,"value":5040},"What's next?",{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":5042,"children":5043},{},[5044],{"type":23,"value":5045},"The Fraud Intelligence Blockchain boasts more than 5M records, and we know that it is one of many tools that Fraud Intelligence Professionals use to grind it out and get stuff done. Going forward, our teams will continue to strengthen and digitise the customer journey with security by design at the core and with further enhancements to the user navigation and UX so that we can positively impact the entire telecommunications industry.",{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":5047,"children":5048},{},[5049],{"type":23,"value":5050},"We also wish to announce that we are giving our customers worldwide the opportunity to learn more about the Fraud Intelligence Blockchain - for free- with a one-time special bonus of 1,000 tokens to register for the service. As we head into 2024, we want to keep listening to and doing more for telcos, regulators, and our FMS partners to build on the spirit of collaboration and precision to strengthen our platform work further.",{"type":17,"tag":256,"props":5052,"children":5053},{},[],{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":5055,"children":5056},{},[5057],{"type":23,"value":5058},"We look forward to sharing new initiatives in the New Year.",{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":5060,"children":5061},{},[5062],{"type":23,"value":5063},"Enthusiastically,",{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":5065,"children":5066},{},[5067],{"type":23,"value":5068},"Anthony Sani, Danie Maritz, Andrew Wong, Bogdan Mingela, Travin Keith, Katsuhiro Otake",{"type":17,"tag":256,"props":5070,"children":5071},{},[],{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":5073,"children":5074},{},[5075],{"type":23,"value":3152},{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":5077,"children":5078},{},[5079],{"type":17,"tag":214,"props":5080,"children":5082},{"href":293,"rel":5081},[271],[5083],{"type":23,"value":3161},{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":5085,"children":5086},{},[5087],{"type":17,"tag":214,"props":5088,"children":5090},{"href":2661,"rel":5089},[271],[5091],{"type":23,"value":3170},{"type":17,"tag":256,"props":5093,"children":5094},{},[],{"type":17,"tag":312,"props":5096,"children":5097},{"brand":328,"logo":329,"website":330},[5098,5102,5114],{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":5099,"children":5100},{},[5101],{"type":23,"value":336},{"type":17,"tag":94,"props":5103,"children":5104},{},[5105,5110],{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":5106,"children":5107},{},[5108],{"type":23,"value":5109},"When you look at our strategy, talent, and track record, we're incredibly well-positioned to serve our partners and clients worldwide. Our customers' trust is our greatest asset, built through hard work and over a long period of time. As we go forward, we are focused on the success of our clients and building tools and capabilities that enable us to help fraud intelligence professionals. And I believe if we stay true to our values and strategy, the best days are yet to come.",{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":5111,"children":5112},{},[5113],{"type":23,"value":3667},{"type":17,"tag":94,"props":5115,"children":5116},{},[5117,5122],{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":5118,"children":5119},{},[5120],{"type":23,"value":5121},"Our unwavering commitment to innovation and groundbreaking technologies has revolutionized how fraud prevention is approached. The decentralized nature of blockchain has improved end-user service quality and brought in financial savings for our customers. Relying on HL Iroha has paved the way for the industry's more secure and robust future. At the same time, our trailblazing solution has gained credibility among renowned professionals, recognising its potential in combating fraud. Their validation has fueled our determination to further push the boundaries, embracing more innovative technologies and methodologies in the upcoming year. We are poised to expand our reach and enhance our capabilities, raising the bar in the ongoing fight against fraud.\"",{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":5123,"children":5124},{},[5125],{"type":23,"value":5126},"— Bogdan Mingela, Software Engineering Manager, Soramitsu",{"type":17,"tag":256,"props":5128,"children":5129},{},[],{"type":17,"tag":312,"props":5131,"children":5132},{"brand":342,"logo":343,"website":344},[5133,5138,5151],{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":5134,"children":5135},{},[5136],{"type":23,"value":5137},"Orillion Solutions is committed to delivering products that solve industry problems by leveraging deep data insights and modern technology. Our focus on disruptive and innovative solutions allows us to protect and create real value for our customers, placing us at the forefront of risk management and operational assurance. Our solutions empower our clients with advanced fraud insights and prevention capabilities, helping them mitigate the risks of financial loss and reputational damage.",{"type":17,"tag":94,"props":5139,"children":5140},{},[5141,5146],{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":5142,"children":5143},{},[5144],{"type":23,"value":5145},"The joint venture was founded on the principle that tackling telco fraud requires a collective yet creative effort. We're incredibly pleased by the progress in 2023 and are excited about what we can bring to strengthen the lives of fraud intelligence professionals everywhere and to protect users globally.",{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":5147,"children":5148},{},[5149],{"type":23,"value":5150},"— Anthony Sani, CEO, Co-founder, Orillion",{"type":17,"tag":94,"props":5152,"children":5153},{},[5154,5159],{"type":17,"tag":26,"props":5155,"children":5156},{},[5157],{"type":23,"value":5158},"Fighting fraud requires a cooperative approach; and its these principles that fuel our desire to bring innovative solutions that drive radical change. 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