Financial Fraud Action UK


Financial Fraud Action UK is the name the financial services industry uses to coordinate its fraud prevention activities.
FFA UK is sponsored by the UK Cards Association for its attempts to prevent fraud on credit and debit cards and the Fraud Control Steering Group on non-cards fraud matters. They also work with the Cheque & Credit Clearing Company to eliminate credit clearing and cheque fraud.
The Fraud Control Steering Group is an unincorporated group of retail banking providers in the UK. In addition to devising and implementing policies, the association ensures a united industry approach to combating payment, cheque and lending fraud.

Activity

Financial Fraud Action UK spearheads the collective fight against fraud in the UK payments industry. Working in conjunction with industry partners, government and the police, FFA UK aims to help the public and businesses to protect themselves from financial fraud.
Activities undertaken by FFA UK include the following:
The Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit is a special police unit encompassing police officers drawn from the City of London and Metropolitan Police forces.
Fully endorsed by the banking industry, the DCPCU is also supported by bank investigators and case support staff who are designated to assist with eradicating organised card and cheque fraud across the UK.