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Financial Fraud Action UK (FFA 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 (C&CCC) 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 (FFA 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: • Representing a unified voice on behalf of members. • Ensuring card companies and banks are flexible and robust in their approach to fraud intelligence sharing. • Managing an Industry Strategic Threat Management process which provides a current and future observation of fraud and the financial crime landscape. Key fraud threats are identified in this process and assist the industry in creating programmes of cross-industry project activity to attend to these threats. • Developing industry feedback to new technology and payments system changes that examine fraud considerations. • Delivering fraud management information on behalf of the industry to decide the complete scale of fraud and emerging trends. • Scrutinising the Industry Hot Card File which exposes fraudulent card transactions. • Engaging with key external stakeholders, such as Government, on behalf of members to tackle fraud. • Sponsoring the Dedicated Cheque & Plastic Crime Unit (DCPCU). • Promoting public awareness by conducting campaigns aimed at consumers and businesses which stress simple fraud prevention steps that can be taken by individuals. • Dealing with media enquiries regarding fraud and financial crime via their press office. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Financial Fraud Action UK」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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