WFF’s Research Focus
WFF conducts research that identifies the tactics used by criminals for financial scams, focusing on uncovering vulnerabilities so banks and fintech companies can better protect their customers. During this process, WFF discloses fraudulent and money mule accounts.
Integration of Salv Bridge
By utilizing Salv Bridge, WFF aims to provide timely intelligence through a compliant, secure, and structured messaging platform developed for collaborative financial crime investigations. According to company data, over 100 banks, fintech companies, and payment service providers across Europe currently leverage Salv Bridge for authorized push payments (APP) fraud recovery, collaborative AML investigations, automated request-for-information processes, and suspicious account management. Alerts sent through Salv Bridge have a true positive rate of about 90%, while companies report recovery rates of stolen funds reaching up to 80%.
Efficiency in Sharing Insights
Representatives from WFF commented that integrating Salv Bridge will enable their company to share essential signals instantly, thereby making insights reach financial institutions more efficiently. This is expected to facilitate faster interventions and robust customer protection.
New Developments at Salv
At the beginning of 2025, Salv announced it had opened applications for its next cohort of Salv Bridge network participants, focusing on cross-border APP fraud and mitigating criminal organizations’ activities. This cohort, which included 30 banks, fintech companies, and crypto firms, was designed to address the scaling challenge of APP fraud. Introduced in Europe in 2021, Salv Bridge served as a collaboration platform for fraud prevention and recovery, supporting over 70 financial institutions that shared intelligence through the platform.
