23 Apr 2026
Network Intelligence, AI and Open APIs: Reducing Fraud and Enabling New Digital Products in BFSI
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Network Intelligence, AI and Open APIs: Reducing Fraud and Enabling New Digital Products in BFSI
Digital banking crime in South Africa is rising at an unprecedented rate. According to SABRIC, digital banking crime increased by 86% in 2024. Financial institutions are under growing pressure to reduce fraud without adding customer friction.
Organisations are increasingly turning to telco network intelligence to strengthen onboarding, authentication, and payment decisioning. Capabilities such as SIM Swap Status, Number Verification, Device Binding, Location Consistency, Roaming Status, IP-SIM Correlation, and Device Change Frequency provide real-time signals that help detect and prevent fraud.
These capabilities are now being standardised and exposed through the GSMA Open Gateway initiative. South African mobile operators are implementing Number Verification and SIM Swap APIs, enabling banks and insurers to integrate trusted network intelligence directly into their fraud prevention strategies.
Join us for this executive roundtable discussion, hosted by MTN in association with IDC, to explore how financial institutions can reduce account takeover (ATO), lower false positives, improve onboarding conversion, and enable safer digital products by combining AI with Open APIs.
Agenda
Network Intelligence, AI and Open APIs: Reducing Fraud and Enabling New Digital Products in BFSI
One Day Event
Registration & Networking Breakfast
Welcome Address
Jonathan Tullett
Associate Research Director, IT Services Sub-Saharan Africa, IDC
IDC Keynote: Transforming Cybersecurity to Deal with Modern Threats
Jonathan Tullett
Associate Research Director, IT Services Sub-Saharan Africa, IDC
Fortifying Security and Compliance: AI in Fraud Detection
Roundtable Open Discussion
Networking
Speakers
Jonathan Tullett
Jonathan Tullett is Associate Research Director for IT Services across Sub-Saharan Africa. His specialist areas include IT services, outsourcing, cloud computing, information security, and digital transformation.
Originally from the U.K. and currently based in Johannesburg, Jonathan has spent two decades working in technology and media across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In addition to consulting and research, he has worked in cybersecurity and application development.
Jonathan leads research and consulting projects across Sub-Saharan Africa as well as engagements in Europe and the Middle East, helping customers navigate emerging digital business opportunities, refine competitive go-to-market strategies, and gain insights into regional market performance.
Jonathan combines a deep understanding of both business and technology to deliver actionable insights for clients, who include global hyperscale cloud providers, regional telecom operators, local and global systems integrators, and managed service providers, as well as end-user organizations including financial services and government.
Event Sessions
Thursday, April 23 2026 9:35 am | Location:
IDC Keynote: Transforming Cybersecurity to Deal with Modern Threats
Thursday, April 23 2026 9:30 am | Location:
Welcome Address
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