Visa's 24/7 war room takes on global cybercriminals
- Visa runs a worldwide fraud control hub based in Ashburn, Virginia, supported by similar facilities in London and Singapore to monitor and combat cybercrime continuously.
- This operation responds to an increase in attacks as criminal organizations use structured, well-resourced syndicates to exploit systems and target consumers.
- Visa combats millions of network attacks annually using AI-powered detection systems developed through a $12 billion investment over the past five years.
- According to Visa’s lead expert on fraud prevention, scams generate hundreds of millions annually and frequently exploit victims’ emotions, with many fraudulent operations based in regions such as Myanmar.
- These efforts protect transactions worth $15 trillion annually, about 15% of the global economy, emphasizing the critical need for continuous fraud detection and prevention worldwide.
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Inside Visa’s AI-powered war on cyber crime as fraudsters run global scam centres from Myanmar
ASHBURN, July 7 — In the heart of Data Center Alley — a patch of suburban Washington where much of the world’s internet traffic flows — Visa operates its global fraud command centre. The numbers that the payments giant grapples with are enormous. Every year, US$15 trillion flows through Visa’s networks, representing roughly 15 per cent of the world’s economy. And bad actors constantly try to syphon off some of that money. Modern fraudsters vary …
Visa has set up its global anti-fraud centre at the heart of the Data Center Alley, an industrial area on the outskirts of Washington.

Visa’s 24/7 war room takes on global cybercriminals
ASHBURN, United States: In the heart of Data Center Alley — a patch of suburban Washington where much of the world’s Internet traffic flows — Visa operates its global fraud command center. The numbers that the payments giant grapples with are enormous. Every year, $15 trillion flows through Visa’s networks, representing roughly 15 percent of the world’s economy. And bad actors
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