​The FFIS research programme is an independent research initiative, delivered in association with the RUSI Centre for Financial Crime & Security Studies, focused on exploring innovation in public-private and private-private information sharing to tackle economic crime.
 
Since its establishment in 2017, FFIS has published 5 major international comparative studies of financial information-sharing partnerships and platforms, produced several national-level papers and convened over 90 events worldwide.
 
​Read the full reports via the links in the titles below.
 

'Lessons in private-private financial information sharing to detect and disrupt crime'
 A Survey and Policy Discussion Paper - 2022

​​This FFIS study is the first independent international survey of both AML and fraud-prevention private-private information-sharing platforms – covering 15 different initiatives across the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Estonia and Australia. The survey is not intended to be exhaustive, but will be updated in future iterations as more platforms are surveyed. In its current form, the study collates performance information for those 15 platforms and reviews a number of policy and data protection issues relevant to the field. We describe how the platforms vary in terms of the capabilities they offer, the data they ingest, the data they provide to members, the legal framework they operate in, what impact or performance information they record, how they engage with public authorities, how they communicate with data subjects and what interaction they have with financial exclusion issues. 

'The Role of Privacy Preserving Data Analytics in the Detection and Prevention of Financial Crime'
FFIS Innovation and discussion paper - 2021

​In 2020 and updated in 2021, FFIS published “The Role of Privacy Preserving Data Analytics in the Detection and Prevention of Financial Crime”, mapping international developments in the field of privacy enhancing technology, providing an explainer of key concepts and encouraging policy makers to engage with the field.

'Five Years of Growth of Public-Private Partnerships to Fight Financial Crime' 
FFIS Survey Report - 2020

​In 2020, FFIS published a major international study, entitled “Five years of growth in public–private financial information-sharing partnerships to tackle crime”, surveying 23 public–private financial information-sharing initiatives worldwide. ​

'Expanding the Capability of Financial Information-Sharing Partnerships​'
RUSI Occasional Paper - 2019

​In 2019, FFIS published “Enhancing the role of Public-Private Financial Information-Sharing Partnerships” as a policy guidance paper, setting out key themes relevant to expanding the scale of public-private partnerships in detecting and disrupting economic crime. The paper was the focus of the 2019 FFIS ‘Conference of Partnerships’, hosted in Amsterdam, which convened public and private leadership figures from public-private partnerships around the world.

​​'The Role of Financial Information-Sharing Partnerships (FISPs) in the Disruption OF Crime'
RUSI Occasional Paper - 2017

​FFIS published the first international comparative study of public-private partnerships in 2017, covering initiatives in the UK, U.S., Hong Kong, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong and their impact in tackling financial crime and supporting industry intelligence on financial crime threats. At a time when the work of the partnerships was not widely understood, the study illuminated the role of information-sharing partnerships in terms of delivering financial crime policy outcomes. The study was cited by FATF, the UN and numerous national-level policy and academic studies as a key reference document for the subject of public-private financial information sharing.   ​