The International Forum Financial Security in the Era of New Technologies: Threats and Solutions was held in Krasnoyarsk as part of the V International Olympiad on Financial Security. The event, organized under the auspices of the International Movement on Financial Security, brought together experts, representatives of government agencies and financial institutions, as well as young participants from 40 countries.
The forum was moderated by Academician Arutyun Avetisyan, Director of the Ivannikov Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Alexander Gatin, Executive Director for Data Research at Sberbank JSC.
Yury Chikhanchin, Director of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service, opened the event with welcoming remarks. He emphasized that technological progress must serve the interests of society and the state, and that the international community’s shared responsibility is to ensure that individuals and financial systems remain protected from emerging risks through the effective use of innovation.
“Dear Forum participants and Olympiad finalists, today you have a remarkable opportunity to raise pressing questions and to engage in dialogue with those who create and implement new technologies, regulate their use, and protect national financial systems from cyber threats. I am confident that this forum will generate constructive proposals to enhance our collective efforts, and that together we will achieve significant results in addressing our common goals,” said Mr. Chikhanchin.
The Forum followed a dialogic format, allowing Olympiad contestants and ambassadors of the International Movement on Financial Security to address questions directly to experts representing financial intelligence units and the banking and academic communities. In particular, experts from India, Cuba, Madagascar, the United Arab Emirates, PSB Bank, TBank, the Intercontest Training Center for School and Tertiary Students, and the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences took part in the discussion.
The participants examined the growing misuse of new technologies by criminals, including the proliferation of deepfakes, online fraud, hacker attacks, phishing, cryptocurrency scams, and other forms of cybercrime. The speakers shared national experiences in countering these threats, highlighting legislative initiatives, the use of artificial intelligence in combating financial crimes, successful examples of cybercrime detection, and the key competencies required of young professionals in the financial security sector.
Experts emphasized that social engineering remains one of the most common tools used by fraudsters. They noted the importance of public awareness campaigns, comprehensive risk assessments, effective cooperation between financial institutions and competent authorities, and international cooperation.
School and university students shared their personal experiences of encountering online fraud. An interactive survey revealed that the majority of attendees had been approached by scammers at least once.
Ambassadors of the International Movement on Financial Security from Pakistan, Amna Mansoor and Aeman Masood, presented their project on improving financial literacy and security, which they are implementing in their country with government support.
At the conclusion of the forum, participants adopted a declaration expressing their support for the efforts of international organizations and associations, including the UN, FATF, and BRICS, to strengthen international cooperation in preventing the criminal misuse of emerging technologies.
"We call for the implementation of the UN Convention against Cybercrime provisions adopted by the UN General Assembly by resolution 79/243 of 24 December 2024, as well as the provisions of FATF Recommendation 15 (New Technologies). We epress support for the UN, FATF, BRICS, including its Kazan Declaration (2024) and Rio de Janeiro Declaration (2025), and other international organizations and associations for the facilitation of international cooperation in countering the use of new technologies for criminal purposes".
The adopted resolution will be submitted to the relevant committees of the UN and FATF.
