One man stole nearly £500k by phoning banks, impersonating customers & draining accounts. Victims were refunded but banks paid the price. At Sekura.id & XConnect we’re helping call centres stop this at source – protecting customers & preventing refunds. #fintech

apidays India (8–9 Oct, Bengaluru) unites 800+ participants to explore Future-proof APIs for billions. Sekura.id CTO Gautam Hazari debuts his new Three As talk — Apps, APIs & AI — on how Agentic AI is transforming trust, experiences & the future of interaction.

At API events the talk is GraphQL + schema tweaks. Useful, yes. But the real shift is coming: APIs evolving into cognitive interfaces and an Internet of Agents. At Sekura.id & XConnect, we’re already piloting this future, where the interface itself starts thinking.

🇪🇺 As Europe’s digital economy thrives, with up to 95% of consumers in countries like the Netherlands and Sweden shopping online, fraudsters are evolving just as fast, taking advantage of the growth in e-commerce, which is set to surpass $4tr by 2027. sekura.id/safr-auth

The DSP Leaders’ Report shows 64% of telcos now see aggregators as the best route for network APIs, up from 25% last year. Direct and hyperscaler routes are slipping. Telcos can’t scale alone – with XConnect, APIs turn into revenue, protection and real adoption.

🎉 Big news: soon our Sekura.id feed will merge into XConnect’s – one brand, one company, one future. You’ll still get the same updates on mobile identity, fraud prevention & Open Gateway, plus be first to see what’s next. Change is coming very soon! #telco #apis

CAMARA has hit 60 Open Gateway APIs – live, standardised and ready to deploy. From Number Verify to Edge Discovery, this is network capability made real. At XConnect, our Uniti platform helps partners get to market first. The time to start is now.

APP fraud isn’t rare – it’s rising fast. 3,242 complaints hit the Ombudsman in 2024, with 1,875 already this year. ScamSignal spots fraud in motion, using live call data to flag coercion before money moves. Stop reacting after the fact. Block it in flight. #appfraud #fintech

Fraud moves fast. As banks get wise to SIM swaps, scammers exploit call forwarding – hijacking calls without cutting service. No alerts. No red flags. Just stolen funds. We detect it at network level. Silent fraud needs a silent signal.

Fraud starts at the source – and so should the solution. Join XConnect’s Gautam Hazari at the Somos Summit as he leads a panel with Bank of America, Verizon, GBG & XConnect on how mobile network intelligence is powering real-time fraud prevention. #SomosSummit #FraudPrevention

Juniper Research says it plainly: “Network APIs can’t be standalone. Harmonisation is critical.” That’s the Platform Problem. APIs only have value when they work everywhere. Operators must align, collaborate and price keenly to kickstart adoption. Harmonise, don’t fragment.

Two nominations. One brilliant night ahead. At the Global Carrier Awards in London, hosted by Gabby Logan, Vijay Nair and Tim Ward represent XConnect for Best Strategic Acquisition and Best Anti-Fraud Innovation. Good luck to all — and behave at the tables.

🇺🇸 SIM swap fraud is rising fast: FBI logged 1,075 cases & $50m losses in 2023, with a 240% surge in 2024. Once a number moves, SMS isn’t security. 🇬🇧 UK tier-1 banks already use Sekura.id’s real-time SIM swap checks. US firms can too.

Congratulations to Aduna on uniting Vivo, Claro and TIM Brasil to commercialise CAMARA APIs. Exactly what the industry needs – collaboration, alignment and scale in action. XConnect fully supports this momentum. Exciting times ahead. #NetworkAPIs #OpenGateway #CAMARA

Fraud losses hit £629m in H1 2025 – up 3% YoY. 2.09m cases show how deep the problem runs. Banks blocked £870m, yet fraud now accounts for 40% of UK crime. It’s time to move beyond banking silos – prevention starts with network intelligence. #FraudPrevention #UKFinance #Today

Two of identity’s best minds in one room – and on your screen. #TechTuesdaysUK launches its first podcast with Dr Mike Short CBE FREng FIET FBCS FITP and Gautam Hazari, exploring four decades of identity. 🎧 Spotify: lnkd.in/ePstM9N7 🍏 Apple: lnkd.in/ewCNkdAH

SMS OTP is everywhere – and that’s the problem. UK Finance warns criminals are exploiting it to steal millions. It won’t be long before regulators push banks towards stronger, network-verified authentication that can’t be phished or intercepted. #FraudPrevention #UKFinance #Today

Juniper Research says it best: think like start-ups. Focus on adoption first, revenue later. At XConnect, we believe keen pricing fuels growth. Collaboration through GSMA Open Gateway and partners like Aduna builds scale, trust, and value. Co-opetition wins. #apis #opengateway

The ‘A’ Revolution is here. At #Apidays India, Gautam Hazari reveals how Apps, APIs and AI are colliding into Agentic AI – where tech acts with intent, not instruction. The next decade starts now. 🎥 Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=kGBma9…

Since July 2025, Ofcom’s new age-verification rules have reshaped restricted content, gambling and online sales. BBC News reports a 77 % traffic fall for one platform, while a 2024 JMIR study found only 45 % of under-25s buying age-restricted goods were asked for ID.