We engineer and run the defences that stop financial crime — fraud prevention, transaction monitoring and tracing, IT & cyber security — for Australian banks, fintechs, payments, exchanges, e-commerce and gaming. Built and run in your business by senior specialists, not handed over in a slide deck.
Fraud has never been faster, cheaper or better organised. It follows your money into every channel — and the off-the-shelf tools and slide-deck strategies most businesses rely on were never engineered for the threat they face now.
You don't have a strategy problem. You have a defence problem — controls that stop fraud, monitoring that watches every transaction, tracing that follows stolen funds, and security that locks down your platform. That's exactly what we do.
The big institutions have had financial-crime teams for decades. We bring that same capability to any business that moves money — as a partner, not a headcount.
Prevent, detect, investigate and recover — one partner across the whole financial-crime lifecycle, not four disconnected vendors.
We look at the whole stack — payment terminals and devices through to your fraud, AML and case-management systems.
Detection engineering, monitoring and hands-on controls — engineered and run for your business, not a policy pack off a shelf.
We stand up the monitoring, scoring and case management that turn raw transactions into decisions — tuned to your business, vendor-independent.
From building the controls that stop fraud, to running the investigation when something slips through, to recovering the loss and answering to the regulator.
Design and harden the controls that stop first-party, third-party and payment fraud before it lands.
Learn moreForensic investigation of incidents, insider activity and complex fraud — evidence built to stand up.
Learn moreCut leakage and chargebacks, strengthen recovery, and turn losses into a managed, measurable number.
Learn moreRules, models and risk scoring tuned to your money flows — catching real fraud while cutting false positives.
Learn moreMonitoring engineered across every transaction and channel — so real threats surface and your team isn't drowning in noise.
Learn moreReview of terminals, POS, ATMs and payment hardware for skimming, tampering and device-level fraud.
Learn moreSelect, implement and optimise fraud, AML and case-management software — vendor-independent.
Learn moreApplication, infrastructure and cloud security, penetration testing and hardening — bank-grade security for money businesses.
Learn moreTrace funds across fiat and blockchain, reconstruct the flow, and support recovery — with court-ready evidence.
Learn moreBig consultancies hand you a slide deck and a bill. Software vendors hand you a box to figure out. We engineer and run the actual systems that stop financial crime — and we find the holes the others miss.
| The Big 4 & large advisories | Point software vendors | Financial Crime Advisory | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you get | Strategy reports & roadmaps | A single off-the-shelf product | Working, custom-built defences |
| Build or advise | Advise — the build is outsourced | Sell the box; you integrate it | We build, tune and run it |
| Timeline | 6–12 month engagements | Long procurement + integration | Weeks, hands-on |
| Independence | Tied to their frameworks | Locked to one vendor | Vendor-independent, best-fit |
| Who it fits | Enterprise budgets only | One-size product | Bank-grade for any size |
| Mindset | Audit & compliance | Product features | Offensive — we find the holes first |
Fraud and financial crime follow the money — into every channel that moves it. We work across the Australian businesses most exposed.
Retail and commercial banks, mutuals and credit unions managing scams, card and payment fraud, insider risk and AML at scale.
Payment providers, PSPs, acquirers, BNPL, remitters and EMIs that need bank-grade controls without bank-grade overhead.
Digital-currency exchanges, digital and securities exchanges, brokers and platforms facing fraud, market abuse and AML.
Online retailers and marketplaces bleeding to payment fraud, chargebacks, account takeover and refund abuse.
Online casinos, wagering and gaming platforms — high-velocity money movement, bonus abuse, collusion and AML exposure.
If money or crypto moves through your business, you're exposed. Not sure if you fit? Tell us how the money flows — we'll tell you straight, free.
Most firms buy these four from four different places. We join them up — so prevention feeds detection, detection feeds investigation, and investigation drives recovery.
Controls, program design and hardware/software hardening that stop fraud and laundering before they start.
Monitoring, screening and detection tuned to catch real threats with fewer false positives.
Forensic investigation and case management that produces defensible, decision-ready evidence.
Loss recovery, remediation and regulator response that limit the damage and close the gap.
No six-month discovery phase, no 60-page proposal. Three steps — and the first one is free.
A free 30-minute call with a senior specialist — not a salesperson. Tell us how money moves through your business, and we'll tell you where you're likely exposed on the call. Straight answer, even if the right first step isn't us.
A fixed-price Exposure Audit of your systems, controls and money flows — a senior, independent review with a prioritised action plan. The fee is credited toward any follow-on work.
We engineer the fix — controls, monitoring, tracing, security — then tune and run it. Month to month, no lock-in: you stay because it's working, not because you're trapped.
Financial crime doesn't respect the boundaries in an org chart. Security, fraud, engineering and operations each own a piece — and the gaps between them are exactly where the losses happen. We work across all of it, and we build the systems that close those gaps.
We partner with Australian banks, fintechs, payments businesses, exchanges, e-commerce and gaming operators to prevent, detect, investigate and recover — engineering fraud prevention, monitoring, tracing and security, bringing bank-grade capability to businesses of every size across their people, software and hardware. On a retainer, on a project, or on call when an incident hits. We do the lot.
Financial Crime Advisory is a practice of Digital One Agency (ABN 82 307 630 720). Senior specialists only, NDA as standard, and no lock-in on anything we do.
We're an Australian financial-security firm. We engineer and run the systems that stop financial crime — IT and cyber security, fraud prevention, transaction monitoring and tracing, and custom security software — and we investigate and recover when something gets through. We do the lot, across your people, software and hardware.
Any Australian business that touches money or crypto: banks and ADIs, fintechs and payment providers, digital-currency and securities exchanges, e-commerce and marketplaces, and gaming, gambling and online-casino operators.
We build. Custom fraud engines, transaction-monitoring and tracing systems, detection models and security tooling — engineered for your money flows and integrated with your stack. Advice comes with working software, not a policy pack.
Yes. We run forensic fraud investigations, loss recovery, remediation and regulator response — mobilising rapidly when an incident is live.
Both. Take us on a monthly retainer as an embedded partner, on a fixed-scope project, or on call when an incident hits. No lock-in and no setup fees.
Senior specialists from $550/hour — no juniors billed at senior rates. Fixed-scope packages start with the Exposure Audit at $8,250, credited toward any follow-on work. No setup fees, no lock-in, and the full pricing is public.
Yes. We review the whole stack — payment terminals, POS and ATM hardware for skimming and tampering, through to your fraud, AML and case-management software.
By tuning detection properly — risk-segmented thresholds, combining fast rules with machine-learning models, feeding investigation outcomes back as labels, and monitoring for model drift. The goal is high detection with a false-positive rate your team can actually work.
Yes. We trace funds across accounts, payment rails and blockchains, reconstruct the flow, and build defensible, court-ready evidence to support freezing and recovery — and it's fastest in the first hours after the money moves.
By defending the whole sequence: phishing-resistant MFA and passkeys, bot and credential-stuffing protection, device and behavioural signals, and detecting the new-device → detail-change → new-payee → payment pattern as one joined-up event.
25 years of financial crime — how fraud evolved, every type operating today, and exactly how to stop it. Written by our specialists, with a self-assessment checklist. No sign-up wall, no sales pitch.
Book a free 30-minute call with a senior specialist. We'll pinpoint exactly where you're exposed and what to build to close it — no lock-in, no junior consultants, and a straight answer even if the fix isn't us.