Stage 2
CIFAS, Credit Industry Fraud Avoidance System
Fraud prevention organisation that maintains the National Fraud Database
CIFAS is a not-for-profit fraud prevention organisation. It maintains the National Fraud Database (NFD), where member organisations record fraud markers. CIFAS does not place markers itself. Its members do. CIFAS sets the filing standards and can investigate complaints about member conduct.
Visit CIFAS website →What CIFAS can do
- Maintain the National Fraud Database (NFD)
- Set filing standards for members
- Investigate complaints about member conduct
- Process Subject Access Requests
- Provide protective registrations for identity fraud victims
What CIFAS cannot do
- Place or remove markers directly, only members can
- Override a member's decision to file a marker
- Award compensation
- Enforce marker removal by itself
Key facts
Nearly 800 member organisations across 17 sectors
444,993 NFD cases recorded in 2025
Subject Access Requests answered within 30 days
Not a regulator, a membership organisation
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