Agentic AI for Fraud Detection in Financial Big Data Systems

Introduction Financial institutions handle vast amounts of data daily, from transactions to customer profiles, creating a complex landscape prone to fraudulent activities. Traditional rule-based systems for fraud detection often struggle to keep pace with evolving fraud tactics, especially in big data environments. Agentic AI, a new paradigm in artificial intelligence, offers a transformative approach by enabling autonomous, adaptive, and context-aware systems to detect and prevent fraud in real time. This chapter explores the role of Agentic AI in revolutionizing fraud detection within financial big data systems, delving into its mechanisms, applications, benefits, and challenges. Understanding Agentic AI Agentic AI refers to intelligent systems capable of autonomous decision-making, learning, and adaptation in dynamic environments. Unlike traditional AI, which relies heavily on predefined rules or supervised learning, Agentic AI systems operate as independent agents. They pe...