CEO and Co-founder
Refine Intelligence
Uri Rivner has been fighting financial crime for 25 years, working closely with the world's largest banks on developing strategies against online fraud. Prior to founding Refine Intelligence, Uri was Co-Founder and Chief Cyber Officer at BioCatch, the global leader in behavioral biometrics for fraud detection. Earlier Uri served as Head of New Technologies at security giant RSA. Innovations Uri spearheaded, such as Risk-Based Authentication and the world's first eFraud Network, are now saving the industry billions of dollars in fraud each year.
Artificial intelligence has shattered the economics of cybercrime. Attackers no longer choose between unsophisticated mass attacks or expensive targeted campaigns—AI enables sophisticated, personalized attacks at industrial scale. Deepfake authentication, adaptive phishing, and malware that learns from defenses are now deployed against thousands of targets simultaneously.
Regional banks and credit unions face asymmetric warfare: attackers using cutting-edge AI while defenders operate with limited budgets, legacy infrastructure, and small security teams. This panel examines how AI-powered threats are evolving, why smaller institutions are increasingly attractive targets despite lower volumes, and what realistic defense strategies look like. From behavioral biometrics to threat intelligence sharing, panelists discuss surviving the AI arms race when you can’t outspend the threat.