**Executive Summary**
On April 9, 2026, the Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) and the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the fight against cyber fraud and financial crimes. This collaboration focuses on enhancing intelligence sharing, improving fraud detection protocols, and supporting investigative agencies in asset recovery. The partnership marks a "whole of Government" approach to securing India’s digital payment ecosystem through real-time coordination and the dissemination of preventive guidelines.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Collaboration and Intelligence Sharing**
* Establishes a formal framework for FIU-IND and I4C to share operational information and collaborative intelligence.
* Aims to streamline coordination between the two frontline agencies to prevent financial crimes and protect digital transactions.
* Utilizes existing secure platforms like the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) and the Suspect Registry for real-time intelligence exchange.
**Operational Objectives and Asset Recovery**
* Provides support to investigative agencies to identify and stop cyber-enabled financial crimes.
* Prioritizes the undertaking of asset recovery to mitigate losses from financial fraud.
* Focuses on proactive action against the misuse of telecom, banking, and other related resources.
**Detection Protocols and Preventive Guidelines**
* Establishes robust feedback mechanisms to enhance national-level fraud detection protocols.
* Develops and disseminates specific guidelines and "red flag" indicators to financial institutions.
* Aims to create guardrails for the rapidly transforming digital payment ecosystem to safeguard citizens.
**Agency Roles**
* **FIU-IND:** Responsible for receiving, analyzing, and disseminating information regarding suspect financial transactions related to money laundering and terrorism financing.
* **I4C:** An office under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) that provides a framework for Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) to deal with cybercrime in a coordinated manner.
**Impact Analysis**
**FIU-IND and I4C**
**Impact**
These agencies are now linked through a formal intelligence-sharing bridge, transitioning toward a unified "whole of Government" approach to combatting cyber-financial crimes.
**Action Required**
Develop operational information sharing protocols, establish feedback mechanisms, and collaborate on the creation of fraud prevention guidelines.
**Investigative and Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs)**
**Impact**
LEAs will receive enhanced operational support and real-time intelligence to investigate crimes and recover assets more effectively.
**Action Required**
Utilize the coordinated platforms and intelligence provided through the MoU to take proactive action against the misuse of banking and telecom resources.
**Financial Institutions (Banks and Other Entities)**
**Impact**
Institutions will be integrated into a stronger prevention network through the receipt of standardized red flag indicators and security guidelines.
**Action Required**
Implement the guidelines and monitoring protocols disseminated by FIU-IND and I4C to strengthen cyber fraud prevention efforts.
**Citizens and Digital Payment Users**
**Impact**
The general public benefits from a more secure digital transaction environment and improved mechanisms for asset recovery in cases of fraud.
**Action Required**
No specific action is required, though the document implies increased protection through government-led guardrails.
Key Entities Referenced
Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND): The central national agency responsible for receiving, processing, and analyzing information related to suspect financial transactions to combat money laundering and terrorism financing.
Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C): An entity under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) that provides a framework for Law Enforcement Agencies to deal with cybercrime in a coordinated and comprehensive manner.
National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP): A platform developed by I4C for real-time intelligence sharing and reporting of cybercrimes among stakeholders, including law enforcement, banks, and financial institutions.
Ministry of Finance
Financial Intelligence Unit-India and Indian Cyber
Crime Coordination Centre sign landmark mou to
combat cyber fraud and financial crimes
MoU will facilitate both agencies in developing operational
information and support investigative agencies to prevent
financial crimes, protect digital transactions and undertake
asset recovery
Posted On: 09 APR 2026 4:21PM by PIB Delhi
In a significant step towards strengthening India's fight against cyber-frauds and financial crimes, the
Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) and the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)
signed a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance information sharing and
coordination.
The MoU was signed by Shri Amit Mohan Govil, Director, FIU-IND, and Shri Rajesh Kumar, Chief
Executive Officer, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), marking a new era of collaborative
intelligence sharing between the two agencies at the forefront of India’s fight against cyber fraud and
financial crimes.The collaboration comes at a juncture where India’s digital payment ecosystem has undergone a
tremendous transformation requiring guardrails that safeguard citizens from cybercrime and fraud. The
MoU shall assist both agencies in developing operational information and support investigative agencies
to prevent financial crimes, protect digital transactions and undertake asset recovery.
The MoU aims to enable both agencies to establish robust feedback mechanisms for enhancing fraud
detection protocols at the national level, while also facilitating the development and dissemination of
guidelines and red flag indicators to financial institutions to strengthen cyber fraud prevention efforts. This
is a milestone in adopting a “whole of Government” in approach toward the fight against cyber-crime.
ABOUT FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT-INDIA (FIU-IND)FIU-IND is the central national agency responsible for receiving, processing, analysing, and disseminating
information relating to suspect financial transactions and coordinating efforts against money laundering
and financing of terrorism.
ABOUT INDIAN CYBER CRIME COORDINATION CENTRE (I4C)
I4C is an attached office of MHA responsible for providing a framework and ecosystem for Law
Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) for dealing with Cyber Crime in coordinated and comprehensive manner.
I4C has developed various platforms such as National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP), Cyber-
Police, Suspect Registry etc. which are secure platforms for real time intelligence sharing and
coordination among various stakeholders including Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs), Banks and
Financial Institutions to combat cybercrimes including online financial crimes by enabling proactive
action against the misuse of telecom, banking and other related resources.
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