National Australia Bank (NAB) has launched an integrated operations hub called NAB Nexus. The bank created the facility to track AI threats and protect critical banking services.
The hub brings together frontline responders from the technology, cybersecurity, fraud, payments and physical security teams of the bank into a single operation.
NAB is centralising these capabilities to speed up information sharing and identify threat actors in real time.
“AI is going to do a lot of great things for how we live and how we work, but at the same time, AI is also going to help criminals and their threats much faster than when it was a human-only environment,”
said Andrew Irvine, Group Chief Executive Officer, NAB.
Australians continue to face a growing volume of financial crime. Combined scam losses reached A$2.18 billion in 2025.
The Australian Signals Directorate received more than 84,700 cybercrime reports between 2024 and 2025.
“A scam attempt, fraud event, cyber incident or payments issue can quickly intersect,”
said Sandro Bucchianeri, Chief Security Officer, NAB.
“NAB Nexus gives us a more connected way to see what is happening, make decisions faster and act earlier to help protect customers and keep the bank safe.”
To strengthen its defences, NAB invested more than A$900 million in the 2025 financial year in fraud, cyber and financial crime protections.
This funding included investments in AI and advanced analytics to improve threat detection.
By operating every day of the year, NAB Nexus aims to support continuous monitoring, faster handovers and a more coordinated response to potential attacks.
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