AI-driven fraud prevention company Hawk has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Hrishi Talwar as vice president of product, fraud.
Talwar joins with almost 30 years of product and risk management experience, having held senior roles at Equifax, Fiserv, and Vesta. Throughout his career, he has guided large enterprises and mid-sized firms alike in building fraud, compliance, and analytics solutions tailored to a rapidly shifting threat landscape. His background in delivering scalable tools across payments and risk aligns with Hawk’s mission to support institutions of all sizes with advanced fraud technologies.
Hawk vice president of product, fraud Hrishi Talwar said, “Fraud prevention is at a major inflection point. Financial institutions are under increasing pressure to respond to threats in real time, but many are constrained by outdated systems and fragmented tools. I’ve been really impressed by how Hawk is deploying AI to fundamentally redefine how we tackle financial crime with solutions that meet the needs of institutions of all sizes. I’m excited to be joining the team and driving the next phase of innovation in fraud prevention.”
In his new role, Talwar will oversee the evolution of Hawk’s fraud product strategy. This includes the integration of large transaction models (LTMs) and agentic AI, alongside expanding the firm’s efforts in merging fraud and AML detection—a convergence known as FRAML. The goal is to empower financial institutions with more agile, accurate, and cost-effective tools to detect financial crime.
The hire comes as Hawk continues to earn industry recognition. In June, the company launched its Fraud Day One Defense Models, which enable banks to implement bespoke AI fraud detection models immediately for faster returns. Hawk was also named a Category Leader in Chartis Research’s 2025 Enterprise and Payment Fraud Report, further validating its impact in the RegTech and FinTech spaces.
Hawk chief product officer and co-founder Wolfgang Berner said, “Hrishi’s arrival marks the next leap forward in our mission to change how financial institutions can tackle the enormous problem of fraud. His deep product expertise and success at scale will sharpen our platform’s intelligence and speed, enable our customers to stay ahead of ever-evolving threats with maximum efficiency.”
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