FinCrime Talent Pulse: India’s Workforce Trends | H1 CY2025
India’s BFSI sector sees hiring boom in fraud, KYC and compliance roles
July 25, 2025
Financial Crime (FinCrime) continues to gain critical focus across the global BFSI landscape, with increased regulatory pressures accelerating investments in compliance, surveillance, and fraud prevention.
As this shift accelerates, India is emerging as a strategic FinCrime hub, with GCCs building robust compliance operations in Bengaluru, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, and Chennai. Backed by a 25.5K-strong active talent pool, the Careernet report analyses India’s FinCrime workforce trends for H1 CY2025, examining talent distribution by role, sector, and experience level based on internal data, job boards, and employer portals.
The result: Bengaluru leads the FinCrime talent map, contributing nearly one-third of the active workforce. The KYC, CDD, and Monitoring segment forms the most broadly available talent pool, compared to the more specialised Sanctions and Fraud Control and Regulatory Compliance segments.
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