Former Adyen COO and Silverflow co-founder Robert Kraal added to Fraudio board of directors
Fraudio, a provider of AI driven fraud and transaction risk intelligence, has appointed former Adyen COO and Silverflow co-founder, Robert Kraal, to its board of directors.
Kraal started his career at Bibit, an early global PSP later acquired by Worldpay, before helping to drive global expansion at both Adyen and Silverflow.
João Moura, Founder and CEO at Fraudio, comments: “Our whole model runs on the network effect, so our commercial growth relies on expanding our data footprint while bringing in the operational weight to scale. Having Robert join our board immediately accelerates our network's momentum, making our real-time risk scoring sharper for every connected provider.”
“Servicing partners at this level requires people who thoroughly understand how large scale payment businesses function. Robert isn’t on our board for the show. Having an operator who ran acquiring at Adyen’s scale validates our technology, and proves that we are built by those who get their business. His guidance elevates our decision-making as we expand our network and build for where payment rails are heading, which is towards cloud native, real-time, and API first.”
Kraal says: “Throughout my career scaling global payments infrastructure, I’ve seen how traditional, rigid fraud rules struggle to handle modern distributed networks. My decision to join the board is based on watching Fraudio perform against today's fast paced, evolving fraud landscape. The platform's ability to turn interconnected data into real-time fraud prevention is exactly where the industry needs to go, and I look forward to helping the team navigate their next phase of global growth.”
2026 RTIH Innovation Awards
Payments will be a key focus area at the 2026 RTIH Innovation Awards.
The awards are now open for entries and celebrate global retail technology innovation in a fast moving omnichannel world.
Our winners will be revealed at the 2026 RTIH Innovation Awards Ceremony, taking place at The HAC in Central London on Wednesday, 4th November.
Check out our 2025 winners here.
Our 2025 hall of fame entrants were revealed during a sold out event which took place at The HAC on 16th October and consisted of a drinks reception, three course meal, and awards ceremony presided over by award winning comedian, actress and writer Tiff Stevenson.
In his welcome speech, Scott Thompson, Founder and Editor, RTIH, said: “This is the awards’ fifth year as a physical event. We started off with just 30 people at the South Place Hotel not far from here, then moved to London Bridge Hotel, then The Barbican, and last year RIBA’s HQ in the West End.”
“But I’m conscious of the fact that, to quote the legend that is Taylor Swift, You’re only as hot as your last hit, baby. So, this year we’ve moved to our biggest venue yet, and also pulled in our largest number of entries to date and broken attendance records.”
He added: “This year’s submissions have without doubt been our best yet. To quote one of the judges: The examples of innovative developments across both traditional and digital retail spaces were truly remarkable.”
Congratulations to our winners, and a big thank you to our sponsors, judging panel, the legend that is Tiff Stevenson, and all those who attended our 2025 gathering
