Jaanus Uudmäe

Jaanus Uudmäe is the Head of Fraud at Bolt, one of Europe’s largest mobility and delivery marketplaces. He leads fraud prevention efforts across multiple business verticals, helping protect a large-scale platform operating across numerous global markets. Jaanus and his team have significantly reduced fraud while supporting rapid business growth and maintaining a strong customer experience. His work focuses on payment fraud, account takeovers, promo abuse, marketplace fraud, and scalable risk management strategies. He is a strong advocate for using AI and machine learning in fraud prevention and has helped drive the adoption of AI-powered fraud fighting approaches inside Bolt. He also works closely with product, engineering, payments, and data science teams to build scalable in-house fraud tools and real-time risk systems. Beyond his operational role, Jaanus is an active contributor to the fraud prevention community. He also regularly shares fraud insights and industry observations on L