The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has announced it will officially launch its anti-scam technology 'Scam Indicator' nearly eight months after its pilot, as well as share its proprietary 'NameCheck' service with other payments processing businesses. Scam Indicator, co-developed by CBA and Telstra and debuted in a pilot launch in March this year, is designed to detect in real-time whether a customer may potentially be on a scam call. The tool makes use of a Telstra API that CBA can call upon to check whether customers are engaged in what the telco has flagged as a high-risk call. The bank's scam team can then contact the customer or put in additional checks, helping to prevent a potential payment to scammers. Scam Indicator was conceived in partnership with Quantium Telstra, the telco's AI development arm, which worked in close consultation with CBA on the technology's design and development.