AI-Based Pattern Recognition for Financial Transaction Analysis

  • Authors

    • Dr. Amina Hassan Department of Public Health, Nairobi Metropolitan University, Nairobi, Kenya. Author

    DOI:

    https://doi.org/10.67228/30713498/IJADSMC-2018PI8N4J

    Published 04-05-2018

  • Artificial Intelligence, Pattern Recognition, Financial Transactions, Fraud Detection, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data Mining

    Issue

    Vol. 1 No. 1 (2018)

    Section

    Articles

    How to Cite

    [1]
    A. Hassan, “AI-Based Pattern Recognition for Financial Transaction Analysis”, IJADSMC, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 01–12, Apr. 2018, doi: 10.67228/30713498/IJADSMC-2018PI8N4J.

  • Abstract

    The digital transformation of financial systems has led to a rapid increase in transaction data across banking, e-commerce, and mobile payments, creating both opportunities and challenges in fraud detection, anomaly detection, and behavioral analysis. AI-driven pattern recognition techniques, using machine learning, deep learning, and data mining, provide effective solutions for analyzing complex financial data. This paper examines supervised, unsupervised, and hybrid learning methods for applications such as fraud detection, credit risk modeling, and transaction classification. It highlights challenges posed by high-dimensional, dynamic data and the limitations of rule-based systems.Feature engineering techniques like transaction aggregation, temporal analysis, and behavioral profiling are explored to improve model performance. Deep learning models, including CNNs and LSTMs, are used to capture temporal patterns. Various algorithms such as Decision Trees, Random Forests, SVM, and Neural Networks are evaluated using metrics like accuracy, precision, recall, F1-score, and AUC. Results show that hybrid approaches combining deep learning and ensemble methods outperform traditional techniques.The paper also addresses issues like class imbalance, privacy, and interpretability, using methods such as SMOTE and explainable AI (XAI). Overall, AI-based pattern recognition enhances efficiency and accuracy in financial transaction analysis, supporting real-time fraud detection. Future work includes integrating blockchain and federated learning for improved security and scalability.

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