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Fraud and payment fraud prevention acquisitions and funding

65 acquisitions of fraud prevention vendors since 2020 and 100 funding rounds since 2022 on record. The most active buyers are Experian (3), LexisNexis Risk Solutions (3) and Visa (2). See the fraud prevention vendors in the directory.

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$5.5bnpaid in the 11 acquisitions with a disclosed price
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DateDealAmountSource
December 2021Eckoh acquired SyntecProvides secure payment solutions$41mReportvia SecurityWeek
December 2021ClosingLock acquired SafeWireOffers wire fraud prevention solutions for real estateUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
November 2021GBG acquired AcuantProvides trusted identity products and identity verification$736mReportvia SecurityWeek
August 2021LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquired TruNarrativeOffers a cloud system to spot and stop financial crimeUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
August 2021Feedzai acquired RevelockOffers behavioural biometrics platform for digital identity and fraud detectionUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
June 2021Ping Identity acquired SecuredTouchStops automated attacks and assesses identity risk and fraudUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
March 2021Recorded Future acquired Gemini AdvisoryA fraud analytics startup for finance and payment firms$52mReportvia SecurityWeek
March 2021Pindrop acquired Next CallerProvides call verification and fraud detection for enterprisesUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
February 2021Sontiq acquired CyberscoutProvides cyber products and services tailored for the insurance industryUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
February 2021Flashtalking acquired Protected MediaThe company works on stopping and spotting fake advert clicksUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
December 2020Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s Merchant Banking Division and ClearSky Security Fund and NightDragon acquired White OpsProtects companies from digital fraud and abuse by verifying interactionsUndisclosedReportvia Cybersecurity Ventures
September 2020Cheq acquired ClickCeaseClick-fraud prevention company serving pay-per-click and search marketingUndisclosedReportvia Cybersecurity Ventures
June 2020NICE Actimize acquired Guardian AnalyticsUndisclosedReportvia Cybersecurity Ventures
January 2020LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquired ID AnalyticsOffers tools to judge lending and cheating danger for large firms$375mReportvia Cybersecurity Ventures
January 2020F5 Networks acquired Shape SecurityProvides artificial intelligence powered protection against cyber fraud and abuse$1bnReportvia Cybersecurity Ventures

Acquisitions come from SecurityWeek's monthly M&A round-ups from 2021 onwards, from Cybersecurity Ventures' quarterly M&A reports for 2020, and a few from Wikipedia lists. Funding rounds from 2022 onwards come from Return on Security's weekly Security, Funded newsletter. These are dated to the month. A few deals added from the news are dated to the day. Smaller deals may be missing. Each Report link goes to the announcement or story the source cites, and the via link to the round-up or newsletter issue. Amounts are in US dollars. The category is what the bought or funded company sells.