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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Deals
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| Date | Deal | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | Basware acquired TrustpairTrustpair provides a platform for fraud prevention and bank account validation for businesses. | Undisclosed | Report on Basware buying Trustpair, October 2026 (opens in a new tab)via SecurityWeek (opens in a new tab) |
| August 2026 | Visa acquired BioCatchBioCatch analyses user behaviour to detect and prevent fraud and financial crime for banks. | $2.4bn | Report on Visa buying BioCatch, August 2026 (opens in a new tab)via SecurityWeek (opens in a new tab) |
| July 2026 | TAC InfoSec acquired Safehouse TechnologiesConsumer privacy and digital protection app with VPN, threat blocking and breach detection | Undisclosed | Report on TAC InfoSec buying Safehouse Technologies, July 2026 (opens in a new tab)via SecurityWeek (opens in a new tab) |
| June 2026 | K2 Integrity acquired RiskFront AIBuilds agentic AI systems to automate financial crime compliance and risk operations | Undisclosed | Report on K2 Integrity buying RiskFront AI, June 2026 (opens in a new tab)via SecurityWeek (opens in a new tab) |
| June 2026 | Incode acquired IdentiqPrivacy-enhancing cryptography for peer-to-peer anti-fraud collaboration | Undisclosed | Report on Incode buying Identiq, June 2026 (opens in a new tab)via SecurityWeek (opens in a new tab) |
| February 2026 | TransUnion acquired RealNetworksProvides AI voice and messaging analytics to reduce mobile fraud | Undisclosed | Report on TransUnion buying RealNetworks, February 2026 (opens in a new tab)via SecurityWeek (opens in a new tab) |
| February 2026 | Experian acquired AtDataProvides identity and data intelligence solutions for verification and fraud detection | Undisclosed | Report on Experian buying AtData, February 2026 (opens in a new tab)via SecurityWeek (opens in a new tab) |
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.