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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.

5acquisitions
0funding rounds
$1.4bnpaid in the 2 acquisitions with a disclosed price
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Deals

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DateDealAmountSource
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 interactionsUndisclosedReport on Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s Merchant Banking Division and ClearSky Security Fund and NightDragon buying White Ops, December 2020 (opens in a new tab)via Cybersecurity Ventures (opens in a new tab)
September 2020Cheq acquired ClickCeaseClick-fraud prevention company serving pay-per-click and search marketingUndisclosedReport on Cheq buying ClickCease, September 2020 (opens in a new tab)via Cybersecurity Ventures (opens in a new tab)
June 2020NICE Actimize acquired Guardian AnalyticsUndisclosedReport on NICE Actimize buying Guardian Analytics, June 2020 (opens in a new tab)via Cybersecurity Ventures (opens in a new tab)
January 2020LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquired ID AnalyticsOffers tools to judge lending and cheating danger for large firms$375mReport on LexisNexis Risk Solutions buying ID Analytics, January 2020 (opens in a new tab)via Cybersecurity Ventures (opens in a new tab)
January 2020F5 Networks acquired Shape SecurityProvides artificial intelligence powered protection against cyber fraud and abuse$1bnReport on F5 Networks buying Shape Security, January 2020 (opens in a new tab)via Cybersecurity Ventures (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.