2. Fraud & Identity

Paymentology secured a USD 175m private-equity investment co-led by Apis Partners and Aspirity Partners for cloud issuer processing growth.

Jumio launches Watch continuous identity intelligence beyond onboarding, the company said on 30 April 2026.

Jumio appoints Mark Lorion chief executive to scale AI identity intelligence, the company said on 27 April 2026.

ChargebackStop launched Digital Receipts and Systematic Dispute Deflection to stop first-party misuse disputes earlier in the chargeback lifecycle.

Pindrop unveils first agentic fraud investigation solution against AI-driven fraud, the company said on 17 March 2026.

Pindrop Zoom integration embeds real-time deepfake detection in Zoom Contact Center, the company said on 12 March 2026.

Silverflow closed a USD 40m Series B led by Picus Capital as the cloud card processor neared one billion transactions annually.

Pindrop expands AI deepfake detection to healthcare; HealthEquity reports 90%+ voice-fraud cut, the company said on 26 February 2026.

Pindrop powers NiCE CXone and CX AI with real-time fraud and deepfake defence, the company said on 3 February 2026.

Pindrop Pulse for Meetings named TIME Best Invention 2025; GA on Zoom, Webex and Teams, the company said on 19 November 2025.

Upstart Holdings announced a USD 1.5bn forward-flow agreement with Castlelake, continuing a series of institutional loan-funding partnerships.

Jumio launches selfie.DONE for reusable identity without rescanning ID, the company said on 27 October 2025.

Encompass closed a funding round led by BNP Paribas to accelerate its EC360 corporate digital identity platform for bank KYC.

ADVANCE.AI launched AdvanGuard, a unified KYC platform combining ID verification, biometrics and AML screening for crypto and Web3 onboarding.

ID.me raised US$340m in Series E and credit financing led by Ribbit Capital to fight AI-driven fraud and expand digital identity.