Visa Acquires Behavioral Biometrics Innovator BioCatch for $2.4 Billion
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Visa has agreed to buy Israeli behavioural biometrics and fraud intelligence company BioCatch from funds advised by Permira and other shareholders for $2.4 billion in cash. The deal folds BioCatch's behavioral, device and network signal analytics and AI/machine learning capabilities into Visa's cyber, fraud, risk and security offerings, with the aim of detecting account takeovers, scams and AI-enabled financial crime earlier. The acquisition is presented as strengthening Visa's upstream fraud prevention across application and transaction flows.
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Rising interest in AI-enabled fraud and account takeovers has pushed buyers to invest heavily in behavioural and device intelligence now.
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Spending $2.4 billion on behavioural biometrics is Visa admitting perimeter defenses lost, the war on fraud moved inside user behaviour, and big issuers have to buy it instead of build it.
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- Visa sees fraud from all angles with BioCatch acquisition
The acquisition of BioCatch by Visa sees it integrate biometric, behavioural intelligence and AI-related fraud prevention tools to combat bad actors Visa has announced it has acquired fraud intelligence platform BioCatch for $2.4bn in a move that will see the global card company bolster its defences from AI-related fraud. The acquisition was completed yesterday (3 […]
Payment ExpertAug 4 - Visa bets $2.4bn on BioCatch to stop fraud upstream
Visa has agreed to buy BioCatch in a $2.4bn all-cash deal that signals how seriously the payments giant is taking the surge in AI-enabled financial crime. The company is being purchased from funds advised by Permira alongside other shareholders. By folding BioCatch into its existing cyber, fraud, risk and security offering, Visa aims to give […] The post Visa bets $2.4bn on BioCatch to stop
FinTech GlobalAug 4 - Visa acquires behavioural biometrics fintech BioCatch for $2.4bnFinTech FuturesAug 4
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