Socure Acquires Real-Time Risk Decisioning Company Effectiv for $136 Million

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Digital identity verification company Socure has acquired risk decisioning company Effectiv in a $136 million deal. The agreement, which is set to close next month, will bring Effectiv’s developer-friendly, AI orchestration and decisions platform into Socure’s digital identity verification and fraud solutions platform. Socure expects the purchase will enhance its customers’ fraud-fighting efforts while offering Read more…

Socure and Proof Partner to Fight Fraud in Authorizations, Contracts, and Forms

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A new partnership between digital identity verification innovator Socure and identity-secured transactions company Proof will bring new tools to the fight against fraud and forgery in authorizations, contracts, and forms. “With the explosion of new fraud vectors, our mission at Socure remains steadfast: use AI to deliver the most accurate anti-fraud and identity verification solutions Read more…

Trustly and Socure Partner to Offer Open Banking Pay-by-Bank Solution with Enhanced Onboarding

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Online payments expert Trustly and digital identity verification and fraud solutions provider Socure are combining their expertis, to launch a pay-by-bank solution with enhanced onboarding, leveraging the power of open banking. The new tool will offer businesses in a range of sectors– including investing, gaming, trading, and financial services– streamlined onboarding capabilities combined with pay-by-bank Read more…

Socure Makes $70 Million Acquisition

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Digital identity verification company Socure has acquired automated identity verification solution Berbix for $70 million. The deal marks the first-ever acquisition for Nevada-based Socure. Founded in 2018, Berbix launched a document verification solution with a forensics engine that detects spoofed IDs – including AI-generated fake IDs. Socure will leverage this technology to accelerate its international Read more…

Digital Identity Verification Specialist Socure Partners with Payments Innovator Alacriti

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Socure and Alacriti have teamed up to bring third-party and synthetic identity fraud prevention to instant payments. The partnership will enable financial institutions to use end-to-end, turnkey, instant payment solutions with the benefit of integrated fraud prevention. This will benefit FIs using Alacriti’s Cosmos Payments Hub, which enables institutions to offer their customers modern money Read more…

Socure and Middesk Forge Industry-First Integrated KYB/KYC Verification Solution

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Identity verification and fraud solution provider Socure is teaming up with business verification and identity platform Middesk. The partnership is the first instance in which two Know Your Business (KYB) and Know Your Customer (KYC0 innovators have created an integrated, end-to-end business verification solution. Socure, a Finovate alum since 2013, has raised more than $646 Read more…

Socure Locks in $450 Million in Series E Funding; Earns Valuation of $4.5 Billion

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Digital identity verification and fraud solution provider Socure has scored $450 million in what the company called a “significantly oversubscribed” Series E funding round. The investment comes just seven months after the company’s $100 million Series D round, and boosts Socure’s valuation to $4.5 billion. “With this additional capital, we will substantially increase our level Read more…

Socure Secures Strategic Investment from Capital One Ventures

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Digital trust and identity verification innovator Socure announced today that it has received a strategic investment from Capital One Ventures, Capital One Financial Corporation’s venture capital division. The amount of the investment was not disclosed, but it adds to the $196 million the company has raised to date. This sum includes a $100 million Series Read more…

Socure Secures Funding from Citi and Wells Fargo

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In a round led by Sorenson Ventures, identity verification innovator Socure has locked in $35 million in new funding. The investment, which takes the company’s total capital to $96 million, featured the participation of three new funders: Citi Ventures, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, and MVB Financial Corp, as well as existing investors Commerce Ventures, Scale Read more…

Socure Unveils New Digital Identity Verification Solution Intelligent KYC

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Digital identity verification specialist Socure has introduced a new solution to help accelerate and scale customer acquisition. Intelligent KYC, launched last week, leverages advanced graph analytics, unsupervised machine learning, and a sizable volume of data sources to give businesses higher auto-approval rates compared to legacy identity verification systems, as well as fewer manual reviews. “In Read more…