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September 2026 has 58 verified moves: 13 funding moves, 1 M&A move, 16 product launches, 9 partnerships, 2 leadership moves, 2 research items, 2 regulation moves, 1 enforcement action, 12 other moves.
Last updated: October 31, 2026 · 58 verified moves
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Funding · 2026-09-22
Baselayer announced a $35 million Series A led by M13, alongside the launch of its Agentic Identity Suite for verifying and managing AI agents acting on behalf of people and businesses.
Source: Baselayer / PR Newswire
Funding · 2026-09-17
MIND announced a $72 million Series B led by Crosspoint Capital Partners, bringing total funding to $112 million. Its platform focuses on protecting sensitive data across enterprise systems, including generative and agentic AI environments.
Source: MIND
Funding · 2026-09-16
Footprint announced a $25 million Series B led by QED Investors. The company said the funding would support development of Percy, its AI operating system for financial crime compliance, and Trust Fabric, its governed infrastructure for investigations.
Source: Footprint / PR Newswire
Funding · 2026-09-15
AIUC announced: AIUC raises $40M Series A.
Source: prnewswire.com
Funding · 2026-09-15
Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company announced a $40 million Series A led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from First Harmonic and Terrain. AIUC develops independent audits, standards and insurance infrastructure for AI agents and frontier models.
Source: AIUC
Funding · 2026-09-10
KPMG LLP announced a minority equity investment in Reality Defender, a deepfake detection company. Financial terms were not disclosed. The investment supports KPMG's efforts to address AI-generated impersonation and synthetic media risks.
Source: KPMG
Funding · 2026-09-09
HelmGuard announced: HelmGuard raises $7.3M Seed.
Source: securityweek.com
Funding · 2026-09-09
TRM Labs announced a strategic expansion of its Series C financing led by Blockchain Capital. The company reported a $2 billion valuation, double its February Series C valuation. The announcement did not disclose the expansion's dollar amount.
Source: TRM Labs
Funding · 2026-09-08
Blee announced: Blee raises $20M Series A.
Source: fintech.global
Funding · 2026-09-03
Consumer cybersecurity company Guardio announced a $40 million financing round, bringing its total funding to $167 million and valuing the company at $1.1 billion.
Source: Guardio / PR Newswire
Funding · 2026-09-03
Guardio announced: Guardio raises $40M at a $1.1B valuation.
Source: siliconangle.com
Funding · 2026-09-01
Apate.AI closed an $8.15 million seed round led by Lobby Capital to expand its conversational AI agents that engage scammers and gather intelligence. Investors included OIF Ventures, Investible, Concept Ventures and Baobab Ventures.
Source: FinTech Global
Funding · 2026-09-01
Instarc secured a €1.25 million strategic investment led by HFO Investments to expand the commercial rollout of its cloud-native compliance platform in South Africa. The amount is denominated in euros; no USD equivalent is asserted.
Source: Tech.eu
M&A · 2026-09-01
Mollie announced the completion of its acquisition of GoCardless, combining card and local payment methods with bank payment infrastructure. The companies said the combined group serves more than 350,000 businesses across over 30 markets. The deal was originally announced in December 2025 and closed September 1, 2026.
Source: Mollie
Product launch · 2026-09-23
Equifax announced Signal Score for Email and Signal Score for Device, tools intended to help businesses detect account takeover, synthetic identity and bot-driven fraud.
Source: Equifax Investor Relations
Product launch · 2026-09-17
Elliptic announced: Elliptic launches Decode agent for on-chain risk questions.
Source: elliptic.co
Product launch · 2026-09-17
Pelican AI announced: Pelican AI launches Fraud Alerts Optimizer.
Source: financialcontent.com
Product launch · 2026-09-16
Kybix announced: Kybix launches AI-powered KYB information exchange.
Source: fintech.global
Product launch · 2026-09-16
Pindrop launched a standalone offering to identify automated callers and AI voice agents in real time, supported by an AI Voice Consortium registry of more than 5,000 AI voices.
Source: Pindrop / GlobeNewswire
Product launch · 2026-09-16
SEON announced: SEON launches Signal Intelligence.
Source: seon.io
Product launch · 2026-09-15
DigiCert announced general availability of AI Trust Manager, a solution for discovering AI agents, establishing verifiable identities and ownership, managing authorization, and revoking trust.
Source: DigiCert / GlobeNewswire
Product launch · 2026-09-15
Proof announced general availability of its Verifiable Digital Credential, a portable identity designed for reuse across financial institutions following federal customer-identification guidance.
Source: Proof
Product launch · 2026-09-15
Sumsub announced: Sumsub launches Workforce Verification against AI-powered insider fraud.
Source: sumsub.com
Product launch · 2026-09-14
Jumio announced: Jumio extends selfie.DONE reusable identity to APAC.
Source: jumio.com
Product launch · 2026-09-10
AU10TIX announced: AU10TIX offers single platform for full age assurance journey.
Source: au10tix.com
Product launch · 2026-09-10
Castellum.AI announced: Castellum.AI integrates Arbiter AI agents into LexisNexis Bridger Insight XG.
Source: fintech.global
Product launch · 2026-09-10
Shufti announced Transaction Trust Monitoring, a fraud and AML monitoring engine with natural-language rule creation, backtesting, investigation workflows and human-authorized reporting.
Source: Shufti / GlobeNewswire
Product launch · 2026-09-09
Sumsub announced: Sumsub launches non-document Nordic eID verification bundle.
Source: sumsub.com
Product launch · 2026-09-03
Chainalysis announced support for HyperEVM tokens, including automatic coverage for ERC-20 and ERC-721 assets in its KYT transaction monitoring, entity screening and Reactor investigation products.
Source: Chainalysis
Product launch · 2026-09-01
Ping Identity announced Enterprise Personal Agent Access, delivered through PingOne Privilege, to discover personal AI agents, link agent sessions to users and devices, and enforce access controls at runtime in supported environments. The company said the capability was available and in enterprise pilots.
Source: Ping Identity
Partnership · 2026-09-15
Trustfull announced: Aircash partners with Trustfull for fraud prevention and AML checks at onboarding.
Source: trustfull.com
Partnership · 2026-09-14
ID DataWeb announced: Trust Stamp expands partnership with ID Dataweb on biometric tokenization.
Source: iddataweb.com
Partnership · 2026-09-11
Baselayer announced: Baselayer and Nevermined combine identity and payments for agentic commerce.
Source: baselayer.com
Partnership · 2026-09-08
FinScan announced: FinScan partners with Quantifind on AI adverse media screening.
Source: fintech.global
Partnership · 2026-09-08
Socure announced: Socure and NextgenID pair AI identity checks with IAL3 in-person proofing.
Source: prnewswire.com
Partnership · 2026-09-02
SEON announced a partnership with Philippines-based systems integrator Exist Software Labs, bringing fraud prevention, identity verification and AML monitoring capabilities to clients across banking, fintech, payments and e-commerce in Southeast Asia.
Source: SEON
Partnership · 2026-09-01
AU10TIX and NEO announced a partnership to provide real-time identity verification for high-volume venues, including self-service experiences. The announcement appeared in AU10TIX's September 1 press releases.
Source: AU10TIX
Partnership · 2026-09-01
Forter and David's Bridal announced that the retailer deployed Forter's fraud prevention platform in six days. The companies reported a 99.78% approval rate during the first two weeks following launch.
Source: Forter / PR Newswire
Partnership · 2026-09-01
GBG and Intellias expanded their collaboration to improve delivery of identity and fraud signals. GBG also introduced Reach, a data quality agent for policy-driven address verification within AI-agent workflows.
Source: Biometric Update
Leadership · 2026-09-10
GeoComply announced: GeoComply promotes Steven Vo to Chief Technology Officer.
Source: geocomply.com
Leadership · 2026-09-01
Ripjar announced: Ripjar hires new chief product officer and VP marketing.
Source: fintech.global
Research · 2026-09-02
Incognia published findings on cross-border account handovers and industrialized scam operations. The company reported that 81% of surveyed financial institutions saw rising mule-account handover fraud and 64% suspected or confirmed cross-border handovers. These are company-reported research findings.
Source: Incognia / PR Newswire
Research · 2026-09-01
The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center warned that attackers are tricking targets into authorizing malicious OAuth applications, granting access to accounts and data without stealing passwords. Revoking malicious app permissions is necessary to terminate that access.
Source: FBI IC3
Regulation · 2026-09-08
FinCEN and federal banking agency staff issued FAQs addressing use of state mobile driver's licenses and other government-issued verifiable digital credentials to verify customer identities under the Customer Identification Program rule.
Source: FinCEN
Regulation · 2026-09-02
FinCEN and federal banking regulators issued a joint statement clarifying that SAR confidentiality does not prevent banks from discussing underlying potentially fraudulent transactions, suspicious activity or account closures with customers. The statement does not change existing BSA requirements or create new supervisory expectations.
Source: FinCEN
Enforcement · 2026-09-04
The FTC announced a proposed settlement requiring Nuvei to pay $4.85 million and strengthen screening and monitoring of merchants. The agency alleged the processor facilitated payments for deceptive merchants, including tech-support scams. The allegations are not a court finding of liability.
Source: Federal Trade Commission
Other · 2026-09-16
Blockaid announced: Blockaid brings real-time transaction protection to Arc with MetaMask.
Source: blockaid.io
Other · 2026-09-16
Facephi announced: Facephi earns Pan-Canadian Trust Framework certification.
Source: facephi.com
Other · 2026-09-09
red violet (FOREWARN) announced: FOREWARN to provide identity verification to Pacific West Association of REALTORS.
Source: redviolet.com
Other · 2026-09-09
Blockaid announced: Onchain Monitoring: security that keeps pace with the onchain economy.
Source: blockaid.io
Other · 2026-09-09
SpyCloud announced: SpyCloud 2026 Identity Threat Report finds non-human identities lead path into enterprise.
Source: spycloud.com
Other · 2026-09-08
Ondato announced: Artea Bank moves to digital onboarding with Ondato.
Source: ondato.com
Other · 2026-09-07
FacePhi announced: Facephi runs third PAD-ID Card document-fraud challenge at IJCB 2026.
Source: facephi.com
Other · 2026-09-04
Hopae announced: Hopae and TCC bring global eID checks to Saudi Arabia.
Source: fintech.global
Other · 2026-09-04
Identomat announced: Identomat revamps verification journey with Mercury update.
Source: fintech.global
Other · 2026-09-03
Yoti said it would remove its digital ID app from Spanish Apple and Android app stores starting September 10 while appealing a decision by Spain's data protection authority. The company said its concerns centered on preserving biometric security protections.
Source: Yoti
Other · 2026-09-02
UK OFSI announced: OFSI announces a GBP 4.7M sanctions penalty on Citibank (imposed Aug. 11).
Source: gov.uk
Other · 2026-09-01
Device intelligence company Fingerprint announced it surpassed $50 million in annual recurring revenue. The company cited growing adoption of fraud prevention and AI-agent detection tools. This is a company-reported operating milestone, not a funding round.
Source: FinTech Global
These are the verified Funding entries dated September 2026. They are listed by their published titles, including investments that are not described as a new round. Baselayer raises $35M Series A and announces agent identity suite. Recorded USD amount: $35,000,000. MIND raises $72M Series B for AI-native data loss prevention. Recorded USD amount: $72,000,000. Footprint raises $25M Series B to scale AI risk and compliance platform. Recorded USD amount: $25,000,000. AIUC raises $40M Series A. No USD amount is recorded on this entry. AIUC raises $40M Series A for frontier AI assurance. Recorded USD amount: $40,000,000. KPMG takes minority stake in Reality Defender. No USD amount is recorded on this entry. HelmGuard raises $7.3M Seed. No USD amount is recorded on this entry. TRM Labs announces Series C expansion at $2B valuation. No USD amount is recorded on this entry. Blee raises $20M Series A. No USD amount is recorded on this entry. Guardio raises $40M at $1.1B valuation. Recorded USD amount: $40,000,000. Guardio raises $40M at a $1.1B valuation. No USD amount is recorded on this entry. Apate.AI raises $8.15M seed for scam-disruption agents. Recorded USD amount: $8,150,000. Instarc secures €1.25M strategic investment for compliance platform. No USD amount is recorded on this entry.
The tracker does not publish a definition beyond its verified sources. Baselayer raises $35M Series A and announces agent identity suite (September 22, 2026, Baselayer / PR Newswire): Baselayer announced a $35 million Series A led by M13, alongside the launch of its Agentic Identity Suite for verifying and managing AI agents acting on behalf of people and businesses. Pindrop launches BotStopper to detect AI voice agents (September 16, 2026, Pindrop / GlobeNewswire): Pindrop launched a standalone offering to identify automated callers and AI voice agents in real time, supported by an AI Voice Consortium registry of more than 5,000 AI voices. DigiCert launches AI Trust Manager for agent identities (September 15, 2026, DigiCert / GlobeNewswire): DigiCert announced general availability of AI Trust Manager, a solution for discovering AI agents, establishing verifiable identities and ownership, managing authorization, and revoking trust. Ping Identity launches Enterprise Personal Agent Access (September 1, 2026, Ping Identity): Ping Identity announced Enterprise Personal Agent Access, delivered through PingOne Privilege, to discover personal AI agents, link agent sessions to users and devices, and enforce access controls at runtime in supported environments. The company said the capability was available and in enterprise pilots.
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