Verafin
Verafin (Nasdaq Verafin) provides a cloud-based financial crime management platform for 2,800+ banks and credit unions, combining consortium data analytics, AI-powered fraud and AML detection, sanctions screening, and agentic AI workflow automation across the U.S., Canada, the UK, and Latin America.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2003
- HeadquartersSt. John's, Canada
- Headcount501–1,000
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What Verafin does
Verafin (operating as Nasdaq Verafin since its 2024 acquisition by Nasdaq, Inc.) is a cloud-based financial crime management platform serving over 2,800 financial institutions globally, including commercial banks, retail banks, and credit unions. Its product suite spans six core offerings: Agentic AI Workforce, Fraud Detection and Management, AML/CFT Compliance and Management, High-Risk Customer Management, Sanctions Screening and Management, and 314(b) Information Sharing. The platform's central technical asset is a proprietary consortium data network covering 850 million counterparties and up to 1.8 billion transactions analyzed weekly, which powers cross-institutional fraud and AML detection, targeted typology analytics for predicate crimes, and the FRAMLxchange 314(b) information sharing network that is the largest of its kind in the industry.
The underlying technology combines machine learning models trained on consortium data, agentic AI capabilities (role-based Analyst agents for sanctions, AML, EDD, and fraud triage), generative AI (Entity Research Copilot), and multimodal analysis covering structured transactions, text, and check images. Recent launches include the Agentic AI Workforce with a platform-agnostic overlay deployment model that can sit alongside third-party anti-financial crime systems, and Targeted Typology Analytics for specific predicate crimes including human trafficking, terrorist financing, and elder financial exploitation. The platform supports real-time fraud detection across wire, ACH, check, card, instant payments (TCH RTP, FedNow), and loan channels, with integrations to JHA PayCenter, BioCatch, and AWS.
Verafin operates a SaaS subscription revenue model with enterprise quote-based pricing tied to institution size and transaction volume, sold through direct enterprise field sales, channel partnerships (ABA Partner Network Premier Partnership), and OEM/overlay distribution. The company was bootstrapped from its 2003 founding in St. John's, Newfoundland, through its $79.3M ARR scale and Nasdaq acquisition in 2024, and continues to operate as an active subsidiary with offices in St. John's and Toronto, plus expansion into Latin America via the Global Anti-Scam Alliance.
Verafin firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Verafin
- Legal name
- Nasdaq Canada Inc.
- Website
- https://verafin.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2003
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 501–1,000 employees
- Short description
- Verafin (Nasdaq Verafin) provides a cloud-based financial crime management platform for 2,800+ banks and credit unions, combining consortium data analytics, AI-powered fraud and AML detection, sanctions screening, and agentic AI workflow automation across the U.S., Canada, the UK, and Latin America.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Verafin industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Financial Crime Management Software
- NAICS
- Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities (522320), Credit Bureaus (561450)
- SIC
- Finance Services (6199)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Fraud Detection & Transaction Monitoring (FSAMALAA)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Case Management, Investigations & SAR/STR Filing (FSAMAMAF), Financial Crime Compliance Program Management (Policies, Controls, Training) (FSAMAMAH), Financial Crime Investigations & Intelligence (link analysis, network analytics) (FSAGAFAH)
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Where Verafin is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- St. John's
- HQ country
- Canada
- HQ region
- North America
Offices2 records
Markets served
Verafin business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations
Revenue model
- SaaS Subscription - Financial Crime Management Platform: Cloud-based SaaS subscription model providing comprehensive financial crime management solutions including fraud detection, AML compliance, sanctions screening, and Agentic AI capabilities. Pricing based on institution size and transaction volume with annual subscription contracts typical for enterprise customers.
Go-to-market motion4 records
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels7 records
Verafin product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Verafin provides a cloud-based Financial Crime Management SaaS platform that helps banks and credit unions detect, investigate, and report fraud, money laundering, and sanctions violations. The platform combines consortium data analytics from 2,800+ institutions with AI/ML models and a suite of role-based Agentic AI Analysts that automate alert triage, case investigations, regulatory reporting (SARs/CTRs), and cross-institutional information sharing under Section 314(b).
Product overview
Nasdaq Verafin is a cloud-based Financial Crime Management platform offering a comprehensive suite of integrated products for fraud detection and anti-money laundering compliance. The platform comprises six core products: Agentic AI Workforce (AI-powered automation), Fraud Detection and Management, AML/CFT Compliance and Management, High-Risk Customer Management, Sanctions Screening and Management, and Information Sharing (314(b)). The platform leverages a proprietary consortium data network spanning over 2,800 financial institutions and 850 million counterparties to power AI and machine learning analytics across all solutions. Key modules include Agentic AI Analysts (Sanctions, AML, EDD, Fraud), AML Consortium Insights, Cross-Institutional Analysis, Targeted Typology Analytics, and specialized fraud detection solutions for check fraud, wire fraud, ACH fraud, instant payments, card fraud, deposit fraud, and loan fraud. The company has applied AI to fight financial crime for over 20 years, serving more than 650 institutions with its Agentic AI solutions and over 2,800 total financial institutions representing nearly $12 trillion in collective assets.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- FRAMLxchange: The industry's largest network of 314(b)-registered financial institutions, providing technology for FinCEN-registered information sharing among financial institutions.
Products and services
- Agentic AI Workforce A comprehensive suite of role-based Agentic AI Analysts that automate workflows across AML and fraud teams, transforming how institutions fight financial crime through AI-enabled automation from alert dispositioning to case investigations and regulatory reporting.
- Fraud Detection and Management A cross-channel fraud detection solution leveraging consortium data from thousands of financial institutions to uncover fraudulent activity across deposit fraud, check fraud, wire fraud, ACH fraud, instant payments, online account takeover, card fraud, and loan fraud.
- AML/CFT Compliance and Management End-to-end anti-money laundering compliance solution including transaction monitoring, targeted typology analytics for predicate crimes (drug trafficking, human trafficking, terrorist financing), structuring detection, and automated regulatory reporting.
- High-Risk Customer Management Software for managing high-risk customers through intelligent risk segmentation, risk stratification, enhanced due diligence workflows, and continuous surveillance to strengthen BSA/AML compliance.
- Sanctions Screening and Management A consolidated solution for reducing false positives in sanctions screening with intelligent name-matching algorithms, automated watchlist updates, integrated case management, and built-in auditing and sensitivity testing tools.
- Information Sharing (314(b)) A centralized platform enabling 314(b)-registered financial institutions to securely send, receive, and respond to information requests, facilitating collaborative investigations and cross-institutional analysis to uncover crime ring activity.
Quantifiable outcome
- 90% reduction in sanctions alert review workload
- +6 more outcomes
Companies that use Verafin
Customer profileNamed customers11 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Verafin technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
AI capability9 records
Feature12 records
Verafin partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Seven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.
- Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA)flagshipNasdaq Verafin joined GASA as a Foundation Member to combat scams, digital fraud, and financial crime. The partnership expands Verafin's role in regional initiatives in Latin America, especially Brazil and Mexico, leveraging its AI and machine learning technology to strengthen detection and prevention efforts.
- FincomcoreNasdaq Verafin and Fincom partnered to strengthen sanctions screening capabilities, combining Verafin's financial crime expertise with Fincom's technology to enhance compliance workflows for financial institutions.
- American Bankers Association (ABA)flagshipNasdaq joined the American Bankers Association's Partner Network as a Premier Partner, providing access to ABA member financial institutions through the association's trusted partnership program.
- JHA PayCentercoreCollaboration between Nasdaq Verafin and JHA PayCenter provides support for real-time fraud detection on both TCH RTP and FedNow services for outgoing payments, enabling faster, more secure real-time transactions for customers.
- BioCatchcoreNasdaq expanded its financial crime prevention offerings through Nasdaq Verafin's AI tools and partnership with BioCatch, enhancing behavioral biometric fraud detection capabilities.
- FRAMLxchange NetworkcoreFRAMLxchange is the industry's largest network of 314(b)-registered institutions, registered with FinCEN for information sharing as an association of financial institutions. Verafin provides the technology platform powering this network.
- AWS (Amazon Web Services)coreNasdaq partnered with AWS on market infrastructure modernization, leveraging AWS cloud capabilities for enhanced scalability and performance of financial crime detection services.
Scale indicators12 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Verafin competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- NICE Actimize: NICE Actimize is the leading enterprise financial crime, AML, and fraud platform serving large global banks. It is the most direct competitor to Verafin across fraud detection, AML transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and case management, and competes for the same enterprise banking customers that Verafin targets.
- SAS Fraud Management: SAS provides enterprise fraud detection, AML, and financial crimes solutions widely used by global banks. It directly competes with Verafin in real-time fraud monitoring and AML compliance, with comparable AI/ML capabilities targeting tier-1 and tier-2 financial institutions.
- Oracle Financial Services Anti Money Laundering: Oracle's FCCM (Financial Crimes Compliance) suite covers AML, KYC, sanctions, and fraud for large banks globally. It is a direct competitor targeting similar enterprise banking customers, with strong overlap in AML transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and case management capabilities that Verafin also offers.
- BAE Systems NetReveal: BAE Systems' NetReveal (now NetReveal Financial Crime) provides AML, fraud detection, and compliance analytics for banks and insurers. It directly competes with Verafin in enterprise fraud and AML, particularly in tier-1 bank deployments.
Broad incumbents
- LexisNexis Risk Solutions: LexisNexis Risk Solutions is a broad incumbent providing identity verification, fraud detection, AML, and compliance data across multiple industries including financial services. It competes with Verafin via consortium-style data assets and fraud analytics, though its portfolio extends well beyond Verafin's core financial crime focus.
- FICO Falcon Platform: FICO's Falcon Platform is an enterprise fraud detection system widely deployed across global card issuers and banks. While primarily focused on card and payments fraud, it competes for the same financial institution budget that Verafin addresses with its fraud detection suite.
Emerging players
- Feedzai: Feedzai is an AI-native risk operations platform focused on real-time fraud detection and AML for banks and payments providers. It is an emerging competitor with overlapping AI capabilities in transaction monitoring and fraud, particularly in the instant payments and digital banking segments where Verafin also competes.
- Featurespace: Featurespace provides adaptive behavioral analytics for fraud and AML using ARIC platform, serving banks and payments providers globally. It is an emerging player with direct overlap in transaction fraud detection and AML monitoring, competing for mid-sized banks and credit unions in Verafin's customer segment.
- ThetaRay: ThetaRay applies AI/ML to AML and sanctions screening for banks and fintechs, with focus on cross-border payments and correspondent banking. It overlaps with Verafin's AML Consortium Insights and sanctions screening products, particularly for institutions with international exposure.
Others
- BioCatch: BioCatch provides behavioral biometric fraud detection for digital banking and account takeover prevention. Although Verafin partners with BioCatch rather than competing directly, BioCatch addresses an adjacent use case in Verafin's fraud detection portfolio (online account takeover, authorized push payment fraud) and represents the broader fraud-prevention ecosystem Verafin operates within.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Verafin leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles8 records
Verafin funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds5 records
Investors10 records
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Verafin M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Verafin
What does Verafin do?
Verafin provides a cloud-based Financial Crime Management SaaS platform that helps banks and credit unions detect, investigate, and report fraud, money laundering, and sanctions violations. The platform combines consortium data analytics from 2,800+ institutions with AI/ML models and a suite of role-based Agentic AI Analysts that automate alert triage, case investigations, regulatory reporting (SARs/CTRs), and cross-institutional information sharing under Section 314(b).
Is Verafin a public or private company?
Verafin is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.
When was Verafin founded?
Verafin was founded in 2003. It employs 501 to 1,000 people.
Where is Verafin based?
Verafin is headquartered in St. John's, Canada, in the North America region.
How does Verafin make money?
One revenue line is on record: saaS Subscription - Financial Crime Management Platform.
Who are Verafin's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are NICE Actimize, SAS Fraud Management, Oracle Financial Services Anti Money Laundering and BAE Systems NetReveal. Broad incumbents are LexisNexis Risk Solutions and FICO Falcon Platform. Emerging players are Feedzai, Featurespace and ThetaRay. BioCatch is listed as an others.
Does Verafin have an API?
Yes. Nasdaq Verafin offers an AML Consortium Insights API that enables financial institutions to access shared intelligence from thousands of global financial institutions for anti-money laundering efforts. The API provides visibility into high-risk entities inside and outside the institution. Additionally, the Instant Payments solution offers risk scores from real-time APIs to integrate into existing payment fraud prevention approaches.
What industry is Verafin in?
Verafin's product category is Financial Crime Management Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is FSAMALAA, Fraud Detection & Transaction Monitoring, with a secondary code of FSAMAMAF, Case Management, Investigations & SAR/STR Filing. Its NAICS code is 522320 and its SIC code is 6199.