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INETCO surpasses 100B annual transactions, demand for payment fraud protection soars

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INETCO surpasses 100 billion annual transactions as demand for payment fraud protection soars

Monitoring milestone highlights shift toward real-time transaction intelligence as financial institutions face escalating fraud and operational risk VANCOUVER, B.C. — May 21, 2026 — INETCO, a global leader in real-time payment fraud prevention, today announced the monitoring of more than 100 billion transactions per year, empowering financial institutions and payment service providers across more than 30 countries to outsmart fraudsters, stay compliant and keep every customer safe.

Representing about 3 percent of total global payments, the milestone comes at a time when AI-driven fraud, account takeovers, social engineering and coordinated money laundering attacks are accelerating. Global losses to fraud scams and bank fraud schemes have increased by 9.2 percent each year since 2023, reaching $579.4 billion USD in 2025, Nasdaq Verafin reports. According to a 2026 Gartner® survey, “when asked about changes in annual financial losses due to fraud over the past three years, most banks reported an increase. Only 30% of banks saw any decrease in fraud losses, while 70% experienced some level of increase.”1


Transaction intelligence compounded

“If you wait for fraud loss, you’re too late,” said Bijan Sanii, CEO and Founder of INETCO. “What sets INETCO apart isn’t just the volume of transactions we monitor, but how that scale continuously sharpens our intelligence. As threats evolve, organizations must act before damage is done. Our 100-billion-transaction milestone represents a massive foundation of behavioral insights and transaction intelligence that allows banks and fintechs to stop sophisticated attacks at speed, ensuring protection without compromising the flow of legitimate banking and payment interactions.”

A front row seat to the evolution of fraud

INETCO BullzAI addresses new payment fraud and cybersecurity threats like nothing else on the market today by delivering AI-driven behavioral insights and a patented transaction firewall that instantly blocks fraud with precision at the individual transaction level. With capabilities that can’t be reverse-engineered or quickly replicated, it advances protection and reliability across every channel and rail — from digital and mobile to ATM, POS and branch — spanning card, ACH, wire and real-time payments.

Higher customer security and satisfaction

In addition to blocking confirmed fraudulent transactions in under 20 milliseconds, organizations using INETCO BullzAI have also reported:

Reduced false positive rates (~45 percent within 90 days of implementation)

Lower fraud loss and repayment costs (~25 percent reduction in financial losses within first six months of deployment)

Faster, more effective investigations (40 percent reduction in average fraud investigation time)


Shaping the future of digital payments

As global payment volumes continue to grow and fraud threats become more adaptive, the demand for AI-driven solutions that identify and block unique transaction and attack profiles in real time is widely expected to keep rising across the banking and payments sectors. “While AI-powered cybercrime is among the most serious challenges facing financial security today, AI is also creating a powerful opportunity for institutions to improve their defences,” Sanii said. “The industry is undergoing a major shift, with organizations investing heavily in real-time protection. Used by bad actors, AI can intensify criminal activity; used by financial institutions, it has the potential to become one of the most effective tools for prevention.”

Many INETCO customers are realizing this positive effect. “INETCO BullzAI gives us real-time visibility across thousands of self-service and digital payment transactions — revealing which financial institutions and merchants are active, how transactions are performing and where suspicious behaviors or anomalies occur,” said Mario Rouhana, Chief Operation Officer at Alhamrani Universal, the Middle East’s largest ATM solution provider. “By understanding the behavioral patterns of every user, terminal and device, we can scale our business with confidence, respond instantly to emerging threats and reinforce the trust our customers, partners and regulators place in Alhamrani Universal as a leader in secure digital transformation.”

1. Source: Gartner, “Major Fraud Trends That Banking CIOs Must Counteract (Part 1),” Vatsal Sharma, 9 March 2026.

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About INETCO

Outsmart fraudsters, stay compliant and keep customers safe with INETCO. Monitoring more than 100 billion transactions annually, INETCO is the trusted choice for financial institutions, fintechs and payment service providers worldwide to deliver the payments reliability and security that all people deserve — every moment, every day. Embrace the power of end-to-end visibility, AI-driven behavioral modeling and real-time fraud prevention to secure unparalleled confidence in every transaction. www.inetco.com

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