Assessment
Feedzai is used by large banks, card issuers, processors, merchants, and payment networks that need to score huge volumes of card payments, transfers, logins, and new accounts in real time. Its RiskOps platform brings fraud and scam detection, AML transaction monitoring and screening, and customer risk checks into one system with shared data and case management, instead of the dozen separate tools many institutions run. The European Central Bank selected it to help secure the digital euro. Pricing is quoted. Its main competitors are Featurespace, NICE Actimize, SEON, and ThetaRay.
Nuno Sebastião, a former European Space Agency engineer, founded Feedzai in 2011 with Paulo Marques and Pedro Bizarro, out of Coimbra. It protects more than 70 billion in annualized payment volume across card transactions and bill payments, employs close to 800 people, and raised approximately $75M in October 2025 at a valuation of more than $2B.
It fits a large institution that wants one platform for fraud and AML with deep machine learning. It is a weaker fit for a startup that wants a self-serve tool it can switch on in a week.
Rating by criterion
We score each of the eight criteria out of 100.
Sector criteria
Score cards, transfers, logins, and new accounts across the full customer lifecycle.
Detect fraud and scams with machine learning, behavioral biometrics, and network signals.
Work fraud and AML cases in one RiskOps workspace with shared data.
Run AML monitoring and screening for large regulated banks and the ECB’s digital euro work.
Vendor criteria
Combine fraud, scams, and AML on one platform, with a research team led by its chief science officer.
Deploy with Feedzai teams through a scoped enterprise project.
Request a quote; no prices are posted.
Expect enterprise contracts sized to volume and modules.
Against its peers
These are the other companies in KYC, AML and identity, with their ratings.
User comments
These buyer-oriented points draw on Feedzai’s product and leadership pages and its October 2025 funding announcement.
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Based on: Feedzai homepage; Feedzai leadership page; Feedzai October 2025 funding announcement.
Fact file
| Chief executive | Nuno Sebastião (co-founder and chairman) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2011, Portugal |
| Platform | RiskOps: fraud, scams, AML, and customer risk checks |
| Valuation | More than $2B, October 2025 |
| Team | Close to 800 people |
Competitive landscape
Fraud and financial crime platforms a large bank would compare with Feedzai.
Feedzai: 77
- Feedzai77
- SEON81
- NICE Actimize78
- Sardine77
- ThetaRay76
- Featurespace75
- Quantexa75
Comparisons
Key leadership
Nuno Sebastião co-founded Feedzai in 2011 and is chairman and chief executive. He was an engineer at the European Space Agency before starting the company.
How this review was created
This profile gives our own assessment of Feedzai to companies selecting a KYC, AML & identity provider. The Fintech Index receives nothing for featuring a firm, for sponsorship, or for advertising, and Feedzai gave us no payment for the profile.
The rating equals the average of eight criteria, with every criterion running from 0 to 100. Four address buyer needs in this sector, and four address the company together with its commercial terms.
Ratings are our editorial judgment, made from public information: pricing and legal pages, product documentation, compliance disclosures, public reviews and filings. Fact-checking took place on November 12, 2026.
Source pages
- Feedzai homepage: https://feedzai.com/ (As of November 12, 2026)
- Feedzai about page: https://feedzai.com/about-us/ (As of November 12, 2026)
- Feedzai leadership, Nuno Sebastião: https://www.feedzai.com/leadership/nuno-sebastiao/ (As of November 12, 2026)
- PR Newswire, Feedzai funding, October 2025: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/feedzai-accelerates-ai-led-financial-crime-prevention-with-new-investment-round-that-grows-companys-valuation-to-2-billion-302573188.html (As of November 12, 2026)