Socure Named to Forbes Fintech 50 as the Top Startup Powering Identity and Risk Infrastructure

Recognition highlights Socure’s sustained growth and innovation in identity and risk infrastructure as one of fintech’s most impactful companies shaping digital trust in a new world.

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Socure, the identity and risk platform for the AI age, has been named to the 2026 Forbes Fintech 50 list. Socure’s inclusion reflects its position as the leading identity and risk infrastructure provider for the digital economy, and marks the company’s second mention on the prestigious list.

Now in its 11th year, the Forbes Fintech 50 highlights the private fintech companies demonstrating the strongest combination of revenue growth, product innovation, and operational excellence, particularly in a more selective investment climate. The 2026 list spotlights fintechs that are breaking through by turning innovation into durable, market-defining businesses.

“The best fintech companies know that growth and trust start with identity. The fintech ecosystem — from neo and digital banks to payment and crypto and beyond — trust Socure to provide unmatched performance, accuracy, and user experience,” said Johnny Ayers, founder and CEO of Socure. “Our native identity graph and real-time device intelligence enable higher-quality decisions, stopping fraud while decreasing friction to approve more good people. Being named to the Fintech 50 underscores the impact we’re delivering for our customers every day.”

In 2025, Socure’s annual recurring revenue finished at $315 million, and completed more than 5 billion identity verifications. The company also launched RiskOS following the successful acquisition of Effectiv, extending its platform into real-time risk monitoring, and expanded its view into real-time Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) monitoring through the acquisition of Qlarifi. This momentum underscores Socure’s role as the industry-leading, unified identity, anti-fraud, and BNPL credit infrastructure for organizations navigating rising fraud, regulatory complexity, and the shift to always-on monitoring. At the heart of Socure’s platform is its AI-powered identity and risk decisioning engine, which synthesizes data sources across a proprietary Identity Graph and applies advanced machine learning models to detect threats, verify users in real time, and ensure regulatory compliance.

Today, Socure is leveraging its proven expertise in the financial services sector to reduce friction for more than 3,000+ customers across verticals, including government agencies, gaming, financial institutions, fintechs, big tech, crypto, marketplace and gig, payments, and more.

To learn more about how Socure is powering trusted digital growth for leading institutions, visit www.socure.com/.

About Socure

Socure is the leading platform for digital identity verification, compliance, and fraud prevention solutions, trusted by the largest enterprises and government agencies to build trust and mitigate risk. Leveraging AI and machine learning, Socure’s industry-leading platform achieves the highest accuracy, automation, and capture rates in the industry.

Serving more than 3,000+ customers in 190+ countries across financial services, government, gaming, healthcare, telecom, and e-commerce, Socure’s customer base includes 18 of the top 20 banks, four of the Mag Seven, the largest HR payroll and workforce providers, the largest sportsbook and prediction market operators, 130+ public sector organizations, and more than 600 fintechs.

Leading organizations trust Socure to deliver certainty in identity across onboarding, authentication, payments, account changes, and regulatory compliance. Learn more at www.socure.com.

Contacts

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