Featurespace Secures US Patent for AI-Powered Fraud Detection Technology

Featurespace granted US patent for fraud fighting tech

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. This patent is one in a line of over 20 patents granted or allowed over the company's 15 year history, and is for Featurespace's Adaptive Behavioral Analytics technology which it invented to improve fraud detection and protect customers from real-time scams by learning the behavior of genuine customers through transactional data without requiring sensitive customer information. Adaptive Behavioral Analytics is delivered through the ARIC™ platform - a real-time, machine learning software system that monitors individual behaviours to catch new fraud attacks as they happen and outsmart risk. The technology has been in use by Featurespace and its partners across its customer base for years, successfully protecting more than 500 million consumers globally in over 100 counties. This technology plays a key role in tackling spiraling fraud rates across the U.S. and beyond. According to a recent report commissioned by Featurespace and conducted by PYMNTS Intelligence, almost 80 million U.S. consumers have lost money to scams over the past five years, with three in ten saying that they, or their household, have suffered losses after being targeted by scammers. The research showed that fraud losses averaged $545 with nearly three in ten (27%) people losing between $1,000 and $9,999 and more than one in ten (12%) suffering over $10,000 in losses. This patent is the latest milestone for Featurespace over the last 12 months with other notable announcements including: * Featurespace has won business with 12 global financial providers throughout 2024 including European merchant payment processing solution, PAYSTRAX and cross-border payments company, Nium * The completion of a major pilot with Pay.UK, the independent, not-for-profit operator of the UK's national retail payments system, that identified £138.7m in missed fraud from incumbent systems - higher than the average £112m that was detected during the pilot * Featurespace has won major awards including Best Digital Solution Provider (Banking Tech Awards), one of UK's top AI start-ups (The Times) and Tech Businesswoman of the Year (UK Tech Awards) Dave Excell, Co-Founder at Featurespace, said: "Leveraging the power of AI is key to tackling fraud and financial crime. This patent grant is recognition of our continued track record of innovation and another key milestone in Featurespace's mission to make the world a safer place to transact. "Millions of U.S. consumers have been hit with fraud over the last few years, and financial institutions must continue to enhance consumer protections to fight back against the rising threat. Adaptive Behavioral Analytics enables genuine customer activity to be learnt, providing a baseline from which changes are identified that are often a strong indicator of fraud. "Tackling scams should be focused on prevention rather than cure: using technology such as Featurespace's AI solution to identify and prevent scams in real-time offering increased security and consumer protections in real-time, identifying and stopping fraudulent transactions in milliseconds without impacting genuine customer transactions." Featurespace provides ground-breaking solutions using AI and machine learning to help banks and financial institutions crack down on fraud. It has built a model optimised for real-time data analytics, capable of recalibrating in real-time to identify and prevent both existing and new forms of fraud. Featurespace's award-winning technology is proven to deliver results: * One global payments processor, for example, reported that Featurespace's solution minimized the risk of merchant fraud resulting in a 50% reduction in fraud losses and 81% fewer genuine transactions declined. * Through its partnership with Featurespace, a top digital US bank was able to prevent over 75% of potential fraud losses and saw an 85% improvement in the amount of fraud caught.

Featurespace Receives US Patent for AI-Powered Fraud Detection Technology | PYMNTS.com

This artificial intelligence-powered technology improves fraud detection and prevents real-time scams by learning the behavior of genuine customers through transactional data, without requiring sensitive information, the company said in a Wednesday (Dec. 11) press release. Learning that behavior provides "a baseline from which changes are identified that are often a strong indicator of fraud," Featurespace co-founder Dave Excell said in the release. Adaptive behavioral analytics is delivered through the company's ARIC Risk Hub, which monitors individual behaviors to catch fraud attacks as they happen, and it has been used by Featurespace and its partners for years, according to the release. "Leveraging the power of AI is key to tackling fraud and financial crime," Excell said in the release. "This patent grant is recognition of our continued track record of innovation and another key milestone in Featurespace's mission to make the world a safer place to transact." The patent for adaptive behavioral analytics joins more than 20 other patents granted or allowed to Featurespace over the company's 15-year history, according to the release. Financial scams have affected 3 in 10 U.S. consumers over the past five years, according to the PYMNTS Intelligence and Featurespace collaboration, "The Impact of Financial Scams on Consumers' Finances and Banking Habits." The report also found that these scams damage consumer trust in financial institutions, with over half of victims considering switching FIs and 30% actually doing so. Featurespace's platform is "adaptable to the changes in fraud, so when new fraud emerges, there's not a significant cost in terms of needing to go and remediate around that," Excell told PYMNTS in an interview posted in November. The company's models are adaptive and "learn" in real time to ensure that risk scoring remains effective and reflects the changes in how consumers are transacting while banks launch new products and services -- and while fraudsters look to exploit vulnerabilities, Excell told PYMNTS. Visa said in September that it is acquiring Featurespace and expects the transaction to close during fiscal year 2025. When announcing the move, Visa said the two firms' combined expertise will allow clients to manage fraud in real time and protect payments with AI-powered solutions.