IBM Safer Payments

Protect all cashless payments from fraud

 

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Detect fraud in real time. Adapt before attackers do.

IBM® Safer Payments helps you create custom, user-friendly decision models so you can adapt to emerging threats faster and detect fraud patterns with greater speed and accuracy, all without vendor or data scientist dependencies. 

    Dive into Agentic AI Fraud Detection Detecting Fraud Faster with AI
    Delivers high performance results

    Clients report high detection at ultra-low false-positive rates after deploying our solution.

    Brings agility to fraud management

    Build, test, validate and deploy machine-learning models in days versus months without reliance on vendors.

    Proven in production

    Monitor thousands of payments per second. Enterprise-grade solution delivers 99.999% availability and high throughput.

    Open source data science

    With an open platform, import detection models, model components and IP while using a rich interface to build new models.

    How it's used

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    Online and mobile banking

    IBM Safer Payments uses data from actual online and mobile banking sessions. Built-in device ID capability, with device behavior profiling and a device reputation database and biometric parameter recognition hardens this channel.

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      Model factory

      Build, test, and deploy fraud detection models directly on production data without interrupting real-time processing. Combine rules and machine learning to continuously adapt to evolving fraud patterns and improve detection accuracy.

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      Online and mobile banking

      Detect and prevent fraud across digital banking channels in real time by analyzing user behavior, device signals, and transaction patterns. IBM Safer Payments enables accurate detection of account takeover, scams, and unauthorized activity with low latency and minimal customer friction.

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      Utilize open source data science

      IBM Safer Payments is the most open data science platform for payment fraud prevention currently available in the market. Export and import models in portable PMML format and ingest models or feature extractions as Python code.

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      Multitenancy and multichannel

      IBM Safer Payments provides hierarchical multitenancy. It efficiently manages hundreds of tenants, each customized. Inheritance allows maintenance of central models and configurations.

      Sender and recipient payment profile graphic chart
      Online and mobile banking

      IBM Safer Payments uses data from actual online and mobile banking sessions. Built-in device ID capability, with device behavior profiling and a device reputation database and biometric parameter recognition hardens this channel.

        Data science techniques graphic chart
        Model factory

        Build, test, and deploy fraud detection models directly on production data without interrupting real-time processing. Combine rules and machine learning to continuously adapt to evolving fraud patterns and improve detection accuracy.

        Device ID capability graphic chart
        Online and mobile banking

        Detect and prevent fraud across digital banking channels in real time by analyzing user behavior, device signals, and transaction patterns. IBM Safer Payments enables accurate detection of account takeover, scams, and unauthorized activity with low latency and minimal customer friction.

        Contactless card payment at checkout
        Utilize open source data science

        IBM Safer Payments is the most open data science platform for payment fraud prevention currently available in the market. Export and import models in portable PMML format and ingest models or feature extractions as Python code.

        Chat language bubble interacting
        Multitenancy and multichannel

        IBM Safer Payments provides hierarchical multitenancy. It efficiently manages hundreds of tenants, each customized. Inheritance allows maintenance of central models and configurations.

        Agentic AI built for fraud teams

        AI agents that query real-time fraud intelligence, investigate alerts, and act on threats - without waiting for a human in the loop.

        Investigate alerts in seconds, not hours

        AI agents connect directly to IBM Safer Payments through the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server to pull live risk data, correlate behavioral signals, and prioritize cases automatically. Your fraud analysts focus on the decisions that matter - not the manual legwork. Works with any MCP-compatible AI platform.

        Stop scams before money moves

        Combine IBM Safer Payments' real-time behavioral detection with IBM watsonx Orchestrate to catch authorized push payment scams before funds leave the account. AI-driven orchestration spots social engineering patterns, flags suspicious flows, and triggers protective actions across channels.

        Trusted by payment leaders worldwide
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        Arab National Bank

        Arab National Bank (anb) leverages IBM’s AI-powered solution for advanced payments fraud protection.

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        STET

        STET: An inter-banking company, helps banks combat fraud using IBM Safer Payments.

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        FIS

        FIS fights financial crime and fraud by infusing AI and intelligence workflows.

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        Bank of New Zealand

        Learn how the bank delivered cross-channel fraud protection, resulting in a frictionless and safer payments experience.

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        How BORICA Secures Bulgaria’s National Payments Network

        BORICA strengthened the security of Bulgaria’s national payment infrastructure by using IBM Safer Payments to detect and stop fraud in real time across high-volume payment transactions.

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