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.
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.
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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.
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.
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