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Ballerine

Ballerine

Reduce fraud and speed up underwriting for PSPs, banks, and fintechs with AI-driven merchant risk analysis and real-time monitoring.

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Ballerine is an AI-powered merchant risk intelligence platform designed for Payment Service Providers (PSPs), banks, and fintechs. It helps organizations reduce fraud, accelerate underwriting, and maintain compliance through advanced AI-driven risk analysis.

Key Features

  • AI-Powered Underwriting: Make faster risk decisions with AI-driven analysis tailored to your policies.
  • Real-Time Monitoring: Continuously detect and respond to evolving merchant risk with real-time insights.
  • Automated KYB Onboarding: Streamline Know Your Business (KYB) processes with AI-driven agents and real-time merchant risk profiles.
  • Partner Oversight: Manage risk across your partnerships effectively.
  • Policy Fit & AUP Violation Detection: Ensure audit readiness with automated AUP (Acceptable Use Policy) violation detection.
  • Company Analysis: Perform audit-ready merchant analysis for both POS and offline commerce.
  • Scam & Fraud API: Detect fake merchants in real time using AI-powered risk intelligence.
  • Blocklist Management: Prevent known bad merchants from onboarding.
  • Agentic Commerce Readiness: Ensure safe agent-merchant interactions with governance tools.
  • KYB & Ownership Verification: Conduct audit-ready UBO (Ultimate Beneficial Ownership) and ownership verification.
  • Transaction Analysis: Perform audit-ready merchant analysis for POS and offline commerce.
  • High-Risk Vertical Coverage: Instant pre-qualification analysis for ISOs, payfacs, and acquirers.

Tech / Self-Hosting

Ballerine is a cloud-native platform with API-first architecture. While primarily offered as a SaaS solution, enterprise customers may inquire about on-premises or private cloud deployment options for enhanced data control and compliance requirements.