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Sardine Partners with Modulr for Real-Time AI Fraud Detection in Automated Payments


Sardine Partners with Modulr for Real-Time AI Fraud Detection in Automated Payments
  • by: Business Wire
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  • April 30, 2026

Sardine, the leading agentic risk platform to fight financial crime, today announced a partnership with Modulr, the payments automation platform built to scale. Through the partnership, Sardine will support Modulr with a suite of integrated fraud and anti-money laundering (AML) solutions. The integration, as part of Modulr's broader investment in financial crime and risk management capabilities, enables Modulr to leverage Sardine's platform to detect and stop financial crime across card and real-time payment rails, while strengthening AML compliance and operational controls as the business scales.

Quick Intel

  • Sardine has protected over $1 trillion in transaction volume.

  • Sardine fraud data consortium spans more than 5.5 billion devices, 670 million consumers, and 2.8 million businesses.

  • Modulr processes more than 200 million transactions and over £180 billion in payment value on an annualised basis.

  • Modulr trusted by over 6,000 businesses.

  • Integration is part of Modulr's Risk & Compliance Hub spanning entire customer lifecycle.

  • Sardine customers include FIS, Experian, GoDaddy, Bunq, TrueLayer, Deel, and Pockit.

Real-Time Fraud Detection for Instant Payments

Businesses are increasingly expected to move money instantly, yet many fraud and AML systems were built for slower settlement cycles and manual investigation workflows. By integrating Sardine's risk platform directly into its payment infrastructure, Modulr is able to leverage the latest technology to prevent and manage financial crime. Sardine backs that network with a track record of protecting over $1T in transaction volume across a global customer base of enterprises and financial institutions. Sardine also operates the fastest growing fraud data consortium, spanning more than 5.5 billion devices, 670 million consumers, and 2.8 million businesses. By protecting funds across some of the highest risk industries in financial services, Sardine gains early visibility into emerging fraud patterns that helps Modulr's customers stay ahead of evolving threats.

Strengthening Compliance at Scale

Real-time payments fundamentally change how fraud and AML needs to be managed. When funds move instantly, risk decisions need to happen just as quickly. Modulr's platform delivers critical capability for automated payments, and Sardine helps ensure those payment flows remain secure as they scale. For Modulr to provide customers with the ability to run mission-critical finance operations accurately and at scale, strong compliance is needed that gives peace of mind without adding friction.

About Sardine

Sardine is the leading agentic risk platform to fight financial crime. Our integrated suite of fraud and AML solutions unifies data across risk teams to detect fraud in real-time and streamline compliance operations. Companies including FIS, Experian, GoDaddy, Modulr, Bunq, TrueLayer, Deel, and Pockit rely on Sardine to secure and grow trust in their products.

About Modulr

Modulr is the payments automation platform built to scale, driving the future of finance operations by streamlining money movement with accuracy, control, and reliability. Through a single platform, Modulr automates how money moves into and out of a business – including payroll, supplier payments, spend management, and payment collection – which removes manual work, lowers operational costs, and reduces errors. Processing more than 200m transactions and over £180bn in payment value on an annualised basis, Modulr is trusted by over 6,000 businesses – from fast-growing SMEs to global enterprises.

  • Fraud DetectionReal Time PaymentsAML Compliance
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