Spreedly, a leading open payments platform, has acquired Dodgeball, a modern fraud orchestration company, to unify payments optimization and fraud management within a single platform. This strategic move advances Spreedly's artificial intelligence and open payments initiatives, providing customers with enhanced reliability and insights to combat fraud and inform e-commerce strategies.
Dodgeball has been instrumental in defining the fraud orchestration category, offering tools that empower fraud teams with visibility and rapid deployment of solutions. The acquisition equips Spreedly's customers with advanced layers of protection and analytics, enabling proactive fraud elimination and data-driven e-commerce decisions. It also strengthens Spreedly's workflow engine, laying groundwork for AI-driven payments routing that optimizes transactions intelligently.
For merchants, payments and fraud represent intertwined challenges that demand integrated solutions. This acquisition addresses that by consolidating functions, allowing optimization without silos. Dodgeball's brand and team will join Spreedly, leveraging their specialized knowledge to accelerate innovation. Existing Dodgeball customers will transition seamlessly, retaining service continuity while accessing Spreedly's worldwide support and account management resources.
"For most merchants, payments and fraud aren't separate challenges—they're two sides of the same coin," said Justin Benson, CEO of Spreedly. "You can't optimize payments without addressing fraud, and you can't fight fraud without understanding the payment flow. This acquisition brings these critical functions together, allowing us to deliver immense value to our customers and accelerate our vision for an AI-powered, open payments future."
"We leapt at the opportunity to join forces with Spreedly to help more merchants build best-of-breed fraud management solutions while still promoting growth," said Adam Hiatt, CEO at Dodgeball. "The partnership will also help us provide much greater value to our existing customers. All of us at Dodgeball are excited to get started on integrating our offering with Spreedly's".
This acquisition positions Spreedly to deliver comprehensive value in a cashless commerce landscape, fostering secure, efficient ecosystems for global transactions.
Founded in 2007, Spreedly's (www.spreedly.com) open payments platform enables access to the global consumer, processing more than $50 billion in gross merchandise value (GMV) annually in over 100 countries. The company's customers include BMW, Clear, HBO Max, Hopper, Lemonade, The New York Times, Priceline, and others. Built to overcome the challenges of commerce in a cashless world, we empower our merchants through an open, secure, and inclusive payment ecosystem. Spreedly unlocks choice among PSPs, fraud tools, and other innovative payment services.
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