Darwinium Wins 2026 Datos Impact Award for Scam and APP Fraud Prevention

Platform assesses live customer sessions beyond authentication, detecting scammer influence before funds move

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Darwinium, an AI fraud prevention company, has won the 2026 Fraud & AML Impact Award for Best Scam & APP Fraud Prevention Innovation. The award was issued by Datos Insights, a leading research and advisory partner to the financial services industry.

The annual Datos Impact Awards recognizes innovations that are advancing financial crime prevention. Darwinium was selected for its edge-based, journey-level risk decisioning platform, which closes a critical gap in scam and authorized push payment (APP) fraud detection: The period after a customer has successfully authenticated but before a payment is completed.

Authorized push payment (APP) fraud presents a distinct challenge because the victim is often the legitimate account holder. Darwinium continues assessing the session after login, using its intent-based technology to continuously identify indicators such as remote access or screen sharing. Those signals are evaluated alongside the customer’s behavior throughout the journey to determine whether intervention is warranted.

“For too long, Scam prevention has centered on warnings at the point of payment and reimbursement after the loss,” said Michael Rodriguez, global head of go-to-market at Darwinium. “Financial institutions need enough context to recognize when a trusted customer’s behavior has changed and act while there is still time to protect them. We need to stop measuring success on how efficiently a scam claim is handled and focus on preventing losses, full stop.”

In recognizing Darwinium’s platform, Datos Insights highlights the precision of its approach. Darwinium brings device, identity and behavioral intelligence together across the customer journey. Rather than evaluating each interaction as an isolated event, the platform maintains context as activity unfolds. It creates a dynamic profile for each user and device, enabling institutions to identify meaningful behavioral changes without applying uniform thresholds to every customer.

A winner’s case study published by Datos Insights acknowledges measurable results from Darwinium deployments. During one smishing-related incident, the platform identified 5,731 compromised accounts before customers reported them, enabling the institution to reset passwords before financial losses occurred. Across its customer base, Darwinium reports 50% less fraud and 40% greater operational efficiency.

“Many fraud tools are not optimized for detecting risk introduced by live social engineering, screen exposure, or remote manipulation when customers remain in control of the account,” says Chuck Subrt, Datos Insights’ Fraud & AML Practice Director. “Darwinium's edge-based journey-level risk decisioning combines mobile SDKs with graph-based, journey orchestration to detect scammer-influenced sessions across the digital banking journey.”

To learn more about Darwinium’s approach to scam and APP fraud prevention, and book a demo, visit: https://www.darwinium.com/.

About Darwinium
Darwinium is the Agentic Security and Fraud Prevention Company, built to protect and grow revenue at every touchpoint by understanding user intent. Its edge-based risk decisioning platform distinguishes trusted from risky human and AI behavior, resulting in 50% less fraud and 40% greater operational efficiency. From first interaction through high-risk actions and payments, Darwinium protects the moments that matter most, so digital leaders can confidently grow and protect revenue.​ Learn more at www.darwinium.com. 

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