Arkose Labs vs Sardine

About Sardine

Sardine sells a platform that unifies fraud prevention, AML compliance, and real-time transaction monitoring in one place.^[1]

Sardine says it helps teams stop fraud earlier, move faster, and stay compliant from one platform. Sardine says financial crime does not operate in silos and that the systems designed to stop it should not either. Sardine says many risk teams are still forced to rely on disconnected tools that were never designed to work together. Sardine says it was built to change that. Sardine says fraud has become faster, more coordinated, and more automated over the past decade. Sardine says it serves banks, fintechs, marketplaces, and merchants.^[5]

On the device and behavior side, Sardine says its proprietary device and behavioral signals uncover early signs of fraud, without adding friction. Sardine's platform detects risky devices, emulators, and malicious bots. Sardine analyzes user behavior patterns for signs of social engineering. Sardine unmasks fraudsters hiding their actual location or IP address.

For onboarding, Sardine automates identity verification, business risk assessments, and credit underwriting. Sardine's platform prevents synthetic IDs, stolen identities, and deepfakes. Sardine checks IDs and documents for authenticity, tampering, and fraud risk. Sardine authenticates businesses and beneficial owners. Sardine validates bank account ownership and risk levels in real-time. Sardine lets users build, test, and deploy credit models without engineering support.

For fraud prevention, Sardine offers real-time, behavior-based fraud detection for financial institutions and merchants. Sardine automates data analysis, alert reviews, and investigations. Sardine detects suspicious payment activity across ACH, Wires, SEPA, RTP, FedNow, Zelle, Checks, and other global bank payment rails. Sardine says its platform makes smarter auth decisions to approve more legitimate spend. Sardine helps merchants approve good merchants faster and monitor activity to avoid bust out fraud. Sardine detects suspicious refund activity early to reduce losses and operational overhead. Sardine says it prevents promo abuse, multi-accounting, and fraud rings before they erode margin and trust.

Sardine also addresses account and hiring risk. Sardine's platform stops unauthorized access during logins and live sessions. Sardine identifies malicious bots, scripted activity, and agentic automation. Sardine detects fake identities and deepfake impersonation during live interviews.

Sardine automates KYC/AML alert reviews and speeds up investigations with audit-ready agents. Sardine's platform detects money laundering scenarios and money mule activity. Sardine tiers customers by risk level to support effective CDD and ongoing compliance reviews. Sardine monitors for sanctions risk, PEP exposure, and adverse media. Sardine provides a unified workspace to review alerts, conduct investigations, and resolve cases. Sardine monitors and enforces risk controls across fintech programs.

Sardine connects its parts with shared data and workflow tools. Sonar is Sardine's consortium network, connecting signals across fintech, banking, and commerce to expose fraud patterns no single organization can see alone. Sardine maps relationships between users, devices, and transactions to spot coordinated activity. Sardine lets customers act instantly using rules, workflows, and ML models. Sardine connects data, rules, AI agents, and human review into one workflow, no glue code required.^[5]

On company facts, Sardine says it has raised $170 million. SardineAI Corp has successfully completed a System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type II audit. Sardine says its annual penetration test reports are available on its security portal.^[5][6]