i2c Inc., a global financial technology innovator, today announced it has been named Best Fraud Prevention and Detection AI Provider at the MEA Finance Banking Technology Awards 2026.

The award recognizes i2c’s AI-powered fraud risk management capabilities and continued innovation in helping financial institutions and fintechs combat increasingly sophisticated payment fraud across the Middle East and Africa.

The company’s fraud solution analyzes transactions in real time at the point of authorization, enabling issuers to identify and stop fraudulent activity before funds are released while maintaining high approval rates for legitimate cardholders. Embedded within i2c’s unified banking and payments platform, these capabilities operate natively within the single, configurable system for credit, debit and prepaid issuer processing, core banking, and money movement. By combining AI-driven risk scoring, adaptive decisioning and real-time transaction intelligence on one platform, financial institutions and fintechs can respond more quickly to evolving fraud patterns while reducing operational complexity and delivering a seamless customer experience.

“Financial institutions and fintechs should not have to choose between combating fraud and delivering a frictionless customer experience,” said Matt Pearce, Vice President, Fraud Risk Management and Dispute Operations at i2c. “Our platform was designed to make both possible by applying AI and real-time intelligence directly within the payment authorization process. We are honored that MEA Finance has recognized this work as institutions across the Middle East and Africa continue investing in next gen payment infrastructure.”

i2c’s AI-powered fraud management capabilities have delivered measurable results for financial institutions in MEA, capturing up to 40% of fraud volume while maintaining approximately 0.5% customer friction. The solution continuously improves through a feedback loop between i2c’s fraud operations team and its 50+ in-house data scientists, helping models adapt quickly to evolving fraud tactics and keeping clients ahead of increasingly sophisticated threats.

The MEA Finance Banking Technology Awards recognize banks, financial institutions, and technology providers driving innovation and digital transformation across the Middle East and Africa. The full list of 2026 winners can be found here.

About i2c

An award-winning global financial technology innovator powering credit, debit, prepaid, core banking, and money movement solutions, i2c unifies banking and payments in an all-in-one platform, transforming product personalization with a customer-centric architecture and accelerating speed-to-market with composable building-block solutions. Financial institutions and fintechs globally trust i2c to help them quickly and efficiently configure and scale differentiated financial offerings in an evolving, competitive market. Powered by innovation and driven by trust for more than 25 years, i2c blends modern ingenuity with expert reliability to supercharge exceptional banking and payments experiences for millions of users and billions of transactions worldwide.

For more information, visit i2cinc.com and follow us on LinkedIn at @i2cinc.

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