NICE Actimize Recognized as a Celent Luminary for Advanced Anti-Fraud Innovation and Agentic AI Leadership
NICE Actimize, a business of NICE (NASDAQ: NICE) and a global leader in financial crime, risk, and compliance solutions, has been recognized by Celent, a division of GlobalData, as a Luminary in its latest report, “Building Trust with Technology: Anti-Fraud Solutionscape and Technology Capabilities Matrix.” This distinction places NICE Actimize among a select group of vendors that demonstrate excellence across both advanced technological innovation and comprehensive functional coverage, while maintaining a strong and influential market presence.Celent’s Luminary designation is reserved for providers that not only deliver best-in-class solutions today, but also shape the future direction of anti-fraud technology. NICE Actimize’s inclusion reflects its continued leadership in enterprise fraud management, as well as its early and strategic adoption of agentic AI to automate alerts, investigations, and case management at scale.
Comprehensive Coverage Across Fraud Modalities
As part of the report, Celent conducted a broad market analysis—referred to as the Solutionscape—profiling 37 anti-fraud technology providers. These ranged from established software vendors and emerging regtech firms to card networks and payment processors. NICE Actimize stood out for the breadth and depth of its fraud management capabilities, spanning banking, cards, payments, and insurance claims fraud.
Celent highlighted NICE Actimize’s ability to provide unified protection across multiple fraud domains, noting its strong coverage of both traditional and emerging fraud threats. This cross-domain strength enables financial institutions to address increasingly complex fraud schemes that cut across channels, products, and customer touchpoints.
Neil Katkov, PhD, Risk Director at Celent and author of the report, emphasized the company’s innovative approach, stating that NICE Actimize distinguishes itself through its comprehensive fraud management capabilities and its early leadership in agentic AI for alert and case automation—an innovation that aligns squarely with what Celent defines as Luminary-level performance.
A New Paradigm in Enterprise Fraud Management
At the core of NICE Actimize’s recognition is its IFM (Integrated Fraud Management) platform, a powerful enterprise-grade solution designed to combat fraud in real time. IFM delivers pervasive AI across the entire fraud prevention lifecycle, including detection, strategy development, investigations, and operational execution. By embedding advanced AI and machine learning throughout these processes, IFM enables financial institutions to respond faster, act more precisely, and adapt more effectively to evolving fraud tactics.
Craig Costigan, CEO of NICE Actimize, described IFM as a catalyst for a paradigm shift in fraud prevention. He emphasized the platform’s combination of typology-based multi-model detection, robust entity risk scoring, and network analytics—capabilities that are further strengthened by collective intelligence drawn from industry-wide insights. Together, these elements empower financial institutions to protect customers and assets with unprecedented agility and accuracy, while staying aligned with regulatory expectations.
Pervasive AI Across the Customer Lifecycle
NICE Actimize’s IFM platform applies AI holistically across the customer lifecycle, enabling organizations to protect users across all channels and payment types. Through agile analytics, hyper-granular customer profiling, and intuitive investigation and claims management tools, IFM helps institutions detect fraud intent earlier and reduce false positives.
The platform’s intent-based AI models are designed to understand not just transactional anomalies, but the behavioral signals and contextual indicators that distinguish legitimate activity from fraud. This approach allows organizations to minimize financial losses, accelerate claim resolution, and deliver a smoother, more trusted customer experience—all while maintaining compliance with evolving regulatory standards.
Continued Investment in Innovation
NICE Actimize has reaffirmed its commitment to continued investment in anti-fraud innovation across detection, strategy, and operations. Its portfolio of enterprise fraud solutions includes advanced capabilities for Scams and Mule Defense, New Account Fraud, Authentication, Investigations, and Payments Fraud, among others. These solutions are designed to help financial institutions stay ahead of increasingly sophisticated financial crime threats while building long-term trust with customers.
By combining deep domain expertise, cutting-edge AI, and a unified enterprise platform, NICE Actimize continues to set the standard for modern fraud prevention—earning its place as a Luminary in Celent’s Anti-Fraud Solutionscape and reinforcing its role as a trusted partner to financial institutions worldwide.
About NICE Actimize
As a global leader in artificial intelligence, platform services, and cloud solutions, NICE Actimize excels in preventing fraud, detecting financial crime, and supporting regulatory compliance. Over 1,000 organizations across more than 70 countries trust NICE Actimize to protect their institutions and safeguard assets throughout the entire customer lifecycle. With NICE Actimize, customers gain deeper insights and mitigate risks. Learn more at www.niceactimize.com.
About NiCE
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