Kinective Acquires OrboGraph, Adding AI-Powered Check Fraud Prevention to Banking Operations Platform

Kinective, the company delivering intelligent banking to over 4,000 banks and credit unions every day, announced its acquisition of OrboGraph, an industry-leading provider of AI-powered check recognition and fraud prevention solutions.

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The acquisition marks Kinective’s strategic entry into AI-driven check fraud prevention—addressing one of the most critical challenges facing financial institutions and a top request from Kinective’s customers. With check fraud surging 385% since the pandemic, the addition of OrboGraph’s battle-tested technology delivers the advanced protection financial institutions require to safeguard their operations.

“This acquisition delivers the fraud capabilities our customers need now more than ever,” said Stephen Baker, CEO of Kinective. “OrboGraph brings more than three decades of AI and machine learning expertise purpose-built to detect check fraud wherever and whenever it occurs. Combined with our ability to monitor transactions across teller, ATM and digital payment channels in real time, we can help institutions better protect their customers and communities. This is the true power of our platform: turning data into action that makes banking more intelligent and secure.”

OrboGraph’s OrbNet AI platform delivers best-in-class check recognition technology with better than 99% read rates and 99.5% accuracy. The platform powers advanced fraud detection capabilities that protect financial institutions from counterfeits, forgeries and alterations, as well as providing Positive Pay capability for business check payee verification. The technology processes checks across omnichannel workflows—from teller and branch capture to mobile remote deposit, ATMs and wholesale lockbox operations—achieving fraud detection success rates exceeding 95%.

“Our check fraud detection technology protects some of the nation’s largest banks and thousands of community financial institutions,” said Barry Cohen, CEO of OrboGraph. “Joining Kinective means real-time fraud protection—and the AI capabilities that power it—will now integrate with a comprehensive banking operations platform, providing customers more integrated access to technology that’s already monitoring and securing billions of check transactions per year.”

OrboGraph will join Kinective’s platform while continuing to provide check recognition and fraud prevention solutions to its existing customers.

This marks Kinective’s seventh strategic expansion following its recent acquisitions of Nexus and Compuflex for advanced cash automation and device management capabilities; ESQ Data Solutions for ATM and self-service device management solutions; Epic River for document workflow capabilities; Datava for data intelligence; and Janusea for secure digital connectivity.