LLynx
Lynx is a Madrid-based financial crime technology company that provides AI-powered fraud prevention, anti-money laundering (AML) and money mule account detection software for banks and payment processors. Its platform relies on a proprietary Daily Adaptive Model that retrains continuously and scores transactions in under 15 milliseconds. It processes more than 76 billion transactions a year and protects over 330 million users in 12 countries, with customers including Banco Santander, BCP, Cielo and PagoNxt. The company's fraud-detection technology dates back to 1995, and it was developed by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid professor Carlos Santa Cruz. In November 2023 Lynx raised a €17 million Series A led by Forgepoint Capital, with participation from Banco Santander.
Profile updated 24 Sep 2026
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| 2026-02-02 |
Lynx Tech Welcomes Venancio Gallego Vindel as New CEO of Lynx Financial Crime ↗
Lynx (press release)
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| 2025-09-09 |
Lynx Tech is recognized by Gartner® in its 2025 Market Guide for Anti-Money Laundering ↗
Lynx (press release)
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| 2025-04-28 |
Lynx Launches Next-Generation Fraud Prevention Models ↗
Lynx (press release)
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| 2025-03-05 |
NEWS: Lynx Tech unveils AI-powered AML screening solution ↗
AML Intelligence
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| 2024-08-13 |
Em Conversa: Fighting AI Fraud With AI With Lynx Tech ↗
The Fintech Times
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| 2024-08-06 |
NTT DATA Partners with Lynx to Revolutionise Fraud Detection in the Financial Services Industry ↗
Managed IT Magazine
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| 2024-02-01 |
Q&A with AI fraud detector Lynx ↗
Business Age
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| 2023-11-16 |
Lynx gets its paws on €17m in Series A led by Forgepoint ↗
FinTech Global
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| 2023-09-28 |
Dan Dica, new Lynx CEO ↗
Lynx (press release)
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