Fintech
We've curated 19 cybersecurity statistics about Fintech to help you understand how digital payment threats, blockchain vulnerabilities, and regulatory practices are evolving in 2025. Stay informed to protect your financial transactions in this rapidly changing landscape!
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STARDUST CHOLLIMA tripled its operational tempo and deployed AI-generated recruiter personas and synthetic video conferencing environments to target fintechs across North America, Europe, and Asia.
41% of respondents report using AI pentesting, and it appears in the top five most-adopted tools for fintech, manufacturing, and retail.
In Q3 2025, SMS toll fraud targeting the fintech sector grew by 97%, alongside a major spike in human fraud farm activity.
26% of banks and 32% of fintech companies reported facing cases where users presented counterfeit or altered documents.
76% of banks and 78% of fintech companies reported needing more personnel to manage fraud risk effectively.
40% of fintech companies reported that onboarding is the core fraud battleground, highlighting the importance of this stage in fraud prevention.
Sign-up fraud traffic in the Fintech sector escalated to 17 times the industry average.
Great Britain was responsible for 44% of attacks specifically targeting the Fintech sector.
Adoption of multi-factor authentication (MFA) in fintech is projected to increase from 23% to 31%.
38% of fintechs rate their fraud prevention as significantly ahead of competitors..
52% of fintechs are evaluating AI-powered fraud detection tools.
Application Security and DNS Health were the most common weaknesses, with 46.4% of fintech companies scoring lowest in application security.
28.2% of fintech companies that experienced publicly reported breaches had multiple incidents.
Fourth-party exposures accounted for an additional 11.9% of breaches on fintech companies, which is more than double the global average.
41.8% of breaches impacting top fintech companies originated from third-party vendors.
18.4% of fintech companies experienced publicly reported breaches.
Technology products and services were linked to 63.9% of third-party breaches. File transfer software and cloud platforms were the most frequent points of compromise within this category.
Fintech firms had the strongest security posture of any industry analysed, with a median score of 90 and 55.6% earning an “A” rating.
41.8% of breaches impacting top fintech companies originated from third-party vendors.