PayPal Acquires Fraud Sciences

Announced January 28, 2008 — $169M

What happened

Fraud Sciences was an Israeli startup that developed online risk-assessment tools used to combat fraud.

PayPal's acquisition history

1st of 27 tracked deals

Disclosed prices

15 of 27 PayPal deals

PayPal's average disclosed price

$879.9M

PayPal's largest disclosed deal

Honey ($4B)

Tracked acquisitions in 2008

75 across all acquirers

PayPal in Online risk management / fraud detection

1 acquisition

When did PayPal acquire Fraud Sciences?

PayPal acquired Fraud Sciences on January 28, 2008. This was PayPal's 1st publicly tracked acquisition out of 27 we have on record.

How much did PayPal pay for Fraud Sciences?

PayPal paid $169M for Fraud Sciences.

What does Fraud Sciences do?

Fraud Sciences was an Israeli startup that developed online risk-assessment tools used to combat fraud.

What other Online risk management / fraud detection companies has PayPal acquired?

Fraud Sciences is PayPal's only publicly tracked acquisition in Online risk management / fraud detection so far.