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Sunil Madhu

Cofounder, Socure

Search every verified Sunil Madhu interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Sunil Madhu, cofounder and CEO of Socure, has publicly discussed the company's identity verification technology at industry events. At FinovateFall in 2013, he demonstrated Socure's "Social Biometrics" platform, which uses social media data to verify identities and detect fraud in real time. He stated that identity fraud cost U.S. financial institutions over $448 billion in the prior year and that the company aimed to reduce fraud losses, improve false positive and negative rates, and lower compliance costs. At the BAI Retail Delivery 2014 showcase, he reiterated these themes, noting that institutions lost about $8 billion to identity fraud and that Socure's system searches over 200 websites and databases to assess whether an identity is real, synthetic, or stolen. In a 2018 interview with Yale Insights, Madhu argued that using credit history for identity verification is outmoded, noting that data breaches have exposed most of the U.S. population's data. He described Socure's approach as leveraging social connections and behavioral patterns to create an economic barrier for fraudsters. At a 2019 DFSO cybersecurity panel, he discussed the need for innovation in identity verification and described Socure's use of machine learning and predictive analytics to establish trust in identities, with the goal of identifying all people globally.

Recent appearances

  • The Founder’s Journey: AI, Fraud Prevention, and Insurance with Sunil Madhu

    March 21, 2025 · 📺 Insurtechs

    Welcome to another exciting episode of Founders Journey! In this episode, host Jeff sits down with Sunil Madhu, a seasoned entrepreneur and founder of six successful companies, including the $5 billion giant, Socure. Sunil shares his incredible journey from systems architect to startup founder, with a focus on IT risk and security, and how these experiences shaped his entrepreneurial path. Sunil delves into his latest venture, Instant, which harnesses the power of AI to provide businesses with fraud loss insurance. He offers valuable insights into the challenges of building this innovative s…

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  • FinovateFall 2013 / Socure

    May 24, 2019 · 📺 Finovate TV

    Socure demoed at FinovateFall in 2013. Socure is a NYC based company that has built a real-time, online identity verification solution to combat the growing global risk of identity and account takeover fraud. Socure works with many of the world’s largest payments remittance companies, financial institutions and e-commerce sites and has a re-seller partnership with one of the largest social sign-on providers in the world. Socure offers its customers a new identity verification solution called Social Biometrics™; a SaaS platform with APIs that are used to detect fraudulent users when new accoun…

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  • DFSO Cybersecurity & Payments Roundtable: Cyber-security Innovators Panel

    January 02, 2019 · 📺 DFS Observatory

    DFSO Cybersecurity & Payments Roundtable (6 of 6) Cyber-security Innovators Panel Bryson Bort - CEO, Scythe Sunil Madhu - Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Socure Eric Hay - Director, Field Engineering, Quantum Xchange Janine Darling - CEO, STASH Prof. Arun Sood - CEO, SCIT Labs Moderator: Rob Martinez, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, DAR Partners

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  • Sunil Madhu Founder/CEO Socure #aifintech

    April 13, 2018 · 📺 FinTech Silicon Valley

    Sunil Madhu Founder/CEO Socure, the leader in real-time online identity verification solutions, a start-up company based in New York City. Sunil is a serial entrepreneur, with several successful transitions through IPO and acquisition. A security architect by profession, he has spent over 20 years innovating identity and access management, addressing hard problems in network and application authentication and authorization. At Socure, Sunil leads an experienced team who is ‘pushing the envelope’ of identity verification, by employing online and social media data for real-time consumer and busi…

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  • Sunhil Madhu, Socure: Can We Secure Online Identities?

    January 22, 2018 · 📺 Yale School of Management

    Can We Secure Online Identities? full story: https://insights.som.yale.edu/insight... Cyber threats seem to be expanding at a frantic pace, and many of them stem from the challenge of accurately identifying individuals online. In a conversation with Yale Insights, cybersecurity entrepreneur Sunil Madhu says that using credit history to identify individuals is outmoded and new tools are needed to conduct commerce securely.

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  • Socure Demo - Innovation Showcase at BAI Retail Delivery 2014

    December 16, 2014 · 📺 BAI

    Social Biometric Analysis in Risk and Compliance Sunil Madhu, Founder and CEO, Socure.

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