Telesign Anti-fraud Intelligence

Telesign is a Proximus Global company founded in 2005 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, that provides identity verification, fraud prevention and customer communication services, describing itself as verifying over five billion unique phone numbers a month. Its brand family includes Route Mobile and BICS.

The Trust Engine offers phone intelligence and identity scoring, the Verify API provides SMS, silent and Verify Plus checks, and the newly launched Anti-fraud Intelligence platform scores risk at registration and account changes using machine learning trained on over 15 years of fraud patterns. Services are API-based and run without disrupting the customer journey.

• Anti-fraud Intelligence: real-time risk scores, behavioral analysis and domain-level insights.
• Trust Engine: phone intelligence and Phone ID for identity checks.
• Verify API: SMS Verify, Silent Verification and Verify Plus.
• Messaging and Voice APIs: SMS, WhatsApp, Viber, RCS and voice channels.
• Developer tools: SDKs, sample code and a developer center.

A Vietnamese e-wallet can score phone numbers at registration to block fake and recycled-SIM accounts. An e-commerce marketplace can use silent verification to confirm login without SMS cost.

Provides real-time risk scoring at registration and major account changes through a background API. Phone intelligence and silent verification reduce reliance on SMS-only checks. Covers fake sign-ups and account integrity for banks, e-commerce and platforms.

SMS toll fraud, fake registrations and SIM-based attacks push platforms toward phone intelligence and silent verification. Regional banks in Southeast Asia are adopting more digital channels, which raises demand for verification and anti-fraud APIs.

Founded in 2005 by Darren Berkovitz, Ryan Disraeli and Stacy Stubblefield and now part of Proximus Group, formed on 1 January 2025 from Telesign, Route Mobile and BICS. Headquartered in Los Angeles per its privacy notice.