This page collects the key figures from three reports on 333 financial-crime software vendors: 127 in the US, 186 in Europe including the UK, and 20 elsewhere. Every figure rests on public sources and is given with the base it is counted from. The reports are dated November 2026 and written by Derrick Cramer, Founder, Gossamer.
1. Of 45 vendors followed for 12 months after raising a round, 29 (64%) announced a partnership or a product launch.
In the same group, 12 (27%) named a new customer, 4 (9%) entered a new market and 3 (7%) announced a senior hire. Fifteen of the 45 announced no partnership, launch, customer or new market, and 11 of those 15 are European.
2. 48 of 127 US vendors (38%) launched a product that mentions AI agents in the past year, against 13 of 186 European vendors (7%).
62 of 127 US vendors (49%) mention AI in their homepage headline or opening line, against 39 of 186 European vendors (21%). Counting only vendors that launched at least one product, 48 of 83 US vendors (58%) launched one that mentions AI agents, against 13 of 87 European vendors (15%).
3. A quarter of all dated product launches mention AI agents: 93 of 363.
The 363 launches were made by the 333 vendors between 3 November 2025 and 3 November 2026. Scam and payee tools barely feature among them: 7 deal with scams and money mules, and 2 with payee verification or instant payments. Specialist vendors already sell both, and these counts describe new launches only.
4. 23 of the 99 vendors that raised a round since May 2024 had a bank, card network, credit-union fund or financial data firm as a backer in their latest round.
That is more than one vendor in five among those that raised. The count is 14 of 46 vendors in the US and 8 of 51 in Europe. The gap between the US and Europe could be down to chance (p = 0.09), so it should be read as an indication and quoted with that caveat.
5. Since May 2024, 26 tracked vendors changed owner through 23 deals.
That is roughly one deal for every four vendors that raised. 19 of the 26 are European.
1. 10 of the 129 vendors that claim AI agents have a named customer using a work agent or assistant in production.
The 129 are the vendors, out of all 333, whose claim to offer AI agents could be confirmed on a live page. The figure of 10 is a floor: most compliance customers are not named in public, so the true number may be higher.
2. 119 of the 129 vendors that claim AI agents have a concrete work agent, assistant or agent-trust product.
110 of the 129 have one on general release.
3. 51 of 127 US vendors (40%) have a work agent or assistant on general release, against 32 of 186 European vendors (17%).
For agent-trust products, the figures are 23 of 127 US vendors (18%) against 5 of 186 European vendors (3%). Among vendors that claim agents, European vendors keep pace on work agents: 74% of the 43 European vendors that claim agents have a work agent or assistant on general release, against 66% of the 77 US vendors that do.
4. Of the 48 vendors whose homepage headline or opening line mentions agents, 45 have a concrete product.
5. The most common jobs given to agents are KYC, KYB and due-diligence research (47 vendors) and alert and case work (45 vendors).
This analysis covers 328 of the 333 vendors: five were left out because their homepage could not be confirmed as live.
1. On a strict test, 271 of 328 vendors (83%) have a homepage headline and opening line that would read as true for most competitors.
Only 57 (17%) say something most competitors could not.
2. 158 of 328 vendors (48%) lead their headline with what the product is or does technically.
85 (26%) lead with a risk outcome, 48 (15%) with a business outcome, and 37 (11%) simply name the category.
3. 56 of 328 vendors (17%) name the buyer in their headline, and 71 (22%) make a specific, checkable claim.
Five do both and also pass the competitor test. 199 (61%) do none of the three.
4. 212 of 328 vendors (65%) show customer or partner logos on their homepage or cited page, and 178 (54%) link to case studies or customer stories.
Six of the 328 headlines include a result number.
5. 44% of the 117 large, listed or acquired vendors have a named marketing leader, against 23% of the 153 independent venture-backed vendors.
The headlines of large, listed or acquired vendors name the buyer 9% of the time, against 22% for independent venture-backed vendors.
The 333 vendors were gathered in November 2026 from curated lists, investor portfolios, banking and payments partner marketplaces, event sponsor and exhibitor pages, and targeted searches. The set covers Europe, the UK and the US and is not a census. Each vendor was researched from company sites, press releases, news coverage and filings, and every fact behind the figures was rechecked against a live copy of its source on 4 November 2026. Headquarters and product categories come from the research records, which that live check did not cover.
Announcements cover 3 November 2025 to 3 November 2026. Funding counts each vendor's latest confirmed round since May 2024. The agent figures grade each confirmed agent claim for a concrete product, its release status and a named production customer. A product, release or proof signal counts only where a live page confirmed it, so these counts (including the 119, the 110 and the logo and case-study counts) are floors or close to lower bounds.
Homepage headlines and opening lines were recorded on 3 November 2026 and coded by AI agents against written rules, with a second blind pass on a random quarter of vendors to test consistency. The research and coding were carried out with AI research agents under the author's direction and review.
Cramer, D. (2026). Fincrime vendor statistics 2026. Gossamer. https://www.gossamergrowth.com/fincrime-vendor-statistics
The figures and charts on this page may be reused with credit to Gossamer and a link to this page.
The full analysis, charts and methodology are in the three reports at /fincrime-reports: How fincrime software vendors talk to the market after raising a round, The Agent Race and All Fincrime vendors make the same claims, who should you believe?
