The partnership advances Finlaris’ international expansion while enabling Bastion to connect Philippine businesses with accessible, low-maintenance identity verification and fraud prevention technologies.
SINGAPORE, September 30th — Finlaris, a global provider of AI solutions for identity, risk and financial intelligence, today announced a business strategic partnership with Bastion Inc., a leading Philippine technology provider specializing in payments, cybersecurity and digital infrastructure.
Effective August 8, 2026, Bastion will introduce prospective clients in the Philippines seeking identity verification, digital onboarding and fraud prevention capabilities to Finlaris. Finlaris will work directly with these organizations to understand their requirements and identify suitable solutions from its FinAuth portfolio.
The non-exclusive collaboration forms part of Finlaris’ broader effort to build its Finlaris Global Partner Program and bring its technologies to businesses across key global markets.
Advancing Finlaris’ International Expansion
The partnership follows Finlaris’ recent global rebranding and marks another step in the company’s internationalization strategy.
As an increasing effort to expand its global identity to better represent its expanding capabilities across identity, risk and financial intelligence, Finlaris provides a unified platform through which the company can work with customers and partners across Southeast Asia, Latin America and other international markets.
As part of this transition, Finlaris is developing relationships with established local technology providers that understand their respective markets and maintain trusted connections with businesses operating in regulated and digitally intensive sectors.
Bastion’s established presence in the Philippines, experience across payments and cybersecurity, and relationships with local organizations make it a valuable addition to the growing Finlaris Global Partner Program.
Through Bastion’s introductions, Finlaris will be able to engage more effectively with Philippine organizations and respond directly to their identity verification, onboarding and fraud prevention requirements.
Expanding Bastion’s Access to Identity and Fraud Prevention Technologies
For Bastion, the partnership expands the range of technologies it can introduce to clients seeking to strengthen digital customer onboarding and identity-related risk controls.
Banks, fintech companies, payment providers and other digital businesses increasingly need to maintain high standards across their KYC and broader AML processes. At the same time, many organizations face practical barriers when adopting new technologies, including high initial investment, complex integration requirements and the operational burden of maintaining additional systems.
Through its partnership with Finlaris, Bastion can connect prospective clients with identity verification capabilities designed to offer flexible adoption, low maintenance requirements and accessible entry options.
These capabilities include:
- Identity document verification
- Automated document data extraction
- Facial recognition and face matching
- Liveness and presentation attack detection
- Deepfake and identity fraud prevention
- Remote customer authentication
- Configurable digital onboarding workflows
Finlaris solutions can help organizations improve the quality and consistency of identity verification within their KYC processes while supporting their wider AML, compliance and fraud risk management objectives.
The partnership also responds to the growing sophistication of identity fraud. The increasing availability of generative AI, face-swapping applications, manipulated identity documents and digital injection techniques is creating new challenges for organizations that acquire or authenticate customers remotely.
By referring relevant opportunities to Finlaris, Bastion can help its clients explore technologies capable of responding to these evolving threats without requiring Bastion to develop or operate a separate identity verification platform.
Combining Global Capabilities with Local Market Relationships
The partnership establishes a clear and focused working model between the two companies.
Bastion will identify and introduce prospective clients in the Philippines whose requirements align with Finlaris’ capabilities. Finlaris will remain responsible for solution consultation, technical evaluation, commercial discussions and the delivery of its products and services to participating clients.
This model combines Finlaris’ experience in identity and fraud prevention technologies with Bastion’s understanding of the Philippine market and its established local business relationships.
For prospective customers, it provides a more accessible route to evaluating Finlaris technologies while continuing to benefit from an introduction made through a recognized Philippine technology provider.
For Finlaris, the collaboration demonstrates how strategic relationships with trusted local organizations can support sustainable international expansion while preserving clear responsibilities among technology providers, partners and customers.
About Finlaris
Finlaris is a global provider of AI solutions for identity, risk and financial intelligence.
Through its FinAuth portfolio, Finlaris helps organizations verify identities, understand documents, authenticate users and defend digital systems against increasingly sophisticated forms of fraud. Its capabilities include document verification, document AI, facial recognition, biometric matching, liveness detection and deepfake defense.
With more than 10 years of industry experience, Finlaris has supported over 1,000 enterprise clients and powered more than 40 billion verifications. Its technologies serve organizations across financial services, fintech, payments, digital commerce and other sectors where secure digital interactions are essential.
Finlaris is guided by its commitment to Trust. Intelligence. Empowerment.
For more information, visit www.Finlaris.com
About Bastion Inc.
Bastion Inc. is a Philippine technology provider specializing in payments, cybersecurity and future-ready digital technologies.
Since 2005, Bastion has supported organizations with secure digital infrastructure and mission-critical technology solutions. The company pioneered one of the Philippines’ earliest payment gateways and became the first organization in the country to achieve PCI DSS certification recognized by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
Beyond payments and cybersecurity, Bastion provides technology solutions supporting operational resilience and digital transformation across multiple industries.
For more information, visit Bastion Inc.
