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Sardine: Customer Results & Case Studies

Real-time fraud prevention, AML compliance, and risk platform for banks, fintechs, and other financial institutions.

Verdict summaryUpdated Jul 2026
82%
Lower fraudulent incoming funds
>90%
Reduction in unauthorized disputes
90%+
Reduction in manual reviews
Documented customersbunq and Novo

Is Sardine trustworthy?

Case Study Desk indexes 3 sourced Sardine customer stories, each carrying at least one hard, published result. bunq reports 82% lower fraudulent incoming funds and a 4X reduction in false positives across 20M+ customers; Novo reports cutting unauthorized disputes by more than 90% while recovering 84% of blocked transactions; and a U.S. financial services provider reports reducing manual reviews by more than 90%, from around 1,200 to around 100. Every figure is quoted from Sardine's original published case-study page and dated; these are the customers' own published claims, sourced and dated rather than independently audited.

What results do customers get?

82%
Lower fraudulent incoming funds
bunq
>90%
Reduction in unauthorized disputes
Novo
90%+
Reduction in manual reviews
U.S. financial services provider
84%
Recovery of blocked transactions
Novo

Who uses Sardine?

b
bunq
Neobank
N
Novo
Fintech (SMB banking)
F
U.S. financial services provider
Financial Services

Sardine at a glance

CategoryFraud prevention, AML & compliance
Founded2020
HQSan Francisco, California
Best-documented result82% lower fraudulent incoming funds (bunq)
Sourced case studies3

Frequently asked questions

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Is Sardine legit?
Yes. Sardine is an established fraud, risk, and compliance platform founded in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, with named production customers including the neobank bunq and small-business banking platform Novo. Case Study Desk indexes 3 of its published customer stories, each with at least one hard quantified result traceable to a public source.
Where do these Sardine results come from?
Each figure is quoted directly from Sardine's own published case-study pages: the bunq study (dated March 9, 2026), the Novo study (dated August 21, 2024), and a customer story on a U.S. financial services provider. We link the exact source URL for every study and date the figures.
What is the strongest documented Sardine result?
bunq reports 82% lower fraudulent incoming funds versus similar neobanks, 95% fewer fraud victims versus industry benchmarks, and a 4X reduction in false positives, while going from alert to resolution in under 20 minutes across its 20M+ customers.
Are these numbers independently documented?
No. The figures are the customers' and vendor's own published claims. Case Study Desk traces each number to its original public source and dates it, but does not independently audit or re-measure the results.