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Financial Services

Stop wire fraud before the wire moves.

DMARC, SPF, DKIM, MTA-STS, and BIMI monitoring built for banks, credit unions, and fintech. Controls aligned with SOX, PCI-DSS, GLBA, and FFIEC audit expectations.

SOX-aligned audit trail
PCI-DSS-aligned controls
SOC 2 + ISO 27001 (in progress)
Audit-ready
Logs + access controls
US + EU
Data residency options
99.99% SLA
Platform uptime target
< 2 hr
Enterprise priority response
Threat Landscape

Financial services are prime targets

Email fraud costs financial institutions billions annually. BEC attacks specifically target banks and their customers.

$2.77B

BEC losses

lost to business email compromise in 2024

21,442 BEC complaints filed with IC3

FBI IC3 2024 Annual Report &nearr;
$8.5B

Cumulative drain

in reported BEC losses, 2022–2024 combined

Most consistent multi-year loss category

FBI IC3 (Nacha analysis) &nearr;
17%

Share of cybercrime

of all reported cybercrime losses in 2024 came from BEC alone

Out of $16.6B total IC3 losses

FBI IC3 2024 Annual Report &nearr;
Email

Attack vector

the dominant initial vector for financial-sector breaches

Wire diversion + vendor invoice fraud + account takeover

FBI IC3 2024 Annual Report &nearr;
BEC Prevention

How DMARC stops wire fraud

Real attack scenarios and how DMARC authentication prevents them.

1

CEO/CFO Impersonation

Attack: Attacker spoofs executive email requesting urgent wire transfer to external account.

Protection: DMARC blocks spoofed emails before they reach employees

2

Vendor Invoice Fraud

Attack: Spoofed vendor email requests payment to updated bank account (attacker's account).

Protection: Authentication failures trigger alerts for immediate investigation

3

Client Account Takeover

Attack: Phishing email spoofing bank domain tricks customer into revealing credentials.

Protection: p=reject policy prevents delivery of spoofed emails to customers

Financial Features

Built for financial compliance

Every feature designed with regulatory requirements and financial data protection in mind.

SOX-aligned

SOX-aligned audit trail

Tamper-evident audit logs and access controls covering Sarbanes-Oxley §404 IT general control expectations.

PCI-aligned

PCI-DSS-aligned controls

Security controls aligned with PCI-DSS requirements for access, monitoring, and crypto handling.

AES-256

Strong encryption

AES-256-GCM at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit. Cryptographic keys in FIPS 140-2 Level 3 HSMs.

Full audit

Complete audit log

Every config, policy, and access action logged with timestamps, actor IDs, and source IPs.

RBAC

Role-based access

Granular permissions enforce separation of duties and least-privilege defaults.

Real-time

Fraud alerts

Real-time notification of spoofing attempts targeting executive and treasury domains.

2 regions

Data residency

Choose US or EU regions to meet supervisory and data-localization requirements.

< 2 hr

Priority response

Enterprise plans include priority support with sub-2-hour response.

Regulatory Compliance

Meeting financial regulations

DDMARC helps you meet the security requirements of key financial regulatory frameworks.

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)

Aligned

Tamper-evident audit trails, RBAC, and data-integrity controls for §404 ITGC review.

PCI-DSS

Aligned

Access control, monitoring, and cryptographic controls aligned with PCI-DSS requirements.

GLBA Safeguards Rule

Aligned

Controls aligned with FTC Safeguards Rule expectations for customer financial information.

FFIEC Guidelines

Aligned

Aligned with FFIEC IT Examination Handbook cybersecurity guidance for supervised institutions.

Use Cases

Protecting financial communications

From banks to payment processors, DDMARC protects financial communications at every level.

Real alerts land. Spoofs don't.

Banks & credit unions

Authenticate transaction alerts, wire confirmations, and account-status emails. Customers stop being trained that 'real bank mail looks like phishing'.

  • Transaction alert authentication
  • Wire-confirmation sender alignment
  • Cross-channel template watch
No advisor look-alikes

Investment firms

Protect trade confirmations, statements, and advisor mail from impersonation that triggers panic trades or credential harvesting.

  • Trade confirmation alignment
  • Advisor-domain watch
  • Client-portal notification security
Claims payments go to claimants

Insurance companies

Lock policy, claims, and agent communications against spoofers that hijack the claims-payment process.

  • Policy-renewal alignment
  • Claims-payment integrity
  • Agent impersonation defence
Settlement files reach the merchant

Payment processors

Secure merchant onboarding, settlement, and partner correspondence. Stop attackers from rerouting payouts.

  • Merchant onboarding integrity
  • Settlement-file sender alignment
  • Partner-notification security
Certifications

Security certifications you can trust

DDMARC maintains the certifications that matter to financial institutions.

In progress

SOC 2 Type II

DDMARC product audit in progress. PlatOps Security infrastructure already certified.

In progress

ISO 27001

DDMARC product audit in progress. Inherited from PlatOps Security ISO-certified controls.

Aligned

GDPR

Aligned with EU data protection regulations for international operations.

Aligned

CCPA

California Consumer Privacy Act alignment for US privacy expectations.

Financial Security

Protect your institution

Talk to our financial services team about enterprise email security. Custom solutions for banks, credit unions, and financial institutions.

Contact our financial services team
Enterprise priority response < 2 hr