Location is the missing signal in your financial stack
Radar gives banks, fintechs, and rewards apps real-time location solutions to fight fraud, personalize experiences, and drive engagement at the moments that matter most.
Everything your experience needs, powered by one location platform
Stop fraud before it happens
Detect impossible travel, account takeovers, and location spoofing in real time with geofencing accuracy up to 10x more precise than iOS and Android defaults.
Drive visits to partner merchants at the right moment
Trigger timely, relevant messages when users enter a partner retailer, approach a point of interest, or complete a transaction, driving card usage, offer redemption, and deeper engagement with your rewards program.
Explore Engage →Reduce friction from day one
Real-time address autocomplete and validation streamlines onboarding flows and improves KYC accuracy, so customers get started faster and data quality stays high.
Explore Maps Platform →
Help users find your branches, ATMs, and partners instantly
Power ATM finders, branch locators, and partner search with fully customizable maps, geocoding, and search APIs, so users can find exactly what they need and get there fast, at a fraction of the cost of existing providers.
Explore Maps Platform →Location drives outsized impact
uplift in open rates from location-based notifications
uplift in partner visits from nearby notifications
uplift in total transaction volume from location-based recommendations
Trusted by the world’s leading banks, fintechs, and rewards apps
“Radar has elevated many of our campaigns and allowed us to create entirely new programming that targets users at the point of purchase and during other critical moments.”
Cassie Fernandez
Associate Manager, Marketing Automation
The proof is in the platform
The most accurate, real-time location data
Radar’s SDKs and APIs collect location, device, and sensor data across GPS, Wi-Fi, IP, and more, giving you the most accurate, real-time signals in the market.
Developer-friendly by design
Modern SDKs and APIs built for fast integration. Connect to your existing stack, integrate with just a few lines of code, and ship in a single sprint.
Enterprise-grade scale and support
1 billion API calls per day and installed on hundreds of millions of devices. SOC 2 and GDPR compliant, backed by a team of location experts who support you at every step.
Cost-effective, all-in-one
Proprietary infrastructure and economies of scale make Radar more cost-effective than legacy solutions or building in-house, so you get more location for less.
Frequently asked questions
How do banks and fintech companies use Radar for fraud detection?
Radar adds a location layer to your existing fraud signals. When a user makes a transaction from a device whose location doesn’t match the account’s normal geography, or whose location was spoofed using a VPN, GPS faker, or proxy, Radar Protect flags it in real time. Radar detects impossible travel, location spoofing, device tampering, and high-risk patterns that device fingerprinting and behavioral analytics alone can miss. The result is fewer fraudulent transactions and fewer false positives that block legitimate customers.
What is "impossible travel" and why does it matter for fraud prevention?
Impossible travel occurs when a user appears to log in or transact from two locations that couldn’t be reached within the elapsed time, for example New York at 9:00am and London at 10:00am. It’s a strong signal of account compromise. Radar Protect detects these patterns in real time and can trigger automated responses such as step-up authentication, session termination, or a fraud alert before damage is done.
Can Radar help with KYC and customer onboarding?
Yes. Radar’s address autocomplete and validation APIs reduce friction at signup and improve the accuracy of the address data you collect for KYC and identity verification. When a user starts typing their address, Radar autocompletes it in real time and validates that it exists and is properly formatted, reducing input errors, failed verifications, and manual review queues. Cleaner data from day one means faster onboarding and a more reliable compliance record. Learn more about Radar Maps Platform.
How does Radar support location-based marketing for rewards and cashback apps?
Rewards and cashback platforms use Radar Engage to trigger offers at the moment they’re most relevant: when a user is near or inside a partner merchant. Ibotta uses Radar to send location-triggered notifications to users at the point of purchase, driving a 10x increase in notification open rates. Marketing teams can configure these campaigns without requiring engineering support for each new trigger.
What is payment fraud, and how does Radar help prevent it?
Payment fraud occurs when a bad actor uses stolen, fake, or manipulated credentials to make unauthorized transactions, claim offers they aren't eligible for, or exploit promotions through fake accounts and location spoofing. Radar Protect uses location signals and device intelligence to verify that transactions and offer claims are coming from legitimate users in legitimate locations. By detecting GPS spoofing, VPN and proxy usage, and account takeover patterns at the moment they happen, Radar helps financial services companies stop fraud before it causes damage rather than catching it after the fact.
Does Radar work for ATM and branch locator experiences?
Yes. Radar Maps Platform powers fully customizable in-app map experiences including ATM finders, branch locators, and nearest-location search. You can match your brand with custom fonts, colors, and map styles at a fraction of the cost of Google Maps or Mapbox. Radar’s geocoding and search APIs handle the underlying data, and the maps themselves are built to scale to enterprise traffic volumes.
Is Radar suitable for regulated financial services companies?
Yes. Radar is SOC 2 Type II certified and supports the compliance and data governance requirements of financial services organizations. Radar processes over 1 billion API calls per day with 99.99%+ uptime, and enterprise plans include SLA commitments, dedicated support, and data processing agreements suitable for regulated industries. Review Radar’s privacy policy and trust documentation for more detail.