MoneyAugust 26, 2026via Forrester Blog
Basware’s Trustpair Acquisition Extends B2B Fraud Management Coverage
Why it matters
Generative AI and agentic systems are lowering the cost and speed of supplier fraud and BEC attacks, forcing enterprise procurement and finance teams to treat fraud detection as infrastructure. Strategic M&A in this space reflects a new security category emerging.
Key signals
- Basware acquires Trustpair to extend B2B fraud management
- GenAI enables faster, cheaper creation of convincing supplier communications and executive impersonation
- Agentic AI can automate multistep fraud activities: target research, message generation, personalized outreach at scale
- Business email compromise (BEC) attacks becoming increasingly AI-driven
- Fraud management emerging as enterprise procurement/finance infrastructure need
The hook
Basware's Trustpair acquisition signals the market shift: B2B fraud tooling is now table stakes as AI-powered scams scale.
Generative AI is changing the economics of B2B fraud. It enables criminals to create convincing supplier communications, impersonate executives, fabricate documents, and personalize business email compromise attacks faster and at lower cost. Agentic AI can push this further by automating multistep a…