Karta and Mastercard Identity: Giving the gift of seamless payment workflows
As a digital gift card provider (and distributor), Karta was committed to limiting the number of rejected transactions by payment service providers, as well as the potential for fraudulent attacks…
Cyber criminals know no borders; their modes and methods are ever-evolving. This is why collaboration should be an industry priority. We have just hosted the inaugural Mastercard Cyber and Security…
3 Steps for streamlining payments onboarding for micro-merchants
The surge of micro-merchants presents both opportunities and challenges for payment service providers (PSPs). Explore three steps PSPs can take to streamline onboarding, including using alternative data for risk assessment,…
How digital payments are shaping identity verification
As online fraud increases, governments and businesses are teaming up to develop advanced digital identity verification systems. Explore these initiatives, including the EU’s digital ID toolbox and Australia’s Eftpos accreditation…
PSD2 Rollout Update: A game of whack-a-mole or a strategic play?
Ekata team shares research and perspectives from acquirers, issuers, merchants Throughout 2020, Ekata conducted surveys across the payments ecosystem to investigate the readiness of players to meet the new requirements…
In December of 2020, we spoke to Peter Bayley, former Global Head of Ecosystem Risk Oversight and Strategy for Visa and current senior associate at Allyiz (former STRATgranat) about his…
Ekata Executive Series, Part I: Supporting Cross-Border Identity Verification
Welcome to Ekata’s Executive Series. In this series, our CEO, Rob Eleveld, will be outlining the dynamics we see developing in the global identity verification (IDV) market and highlight Ekata’s…
Increasing eCommerce Sales Through Pre-Authorization Screening
The race to payment authorization is heating up, and experts Dan Jiao, Payment Risk Solutions Manager at Ekata, and Steve Reis, CEO & Co-founder at Sygn, understand how pre-authorization screening…