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Digital Account Opening is Where the Competition Starts

Original authors are Trenton Spratling, Global Account Director at Ekata, and Wendy Hokanson, Global Head of the Financial Services Market Segment at Ekata Looking back in the last year, there were definitely a lot of changes that were attributed to the pandemic. Yes, the pandemic may have accelerated certain industries and certain behaviors but that […]

6.17.2021

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Mastercard successfully completes acquisition of Ekata

June 9, 2021 – Ekata, Inc., a global leader in dynamic identity verification solutions for real-time risk decisioning, has successfully been acquired by Mastercard. Together, Ekata and Mastercard will provide frictionless experiences while ensuring customer privacy, control, and security. Propelled by the pandemic and a shift to remote work, more consumers and merchants are transacting […]

6.9.2021

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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 of the Payment Services Directive (PSD2). PSD2 is a European regulation that was put into effect in September, 2019 and mandates Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), […]

5.6.2021

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Ekata’s Ting Van Osdol Honored for Excellence in Customer Service

We are proud to announce that our Senior Vice President of Global Account Services, Ting Van Osdol, has been honored in two award programs as a customer service leader to watch. She won Executive of the Year in the 2021 Excellence in Customer Service Award presented by Business Intelligence Group, and Customer Service Leader of […]

4.29.2021

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Ekata’s Noelle Wiggins Recognized as a Rising Woman in Tech in Built In’s 2021 Moxie Awards

We are excited to announce that our Product Manager, Noelle Wiggins, has been named a winner in Built In’s 2021 Moxie Awards. The Moxie Awards recognize 50 rising women in tech across the US who demonstrate courage, determination, energy, and know-how, and are making a difference in their workplaces, communities, and the tech industry. To […]

4.26.2021

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Ekata to be acquired by Mastercard to Strengthen Trust in Every Digital Interaction

April 19, 2021 – Ekata, Inc., the global leader in dynamic identity verification solutions for real-time risk decisioning, has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Mastercard for US$850 million to advance global digital identity efforts. The global COVID crisis and its downstream effects triggered a five-year quantum leap forward in the transformation of the […]

4.19.2021

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Confidently Fastrack Merchant Risk Assessments with Ekata’s Merchant Onboarding API and SaaS Solutions

We are thrilled to launch two new solutions to better enable merchant onboarding: our Merchant Onboarding API and the Merchant Review web app. With the global pandemic accelerating the already-existing trend of people starting their own businesses (in the U.S. alone, we recorded 30 million small merchants and 40 million independent contractors in 2020), the […]

4.6.2021

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Optimizing Fraud Management in the Asia Pacific Digital First Economy

A discussion into the changing APAC digital landscape The Rise of the Digital Economy Here’s what we already know: the potential of the digital economy – the broad range of economic activities that use digitized information and technology to drive productivity growth – has been recognized for decades by numerous business leaders, innovators, researchers, and […]

4.4.2021

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2021 CNP Awards – VOTING NOW OPEN!

Ekata is thrilled to announce our nomination for the 2021 CNP Awards – a highly sought-after award that honors the companies, programs, and solutions that have distinguished themselves in the card-not-present space throughout the year. As our CEO Rob Eleveld states, “As the winners of both the Judge’s Choice award and the People’s Choice award […]

3.26.2021