Category: Address Risk

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Identity Verification Shipping and Delivery

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The Top 5 Fraud Indicators for Shipping Addresses

Determining the validity of an address, especially in ecommerce, is necessary for shipping goods or authorizing a purchase, as well as detecting fraud. Larger and more sophisticated merchants with historical data assess risk based on address characteristics and past outcomes. For example, postcodes with historically high fraud rates may be flagged for further review or […]

5.26.2021
risk management solutions address

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Validate and Evaluate the Risk of Any Address in Fractions of a Second

Risky addresses can cause businesses to incur high costs due to fraud, order reprocessing, customer care hours, customer loyalty, and more. For trust and safety teams, Address Risk API is designed to provide rich metadata and risk signals around any given address and help you predict whether your customer is engaging in fraudulent activity. Two […]

10.21.2020
Validating Postal Addresses to Reduce Transaction Risk

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How to Validate Customer Addresses to Reduce Risk Transaction

Is this a valid address?: 399 Judson Street Lynden, WA 98264 As it turns out, answering this question is more complex than you might think. Read along as we highlight the challenges in validating postal addresses at a global scale, why Google’s Geocoding API might not be the best solution for you, and why a […]

7.22.2019
Fraud Model Identity Data

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Why Your Fraud Model Needs Validated ID Data Designed for Risk

Today, there are many identity data providers to choose from, and most offer data consumption via API. However, identity data APIs are not all the same. Few providers design their identity data and APIs specifically for risk. Many identity data APIs are developed without a particular model in mind. The APIs are entirely generic; they […]

11.19.2018
Global Address Verification

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Build vs. Buy – Evaluating Your Options for Global Address Verification

Much of our lives these days may take place digitally, but when it comes to verifying identity, the physical address is still key to preventing fraudulent transactions without insulting legitimate customers. Most companies are already looking at addresses as an additional signal to improve the performance of their risk infrastructure, as in monitoring frequency of […]

4.19.2018