Category: Big Data

Ekata

Data Update: For a Happy Christmas “Down Under” - Ekata releases Australian identity data

New data release: added 44+ million records to our Identity Graph including NEW Australian identity data and improvements in US and Canada business data As the holiday season quickly approaches, eCommerce fraud teams are gearing up for the busiest time of the year and here at Ekata, we are gearing up to help them fight […]

10.10.2018

Ekata

Don’t Let Fraud be the “F” Word: 4 Ways to Bring Value to your Fraud Team

Profits are slim in eCommerce. Specialty, department, and discount stores see a 6% to 10% operating margin, whereas Amazon and similarly-structured companies operate with an average 1.3% margin*. The only way to improve margins is to raise prices or cut costs (or a combination of both). Since raising prices turns away customers, most retailers choose […]

6.21.2017

Ekata

The Good Borrowers Inside the Belt

Online lenders are not risk averse. With average default rates looming around 30%, they’re conditioned to accept a certain amount risk. However, the reward (in the form of high interest rates) makes the risk of potential default worth lenders’ while. The one risk lenders cannot tolerate is fraud. We know that roughly 1 in 3 […]

6.8.2017

Ekata

The Identity Credit Connection

For years in the U.S., the Social Security Number has been the gold standard in identifying and verifying the credit history of prospective customers. But as financial institutions look to reach new and untapped markets, the legacy SSN may give way to a modern and potentially more secure string of digits: the cellphone number. Consumer […]

4.21.2017

Ekata

New Identity Check Interface!

Technology changes quickly, and here at Ekata we move fast to deliver industry-leading global identity verification products to our customers and partners to stay in front of fraud. Ease and speed are vital to our product development process so we can help businesses identify legitimate customers, prevent fraudulent transactions, and smooth new customer account creation. […]

4.19.2017

Ekata

Rig for Speed with Identity Check Deep Links

Speed is always at the forefront of our minds here at Ekata. Our CEO, Rob Eleveld, emphasizes the importance of rigging the business for speed – from data response times and product updates to market-facing communication and account support, Pro is aligned to move fast in order to provide industry-leading products in an ever-changing data […]

2.23.2017

Ekata

Clear, Concise, Consistent – Client Support: Part 6 in a 6-Part Partner Series

Read Part 5 in the series: Marketing and Selling – Getting the Word Out and Joint Selling At Ekata, we follow the 80/20 rule and invest our time and energy accordingly – into our partners and clients. However, the time spent identifying, integrating with, and taking a partner model to market is just the beginning […]

2.16.2017

Ekata

A Hummer or a Hybrid? Identity Verification in Lead Generation and Origination in Online Lending and FinTech

How are you growing your online lending business? Is your lead gen program a Hummer getting 6 miles to the gallon? Or is it a hybrid Lexus SUV with equal clearance, greater comfort, and 26 mpg? If yours is like dozens of our online lending customers’ businesses, you are spending out your ears on lead […]

2.7.2017

Ekata

Marketing and Selling – Getting the Word Out and Joint Selling: Part 5 in a 6 Part Partner Series

Read Part 4 in the series: The Key to a Successful Partner Integration is in the Details Any partnership built without a strategy of how to market and sell the joint solution will ultimately fail. Above all, the most important aspect of marketing and selling a joint solution is to fundamentally understand the market for which […]

1.19.2017