Category: data

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How a Probabilistic Approach to Know Your Customer Increases Efficiency

Original author is Kurt Weiss, Director of Enterprise Sales at Ekata Working in the identity verification space, I am often asked by financial institutions for information regarding our “email-to-name” coverage. While I’ll take any opportunity to boast about how Ekata’s 20+ years of data sourcing has created one of the most intelligent identity graphs […]

3.4.2021

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Data Privacy Day 2021: Purpose-Driven Data

January 28th marks international Data Privacy Day: a day dedicated to raising awareness around the issues of Privacy and Data Protection. At Ekata, data protection is central to our business. Being good stewards of the data we are entrusted with underpins all aspects of our product lifecycle, from design to implementation. Codified in one of […]

1.28.2021

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Data Update: Expanded Name Matching in APAC Region

Here at Ekata, we strive to consistently improve our global data coverage and precision. Data is vital to the success of your business, and is especially important when verifying identities. At the core of every identity is a name. Matching names has proven to be a challenge, given that there is no global standard for […]

1.27.2021

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Data Update: Around the World in 80 Days

The past 80 days have been monumental in expanding our global data asset. From building person-email links in Brazil to onboarding Norwegian telephones to expanding our knowledge of Malaysian names, we journeyed “around the world” in the last three months. And expanding to all corners of the world is not an easy feat. Naming conventions […]

3.2.2020

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The Future of Financial Security: Mitigating Risk & Managing Technology

Dan Jiao, Payment Risk Solutions Manager at Ekata, was on a BrightTALK live panel at Money20/20 in October. Watch a recording of this panel and learn more about how the movement of #data to the cloud has created new risks and challenges when it comes to protecting #financialdata, and much more. Watch now. Full description […]

11.15.2019

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Data Update: Significant Improvements and Expanded Coverage in EMEA and APAC

2019 has been a momentous year for Ekata. Earlier this year, we opened an office in Amsterdam, and as 2019 ends, we’ll be ramping up to open a new office in Singapore! We are so excited about our push into EMEA and APAC, but it’s not just limited to our physical efforts. On the digital […]

11.14.2019

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Recap: 2018 Data Enhancements

In 2018, thousands of companies around the world used our data to solve their business problems and fight fraud. The Ekata team worked tirelessly in the pursuit of fulfilling our mission: to provide leading global identity verification solutions. To continue providing our best-in-class product suite, our team buckled up for change, knowing that we were […]

1.25.2019

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What Every Company Should Know About Machine Learning

In mid-October, the Ekata team attended Twilio’s annual customer and developer conference, SIGNAL. We were excited for the opportunity to participate and share insights from our partnership with Twilio as well as learn from other developers and vendors. This year, speaker sessions focused on Mobile, Security, Machine Learning & AI, and Cloud Infrastructure– all of […]

11.7.2018

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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