Category: Financial Services

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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 […]

6.17.2021

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When Identity Verification Becomes a Double-Edged Sword

Original author is Kurt Weiss, Director of Enterprise Sales at Ekata   The financial system’s reliance on antiquated identity verification is a double-edged sword, cutting into both new revenue streams […]

3.17.2021

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Are Your Authorization Rates Leaving Money On The Table?

Recently, Ekata’ CEO Rob Eleveld spoke at the MasterCard Global Risk Leadership conference to an audience of issuers. His session, titled “The $100B Opportunity,” focused on a key issue: how […]

5.8.2018

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How Online Lenders are Using Non-PII Data to Fight Fraud

Personally identifiable information (PII) like name, address, email, DOB, and the linkages between them is the traditional way most online lenders make funding decisions. But non-personally identifiable information (non-PII) can […]

2.7.2018

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The Need for Speed at Money 20/20

We attended the Money20/20 conference in Vegas a couple weeks ago to talk to payment service providers, credit card brands, merchants, and other companies about Ekata’s lightning-fast identity verification APIs. […]

11.7.2017

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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 […]

6.8.2017

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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 […]

4.21.2017

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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 […]

4.19.2017

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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 […]

2.7.2017

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