Category: Fraud, Page 2

Articles and Posts about Fraud

Optimizing Fraud Management in the Asia Pacific Digital First Economy

Ekata

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
probabilistic identity matching

Ekata

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 of […]

3.4.2021
fraud detection machine learning

Ekata

Ekata Executive Series, Part IV: The Global Fraud Arbitrage Beast and the Necessity of Machine Learning

Good day and welcome to my last 2020 quarterly CEO synopsis, and what a year it has been. In this, I outline the dynamics I see developing in the global identity verification (IDV) market and highlight Ekata’s response to continuous market demands. I increasingly try to blend verified third-party research with our first-hand customer and […]

2.10.2021
How Stopping Fraud Early Can Increase Your Bottom Line

Ekata

How Stopping Fraud Early Can Increase Your Bottom Line

As the digital world continues to evolve, merchants are battling various types of fraud to protect both their customers and their bottom line. As fraudsters become more sophisticated and target businesses even earlier in the transaction process, merchants need to take a multi-layered approach to weed out bad actors and bad transactions alike. Ekata’s latest […]

1.4.2021
Identity Network and Online Fraud Detection

Ekata

The Good, the Bad, and the Risky: Catching Fraudulent Activity with Network Score

Companies today face a rapidly evolving landscape of fraud attack types such as account takeover and credential stuffing. Bad actors are constantly changing their tactics to find new ways to commit fraud, leaving businesses challenged to stay proactive and vigilant against malicious attacks. As stolen personally identifiable information (PII) becomes increasingly prevalent, fraudsters can often […]

6.14.2020
The Conflicting Pressures of the Evolving Payments Ecosystem

Ekata

The Evolving Payments Ecosystem's Conflicting Pressures

From the customers who make the transactions to the merchants, payment service providers, and card issuers who facilitate those transactions, the payments ecosystem is made up of a number of distinct players with individual needs. This has always been the case. But as the payments ecosystem evolves through the addition of new technologies, more sophisticated […]

8.28.2019
Gears Icon Transaction Risk API

Ekata

Transaction Risk API: The Value it Brings to the Market

Transaction Risk API was built for easy integration into sophisticated machine learning (ML) models and is designed to help eCommerce merchants, marketplaces, payment processors, and others manage payment fraud. Understanding market requirements In our first blog of the series, we covered the evolution of fraud and how the landscape of today requires fraud detection earlier […]

4.25.2019
Gears Icon

Ekata

Transaction Risk API: Improving Transaction Security

With the world moving increasingly online, businesses are facing a complex challenge to make the right decision on a growing number of transactions in an ever-shortening time frame. The future of identity verification demands rethinking risk management as fraud becomes more sophisticated and customer convenience expectations heighten. Staying true to our market-driven roots, Transaction Risk API […]

3.18.2019
Fraud Model Identity Data

Ekata

Are You Feeding Your Fraud Model Identity 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

View More