Category: Online Lending

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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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September 2019 PSD2 Tracker with PYMNTS.com

Download the latest PSD2 Tracker here: https://www.pymnts.com/tracker/psd2-tracker-september-2019/ PSD2, or the Revised Payment Service Directive, is an EU Directive to regulate payment services and payment service providers throughout the European Union and European Economic Area. To help merchants and payment service providers prepare, Ekata has collaborated with PYMNTS.com to produce the PSD2 tracker, updated each month to […]

9.16.2019

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August 2019 PSD2 Tracker with PYMNTS.com

Download the latest PSD2 Tracker here: https://www.pymnts.com/tracker/psd2-august-2019/ PSD2, or the Revised Payment Service Directive, is an EU Directive to regulate payment services and payment service providers throughout the European Union and European Economic Area. To help merchants and payment service providers prepare, Ekata has collaborated with PYMNTS.com to produce the PSD2 tracker, updated each month to […]

8.14.2019

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Boosting the ROI of Your Lead Purchase: a Webinar for Lenders

In the installment lending space, profitability is all about the leads that you put into your funnel. The better the overall quality of leads you purchase, the higher return on investment you’ll have in the long run. And in such a competitive space, every ROI percentage point counts. That’s why we recently hosted a webinar […]

11.13.2018

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The Future of Lending: Trends from Lend360

Earlier this month, the Ekata team paid a visit to Chicago, IL for Lend360, a conference that brings together thought leaders in the fintech community to examine the future of the online lending space. One thing we loved about this conference was just how lively the discussions were. The installment lending space is changing rapidly […]

10.24.2018

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Reaching Stage 4 in Identity Verification Maturity yields significant ROI

In our newly launched maturity report, The State of Identity Verification in North America, Ekata commissioned a survey of 150 North American online merchants and lenders of varying sizes to evaluate their level of sophistication when it comes to identity verification. Identity verification is defined as the process and tools used by companies to ensure […]

9.25.2018

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A Winning Strategy: Identity Data and the Path to Auto Fund

Online lending companies are in a bind. In order to stay ahead of the competition, they need to tackle two problems that—at first glance—look to be at odds: Provide loans quickly and at scale Reduce fraud and defaults To help companies navigate this dilemma, Ekata’s Director of Online Lending, Kurt Weiss, joined Anthony Delmonico, Risk […]

9.20.2018

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Finding Success in an Evolving Online Lending Marketplace

The competitive landscape of the online lending industry is constantly changing as new markets open, regulators refine rules, and technology allows new players to enter the market. At the same time, the short term, small-dollar loan market is growing—making it lucrative for new entrants from both fintech, and more traditional financial institutions. A recent report […]

7.23.2018

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The Path to Auto-fund: Improve the Customer Experience for Your Best Borrowers

The key to success in the online lending business is giving out more money to borrowers in order to see more returns. Yet most companies and industry solutions focus on which borrowers not to lend to—disqualifying applicants based on credit factors or denying applications that look fraudulent—rather than increasing their number of good loans. Strategies […]

7.12.2018