Category: Payments

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PSD2 Rollout Update: A game of whack-a-mole or a strategic play?

Ekata team shares research and perspectives from acquirers, issuers, merchants Throughout 2020, Ekata conducted surveys across the payments ecosystem to investigate the readiness of players to meet the new requirements of the Payment Services Directive (PSD2). PSD2 is a European regulation that was put into effect in September, 2019 and mandates Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), […]

5.6.2021

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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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PSD2 Q&A with Peter Bayley

In December of 2020, we spoke to Peter Bayley, former Global Head of Ecosystem Risk Oversight and Strategy for Visa and current senior associate at Allyiz (former STRATgranat) about his insights on PSD2. We want to share some of the Q&A here: Let’s start with an easy question: Is PSD2 a good thing? The […]

2.26.2021

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Ekata Executive Series, Part III: Is Fintech Facing an Existential Threat or Momentum to Innovate?

Welcome to Ekata’s Executive Series. In this series, our CEO Rob Eleveld will be outlining the dynamics we see developing in the global identity verification (IDV) market and highlight Ekata’s response to continuous market demands. Today, we write in response specifically to a recent report on the existential threat facing the fintech market and respond […]

12.15.2020

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Ekata Executive Series, Part I: Supporting Cross-Border Identity Verification

Welcome to Ekata’s Executive Series. In this series, our CEO, Rob Eleveld, will be outlining the dynamics we see developing in the global identity verification (IDV) market and highlight Ekata’s response to continuous market demands. Today, our theme is “cross border” in the payments and card-not-present (CNP) ecosystem. Global Electronic Payments Global payments have been […]

11.20.2020

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US Retailers Confront Data Privacy Shifts

The Merchants Guide To Navigating Global Payments Regulations, powered by Ekata & PYMNTS.com, is the go-to monthly resource for updates on the trends and changes regarding PSD2 as well as other privacy and data protection regulations. This month’s PSD2 tracker covers the following and more: • An interview with Nicholas Ahrens, vice president of innovation […]

3.30.2020

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China’s Regulatory Realities And Their Global Open Banking Implications

Download the latest PSD2 Tracker here: https://www.pymnts.com/tracker/merchants-guide-to-navigating-global-payments-regulations-feb2020/ The Merchants Guide To Navigating Global Payments Regulations, powered by Ekata, is the go-to monthly resource for updates on the trends and changes regarding PSD2 as well as other privacy and data protection regulations. To help merchants and payment service providers prepare, Ekata has collaborated with PYMNTS.com to […]

2.24.2020

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Monetary Authority Of Singapore: What It Will Take To Win Digital Banking Licenses with PYMNTS.com

The Merchants Guide To Navigating Global Payments Regulations, powered by Ekata, is the go-to monthly resource for updates on the trends and changes regarding PSD2 as well as other privacy and data protection regulations. To help merchants and payment service providers prepare, Ekata...

2.3.2020

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Why Turkish Banks Are Bullish On PSD2: January 2020 Tracker Download with Pymnts.com

1.2.2020