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Fraud in the Buy Now Pay Later Industry

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) is not a new idea, but with the boom in e-commerce during the Covid-19 pandemic, BNPL has exploded onto the payments scene as a major industry. The idea is essentially a simplification of the credit process by providing ‘instant credit’ at the point of sale. This means that when the […]

6.24.2021

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Ekata’s Ting Van Osdol Honored for Excellence in Customer Service

We are proud to announce that our Senior Vice President of Global Account Services, Ting Van Osdol, has been honored in two award programs as a customer service leader to watch. She won Executive of the Year in the 2021 Excellence in Customer Service Award presented by Business Intelligence Group, and Customer Service Leader of […]

4.29.2021

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Ekata’s Noelle Wiggins Recognized as a Rising Woman in Tech in Built In’s 2021 Moxie Awards

We are excited to announce that our Product Manager, Noelle Wiggins, has been named a winner in Built In’s 2021 Moxie Awards. The Moxie Awards recognize 50 rising women in tech across the US who demonstrate courage, determination, energy, and know-how, and are making a difference in their workplaces, communities, and the tech industry. To […]

4.26.2021

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Ekata to be acquired by Mastercard to Strengthen Trust in Every Digital Interaction

April 19, 2021 – Ekata, Inc., the global leader in dynamic identity verification solutions for real-time risk decisioning, has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Mastercard for US$850 million to advance global digital identity efforts. The global COVID crisis and its downstream effects triggered a five-year quantum leap forward in the transformation of the […]

4.19.2021

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2020: A Year of Non-Stop Global Growth and Expansion for Ekata

This month at Ekata we recapped a remarkably successful 2020 despite the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Our company significantly grew our global customer base and revenues, gained momentum in the financial services and payments sector, expanded our product portfolio, and drove significant growth in Europe and Asia-Pacific through our global offices and data infrastructure. One of […]

2.15.2021

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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

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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 II: TRUST STARTS AT THE SOURCE: Credit Risk Versus Fraud Risk

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 are digging into the deterministic approach of credit risk and comparing it to the probabilistic approach of fraud […]

11.30.2020

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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