Category: Whitepages Pro

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Cross-Border Fraud: The Problem That Plagues Even Online Retail Juggernauts

The competition is fierce for online retailers, so finding, converting, and retaining customers requires numerous strategies and tactics including increasing cross-border sales. Global commerce has become crucial to the success of online retailers and marketplaces. And retail juggernauts like Amazon and eBay are ramping up their efforts at increasing cross-border sales. According to a recent […]

10.30.2018

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Data Update: For a Happy Christmas “Down Under” - Ekata releases Australian identity data

New data release: added 44+ million records to our Identity Graph including NEW Australian identity data and improvements in US and Canada business data As the holiday season quickly approaches, eCommerce fraud teams are gearing up for the busiest time of the year and here at Ekata, we are gearing up to help them fight […]

10.10.2018

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Introducing Pro Insight for Manual Review Teams

Since the launch of Pro Web in 2013, we’ve streamlined the manual review process for agents worldwide and helped save billions of dollars in fraud for businesses of all sizes across various industries. We, as a market-driven company, continuously invest in the improvement of our products and the quality of our global identity data. After […]

6.27.2018

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Ekata Featured in Nilson Report

The Nilson Report is the most respected source of news and analysis of the global card and mobile payment industry. For 42 years, The Nilson Report has provided credit, debit, and prepaid card issuer, acquirer, and technology vendor statistics, as well as technology, personnel, and product news and updates. The publication has no advertisements, no […]

4.23.2018

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Facebook’s Data Breach Impact on Fraud Review is a Wake Up Call

On the heels of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook has started getting serious about addressing its users’ concerns about privacy. This is why Facebook has decided to disable the search functionality of looking up users by either a phone number or email address. This cripples merchants that rely on searching Facebook directly, linking to Facebook from […]

4.6.2018

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How One Online Lender Uses Ekata to Auto-Funds Loans

For servicers of consumer loan portfolios, finding the balance between thoroughly vetting applications and providing an excellent customer experience is critical. In their quest to achieve this balance, one online lender has developed a unique auto-fund program designed to connect their best customers with loans even faster. With their auto-fund program, the online lender can […]

3.26.2018

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Using Machine Learning in Rules-Based Fraud Prevention Systems

Machine learning models, which essentially give computer systems the ability to “learn” to perform a specific task without being explicitly programmed to do so, are getting smarter. As such, we’re starting to find them everywhere: in Netflix’s prediction algorithms, art history studies, and even in medical diagnostic software. And, of course, in fraud prevention. Machine […]

3.8.2018

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Paladin Group releases vendor report to serve as compass in a complicated fraud landscape

The Paladin Group recently published an industry report to serve as “a compass in a complicated fraud landscape”. The Paladin Vendor Report 2018 includes extensive research of over 40 tools, platforms, and services, giving a comprehensive snapshot of the fraud prevention industry to help eCommerce companies align their vendor choices with their individual fraud prevention […]

3.8.2018

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Pro Product 2017

As another year comes to an end, it is always a good time to reflect on our Product team’s achievements, what went well and what we can improve on for 2018. Last week, the Product Management team got together and did just that. Here are some of the highlights from our retrospect. The Ekata Identity […]

1.16.2018