Category: Pro Insight, Page 2

Read and learn about Ekata Pro Insight; an identity review solution to assess identity risk, approve good transactions and investigate fraud on a global scale below.

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Network Insights: Transaction Velocity

Network insights provides users valuable signals that are a layer deeper than traditional linkages or match statuses. Network insights are derived from our proprietary Identity Network of historical transactions and feedback (outcome) data from our global risk conglomerate of thousands of customers. Our Identity Network leverages sophisticated data science and machine learning to provide unique […]

5.9.2019

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Learn Best Practices for Graph-Based Identity Databases

Determining the legitimacy or risk of the identities behind a transaction during manual review can require multiple internal and external tools. The process is investigative by nature from basic checks like validating a person’s address to more advanced research to find a missing link between a name and address. Manual review agents need access to […]

7.12.2018

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Going Beyond Transactional Fraud With Identity Data

Typically, merchants use identity data to prevent transactional fraud and use real-time identity verification in order to keep fraudsters from making a purchase. But lately, we’ve seen a trend among some of our merchants toward using identity data earlier in the customer journey to improve the customer experience and reduce the risk of fraud. Fraud […]

7.11.2018

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Email and IP: The Digital Side of Identity Verification

More and more, brick-and-mortar lenders are taking their businesses online. This shift towards digital transactions invites a whole new challenge to the way lenders verify the identity of their prospects and customers. Traditional identity signals—name, address, and phone number—are still mainstays when it comes to assessing fraudulent applicants. However, too many companies have just digitized […]

5.1.2018

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Maintaining Platform Integrity with Layered Consumer Identity Verification

Consumer technology services platforms are expected to maximize growth, but they also are challenged to maintain platform integrity. The latter has become increasingly difficult as the number of bad actors accessing platforms continues to rise. Fortunately, there are consumer identity verification solutions that provide marketers and trust and safety experts the dexterity to meet the […]

7.10.2017

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Turning Data into Decisions — Rules, Scores, and Machine Learning

In the world of identity verification and fraud prevention, data is critical. Every data point that is captured on a lead form, loan application or new account creation is a piece of potential intelligence that can be used to make better business decisions. Data can help reduce fraud, improve lead conversion or balance between identity […]

11.1.2016

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De Facto Key to Digital Identity: Phone Validation

Validating phone number data helps merchants prevent fraudulent orders, speed good customers to clear, and avoid social engineering. Within a layered fraud prevention approach, phone data provides actionable signals for transaction decisioning. Contact match statuses, including name-to-phone and address-to-phone, and metadata points like prepaid status, line type, and carrier help merchants build a faceted customer […]

10.14.2016