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23
Apr

Mastercard to buy Ekata for $850M

Ronen Shnidman / April 23, 2021
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Mastercard announced earlier this week that it would acquire the Seattle-based online identity verification company Ekata for $850 million subject to regulatory approval. Ekata began as Whitepages Pro, the B2B solutions side of online people directory Whitepages.com. It was spun out as a separate company in 2019 and has experienced rapid growth since then. Ekata, […]

22
Jan

Man-in-the-middle attacks continue to threaten companies of all sizes

Aaron Huber / January 22, 2020
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Think your company information is secure because you practice proper password etiquette and operate behind a firewall within a secure network? Think again. Times may have changed, communication grown faster, and digital security become increasingly important, but the same old-school methods of fraud used decades ago are still likely the biggest point of vulnerability within […]

19
Aug

Auto finance fraud: Catching up to fraudsters’ speed

Ronen Shnidman / August 19, 2019
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Vehicle or auto finance fraud is a big business in the world and the U.S. in particular with $7 billion in losses in 2018, according to an estimate by solution vendor Point Predictive. That may pale in comparison percentage wise to the larger trillion dollar auto loan industry in the U.S. but its no drop […]

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17
Jun

Money Laundering: Uncovering Real Diamonds Hidden in the Rough

Ronen Shnidman / June 17, 2019
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The natural resources sector comprises a significant share of the economy for many countries on the African continent. It’s also a huge source of compliance headaches for financial institutions active in the region. For compliance professionals and regulators, some of the most difficult transactions to monitor are those in the trade of gemstones like diamonds […]

13
Jun

Whitepages.com Spins Off Ekata Identity Solution

Ronen Shnidman / June 13, 2019
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Whitepages Pro, a leading supplier in global digital identity verification data, today announced that has spun off its renamed business-to-business (B2B) division from the US-focused direct-to-consumer operations of Whitepages.com. Whitepages Pro will change its name to Ekata to better differentiate the company’s global B2B APIs and SaaS tool that serve the growing worldwide need for […]

24
May

How can Legitimate Businesses Cooperate to Fight CNP fraudsters?

Ronen Shnidman / May 24, 2019
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DJ Murphy is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of CardNotPresent.com, which he co-founded with CEO Steve Casco in 2011. Murphy’s involvement in the world of card-not-present began in 2008 when he worked at Paybefore a trade publication for the prepaid card industry. About-fraud recently spoke with Murphy ahead of its annual CNP Expo event to discuss […]

04
Apr

Have We Found the Way to Gender Equality in Fraud?

Emilie Grunzweig / April 4, 2019
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Is gender important in getting a fraud prevention role? More importantly, is fraud prevention a women-friendly field? My hunch is that the answer is yes. However, I suspect this may be skewed by the high proportion of women in my own work environment at Riskified. To see whether this strong impression could be empirically validated […]

20
Mar

Manual Review for CNP Transactions in Europe

Ronen Shnidman / March 20, 2019
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Manual review is the paradox in card-not-present (CNP) fraud prevention today. Many in the market are trumpeting the decreased need for manual review amid the implementation of greater automation and machine learning solutions. Meanwhile, a number of companies that sell manual review solutions are expanding their operations and data coverage to include growing e-commerce markets […]

16
Mar

Fraud Conference Calendar 2019

Ronen Shnidman / March 16, 2019
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Dozens of conferences are held across the globe every year on topics related to fighting fraud, whether in payments, insurance, money laundering or other related fields. To assist fraud prevention professionals and organizations looking for opportunities to learn, network and find solutions to their fraud problems, just like it did in 2018, about-fraud.com has created […]

07
Mar

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Female Fraudsters: Looking at the Past, Present and Future

Gilit Saporta / March 7, 2019
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The number of female fraudsters has risen in recent years along with the boom in global e-commerce and new web-only financial services. While pop culture has long adored notorious femme fatales from Katherine Hepburn’s 1935 classic “Sylvia Scarlett” to the iconic “Thelma & Louise,” the reality is often much less glamorous for female fraudsters. Taking […]

Mastercard to buy Ekata for $850M

Man-in-the-middle attacks continue to threaten companies of all sizes

Auto finance fraud: Catching up to fraudsters’ speed

Money Laundering: Uncovering Real Diamonds Hidden in the Rough

Whitepages.com Spins Off Ekata Identity Solution

How can Legitimate Businesses Cooperate to Fight CNP fraudsters?

Have We Found the Way to Gender Equality in Fraud?

Manual Review for CNP Transactions in Europe

Fraud Conference Calendar 2019

Female Fraudsters: Looking at the Past, Present and Future

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