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Merchant Risk Council: Industry Events & Education

Established in 2000 the Merchant Risk Council is the leading global trade association for eCommerce fraud and payments professionals. About-Fraud.com caught up with Markus Bergthaler, Director of Programs, to find out how the MRC is helping educate and empower industry professionals. In this brief Q&A, Markus sheds some light on the various...
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Provider & Fraud Knowledge – Square One

It's tempting to approach fraud management in the same manner I assemble my son's toys. Start at step 7, jump to 15, let out a few gasps, an occasional holler... and settle on whatever mix of parts you can jam together. Lucky for me, a toddler is often just as happy to...
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Putting Email at The Core of Digital Identity

Emailage was founded in 2012. The company enables merchants to use customers’ email addresses as the core element in assessing transactional fraud risk, including a predictive fraud score. Emailage leverages a vast consortium of data and layered technology to combat transaction fraud, along with other use cases pertaining to account fraud. about-fraud.dream.press...
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About-Fraud.com Launches with Refined Strategy, Unique Value

about-fraud.dream.press is a website created in, March of 2017. Following a revamped launch in August, about-fraud.dream.press is publishing this interview with the co-founders to explain their motives for creating and operating the site. Below are Ronald Praetsch, PJ Rohall and Ronen Shnidman’s answers to those questions and a look ahead at how...
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Biometric Authentication: the How and Why

Biometric authentication for fraud prevention has been developing at light speed these past few years, with many new solutions reaching the market. For those seeking to better comprehend the new possibilities afforded by biometrics, Nu Data Security in conjunction with the Aite Group compiled a custom report on the market for biometric...
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Kaspersky Fraud Prevention: Evolving to Meet Changing Threats

Kaspersky Fraud Prevention was recently at Money 20/20 Europe to display their readiness to work with all types of businesses that want to protect their online accounts, from financial institutions and gaming merchants to airlines and other e-commerce sites. About-Fraud.com discusses below Kaspersky’s approach to fraud prevention with company fraud consultant Emma...
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SEON: Moving from Bitcoin to Advanced Fraud Solution

SEON is a Europe-based fraud prevention startup headquartered in Budapest that is focused on serving merchants of all sizes. The company was co-founded in 2015 by two bitcoin enthusiasts, Tamas Kadar and Bence Jendruszak, who were originally focused on the high level of fraud affecting a bitcoin exchange. They have expanded the...
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What Omnichannel Fraud Looks Like

By Rafael Lourenco, Executive Vice President, ClearSale As retailers add and expand omnichannel operations, their fraud management challenges are growing, too. Organized retail crime (ORC) targets omnichannel retailers in several ways, including “buy-online, pick-up-in-store” e-commerce fraud, online card fraud, return fraud, and even old-fashioned brazen shoplifting. While shoplifting is a matter for...
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Bank Call Center Fraud: A Nasty Trend and How to Stop It!

Financial institutions spend billions protecting their assets: The people, the technologies, and the data. Yet, the attacks keep coming and the losses keep rising. Indeed, many banks and credit unions are experiencing increases in incidents of fraud, and there is one particularly sore spot: Call Centers. The problem in particular is that...
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