Product & Technology
Product & Technology
The PSD2 Journey: A Conversation With Axerve on How to Embrace Excellence
The new European payment regulation is now fully enforced following the United Kingdom’s March 14 deadline. We talked with Alessandro Bocca, CEO of Axerve, about the long and often arduous PSD2 journey.
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Introducing Deco, The Only Real-Time Solution for Recovering Revenue Upon Payment Failure
Riskified, the leading fraud-prevention solutions provider, today announced the launch of the latest version of Deco, a real-time solution for recovering orders lost to card-not-present payment authorization failures. As many as one in seven attempted eCommerce transactions fail payment authorization, according to The Economist, leading to lost revenue and upset customers. Deco converts up to […]
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The ABCs of Machine Learning and How It Boosts Fraud Management
Consumer demand is driving merchants to expand globally and offer new and innovative omni-channel flows. And as business is changing, fraud is getting more and more complex. But even in this ever-changing landscape, many merchants are still using outdated rule-based systems that are struggling to keep up. And even worse – they’re forcing merchants to […]
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A Tale of Liar-Buyer Chargebacks
At Riskified, we use the term ‘liar-buyer’ to describe a case of friendly fraud that occurs when a cardholder knowingly takes advantage of the chargeback process. But what makes shoppers turn to this?
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Maximizing TRA Exemptions To Minimize the PSD2 Revenue Hit
If you’re reading this from anywhere within the EU, then you’ve probably heard about the updated Payment Services Directive (aka – PSD2). PSD2 is going to change how European customers, merchants and banks interact. We’ll have much more to say about it in the future, but, for now, we want to turn the conversation to […]
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Elastic Linking: Helping Tinder Make Matches & Riskified Swipe Left on Fraud
Most of you have heard of Tinder: the highly addictive (or so I’ve been told) dating application. Since launching in 2012, the original swiping app has generated over 20 billion matches which, yes, is far more than the number of humans on the planet. A lot of Tinder’s success can be attributed to very advanced algorithms […]
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How Do Fraudsters End Up On Your Site?
Shoppers don’t arrive at your eCommerce store by chance. They either typed in your URL directly, arrived via search engine, or clicked a link on some other website. Merchants usually use this information to maximize the quantity and quality of their site visitors. But one aspect that tends to get overlooked is the rate at […]
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How the Tech Behind Google Analytics Helps Detect Fraud
It’s hard to imagine what the internet would look like without Google Analytics. It’s a powerful tool for eCommerce retailers to understand the efficacy of their online marketing campaigns, learn about their online customer base and optimize their various shopping pages. The technology that makes this customer tracking possible is both simple and ingenious. When […]
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What is Machine Learning and How Can It Be Used to Detect Fraud?
It seems like every tech company is using machine learning these days. Or, at the very least, talking about it. It’s a cutting-edge concept that’s getting a lot of buzz. But what does it really mean? In this post, I’ll first explain the basics of what the term means, and then how Riskified uses machine […]