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May 12, 2020
On the wires
Forter Extends Its Market-Leading Fraud Prevention Platform to Payment Service Providers
“Forter, the leader in e-commerce fraud prevention, today announced the general availability of its Fraud Prevention Platform for Payment Service Providers (PSPs) , enabling PSPs to manage fraud for their merchants. Forter’s award-winning platform accurately reduces fraud chargebacks while increasing approvals, and it delivers an exceptional, frictionless consumer experience.”
December 20, 2019
On the web
F5 Networks Will Acquire Shape Security for $1 Billion to Bolster Online Fraud Protection Services
GeekWire
“F5 Networks will pay approximately $1 billion to acquire Shape Security , a Santa Clara, Calif.-based company that sells a fraud prevention platform to banks, airlines, retailers, government agencies, and more. The acquisition, announced Thursday, will help F5 bolster its application protection services. It’s the largest acquisition to date for Seattle-based F5, which paid $670 million to buy popular web server technology NGINX earlier this year .”
June 12, 2019
On the wires
Whitepages Pro Spins Off and Becomes Ekata
“Whitepages Pro, the leader in global digital identity verification data, today announced that it is spinning off its B2B business 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 identity verification, a market projected by McKinsey to reach $20 billion in 2022. To further these efforts, the business opened a new HQ for European operations earlier this year in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This second EU office will support sales, account management and marketing efforts in EMEA.”
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