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Episode 42 – Payments Data with Russ Jones
As the breadth of transaction data expands, even the definition of payment data is getting stretched. Payment data, when combined with other sources, is becoming a valuable tool for both commerce and security. If we know your first name, we can figure out if you're male or female 92%+ of the time. If your email address is at AOL, you're probably over 50. What you might buy can be inferred from the websites you visit. And that's just the start of data's role in payments.
Marwan Forzley, Align Commerce, and the Evolution of Blockchain Business
Bitcoin's reliability and transaction-level security has inspired today's explosion of blockchain pilots, companies, and consortia. But the bitcoin rails already have solid commercial applications. Circle Internet Finance has focused on person to person payments. Align Commerce has focused on international B2B payments for smaller businesses. With growth, both have blended bitcoin rails with more traditional methods to accomplish fast, cost effective transfers.
Sensibill – Redefining Digital Receipts for FIs
Stretching the retail financial institution's (FI) mission beyond checking account and debit card management is on that industry's agenda. It's what fires the imagination of fintech entrepreneurs too because retail financial services is an industry in need of creative, expansive approaches to accountholder services. Not every idea catches fire but fortunately there are those willing to light a match.
Machine Learning in Fraud Management
Machine learning and the broader category of artificial intelligence are rightly attracting attention and discussion. These are powerful technologies. But, like many new technology conversations, there's the suggestion that they can address all use cases.
Biometrics, Big Data, and Tossing the Password
Digital identity is the black hole of the internet. Our online lives simply aren't protected by a system without strong authentication. Killing the password is Mission One for security professionals because they're so readily stolen through phishing attacks and malware. Users, warned to make passwords complex and unique, have no hope of remembering them. And a password is simply one factor of secure authentication. Biometrics and data, when used in combination, can relieve password fatigue and, for the relying party, increase security substantially, bringing some light to that dark place on the internet.
The Merchant’s Challenge with Chargebacks
Chargebacks are one of the card system's great consumer benefits. If fraud happens, the merchant doesn't deliver on what was promised, or you're charged six times for something you bought just once, the chargeback mechanism returns your money or restores your credit. What's not to like? Well, if you're a merchant, a lot. While there are plenty of legitimate chargebacks, there are also consumers who take advantage of the system through "friendly fraud," the "I didn't do it" chargeback category abused by all too many.
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