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1053: Emailage – Fraud Prevention Using Only An Email Address

Emailage is a global fraud prevention leader. Using only an email address, they are able to help reduce fraud. In today’s episode of Tech Talks Daily, I learn how combine state of the art machine learning with a global network of dynamic data, rooted in the identity verifying the power of the humble email address.

Emailage was founded in 2012 and is helping companies significantly reduce online fraud. Through key partnerships, proprietary data, and machine-learning technology, Emailage builds a multi-dimensional profile associated with a customer’s email address and renders a predictive risk score. Customers realize significant savings from identifying and stopping fraudulent transactions.

The company helps reduce fraud for hundreds of customers around the world, including 5 of the top 10 global retailers, 3 of the top 5 largest global airlines, the top 3 PC manufacturers, 3 of top 6 credit card issuers, 3 of the top 5 marketplace lenders, the top 4 money transfer providers and 3 of the top 5 travel websites. This year to date, Emailage has analyzed nearly $100 billion in transaction volume and identified over 17 million high-risk transactions.

I invited Rei Carvalho, CEO & Founder at Emailage joins me on Tech Talks Daily to share the story behind the company and reveals why an email can be the most important weapon in your fraud prevention
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Rei is an experienced entrepreneur and the founder of Emailage. He is a computer scientist with more than 20 years of experience in data security, effective software creation, and efficient management. Rei also enjoys playing drums, soccer, and spending time with his family and friends.

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