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Today In Data: Lost Revenue, ICO Lapses And Interchange Rates
Today In Data // January 30, 2018

Today in PYMNTS’ data, online merchants are missing out on billions in potential revenue, companies are merging in the quest for scale and actionable data, controversial initial coin offerings (ICOs) have lost millions to security and other issues, the government is still using paper to...

ThreatMetrix CEO: RELX Buy Means ‘1+1=4’ In Fraud Battle
Partnerships / Acquisitions // January 30, 2018

Longstanding partners in identity across the digital and physical spheres – LexisNexis (via RELX) is buying ThreatMetrix. Reed Taussig, CEO of ThreatMetrix, tells PYMNTS’ Karen Webster that scale matters in the everlasting battle against fraud, and so does speed. Here’s why the deal, he said,...

Relx To Buy ThreatMetrix For £580
Partnerships / Acquisitions // January 29, 2018

Relx — a U.K.-based information and analytics firm — has formally agreed to purchase ThreatMetrix for 580 million pounds ($819 million) in cash. ThreatMetrix analyzes some 100 million transactions per day to hunt for cases of fraud and is considered one of the largest repositories of...

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ThreatMetrix CEO: RELX Buy Means ‘1+1=4’ In Fraud Battle

January 30, 2018
Longstanding partners in identity across the digital and physical spheres – LexisNexis (via RELX) is buying ThreatMetrix. Reed Taussig, CEO of ThreatMetrix, tells PYMNTS’ Karen Webster that scale matters in the everlasting battle against fraud, and so does speed. Here’s why the deal, he said, is more than the sum of its parts.

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Analytics Co RELX Buys Anti-Fraud Startup Emailage For $480M

February 05, 2020
RELX will acquire Arizona-based Emailage for $480 million in the former’s push to establish a footprint in the fraud prevention market, according to Financial Times (FT). Using machine learning, its own data and its network of partner companies that extends all over the world, Emailage can predict fraud with email addresses and online identities. While […]

Relx To Buy ThreatMetrix For £580

January 29, 2018
Relx — a U.K.-based information and analytics firm — has formally agreed to purchase ThreatMetrix for 580 million pounds ($819 million) in cash. ThreatMetrix analyzes some 100 million transactions per day...