Fraud detection

Equifax Hunts for Cybersecurity Deals as Identity Theft Remains a Growing Problem

Midigator is Equifax's 12th acquisition since the beginning of 2021.

July 26, 2022

Business Services

Equifax Purchases Midigator LLC

Midigator complements the Equifax Kount Identity Trust Global Network, which uses AI to link trust and fraud data signals.

July 26, 2022

Mastercard Buys CipherTrace

CipherTrace’s technology helps customers enhance their fraud monitoring activities for crypto programs.

September 09, 2021

Equifax Not Done Dealmaking After Buying Fraud Prevention Firm Kount, Says CEO

We talk to Equifax CEO Mark Begor about growth strategies.

January 14, 2021

Equifax is Buying Kount from CVC

The acquisition of the AI-driven fraud prevention company will close in Q1.

January 12, 2021

Why Businesses Need Payment Protection

In the e-commerce surge, companies such as IBM are snatching up providers of secure payment systems.

December 28, 2020

How Fiserv’s purchase of First Data could help it tackle false declines

An acquisition as large as Fiserv's deal to buy First Data has lots of moving parts, but one big piece may be a new First Data product that's designed to improve the vexing problem of payment approvals.

June 20, 2019

Financial services

PayU invests millions to bridge issuers, merchants

The investment money’s flowing into fintech that’s flexible and broad enough to build a bridge between issuers and merchants. For PayU’s investment wing, that’s a $500 million blanket covering cross-border commerce, open tools and markets in dire need of a digital revolution.

May 07, 2019