This is the news for January 20th through February 1st, 2010. Here is the news we covered:
BUSINESS WIRE – Jan 26 - iovation, provider of the reputation service for preventing online fraud and abuse, today announced monthly recurring revenues are up 50% over the beginning of 2009. Since inception, iovation has performed 2.7 billion reputation checks on behalf of customers, processing nearly double in 2009 over 2008, and actively stopping more than 30,000 fraudulent activities per day on the Internet.
The full article was originally published at EON, but is no longer available.
BUSINESS WIRE – Jan 4 - iovation, the device reputation service provider for preventing online fraud and abuse, has been recognized as a top finalist in the category of Best New Technology for the 2010 iDate Awards. iovation’s device reputation service has become an integral part of many dating sites’ fraud prevention strategies by offering the ability to identify and shut down offenders, and prevent several forms of unwanted behavior including financial fraud, phishing, spamming, predatory behavior and romance scams. Voting for the 2010 iDate Awards takes place now until Jan. 7, 2010. Winners will be announced at the Online Dating Industry Award Ceremony on Jan. 28th.
The full article was originally published at Yahoo! Finance, but is no longer available.
This is the news for the week of December 4th through December 10th, 2009. Here is the news we covered for this week:
PRESS RELEASE – Dec 4 - iovation, provider of
the world’s first device reputation service for preventing online fraud
and abuse, has been recognized as a top finalist in the category of
Best New Technology for the 2010 iDate Awards. This year, as part of the 7th annual Internet Dating Conference, iDate
and Online Personals Watch are hosting the first annual Internet Dating
Industry Awards. FULL ARTICLE @ SYS CON
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IOVATION – Sep 21 – According to Forrester Research online dating is the third largest producer of revenue out of all paid content sites, generating $957M in 2008, a figure that the firm predicts will grow 10% by 2013. The increased popularity of online dating is also good news for scammers. According to trends revealed by Google, search terms like “online dating” and “free dating” are getting the most hits from fraudsters in African countries. One of the important ways Iovation helps companies in the dating industry is by raising the bar for re-identifying scammers, by focusing on the computer they use. With device reputation, it is much easier to identify scammers trying to return to a site and repeat their scam or con.
The full article was originally published at iovation blog, but is no longer available.
IOVATION — Aug 21 — There are many types of security threats out there that get significant press. Identity theft, credit card theft, account takeover, romance scams and money laundering. Friendly fraud isn't often talked about. Friendly fraud occurs when an individual makes a purchase and then denies the purchase with their card company after they have received the goods/services. A shared device reputation service allows online merchants to benefit from the knowledge and experience of their peers.
The full article was originally published at iovation blog, but is no longer available.