iovation

iovation is a fraud prevention service for online businesses. It judges risk by combining a shared reputation record for devices with real-time assessment of each transaction or account action.

Companies send queries to the service as people sign in or pay. The older listing text says its knowledge base covered 650 million devices from every country, and that it screened over 8 million transactions daily.

What iovation offers

• Device reputation: a shared record of devices linked with past fraud or abuse.
• Real-time risk evaluation: instant checks run during a transaction.
• Fraud stopping: blocking attempts before they succeed; the listing cites over 150,000 stopped daily.

Who it works with

Retail, financial services, social network and gaming companies that run online services.

Key facts

• Category: financial fraud detection software
• Coverage: devices from every country, per older listing text