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Proxy Detection - Why Fraudsters Give Proxies a Bad Name

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the team at MaxMind
January 23, 2015

When it comes to fraud detection, finding proxies is a big topic. But why? Fraud detection begins with thinking intelligently about the IP address associated with a transaction. Where is that IP …

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Online Fraud Detection

Apple Pay: What Does It Have in Store for Online Merchants?

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the team at MaxMind
December 2, 2014

In the world of accepting online payments, credit and debit cards are the industry standard. And for good reason– they’re convenient, and they’ve been around for decades.

But while they’re the …

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MaxMind Website and Services Unaffected by Heartbleed Bug

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the team at MaxMind
April 10, 2014

MaxMind’s website and services were unaffected by the recently announced Heartbleed bug in the OpenSSL cryptographic software library.

The discovery of the Heartbleed bug means your encrypted …

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Online Fraud Detection

"AVS" and "CVV" Declines - Maximize Conversion AND Fraud Protection

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the team at MaxMind
February 14, 2014

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Welcome to our first installment of MaxMind’s Best Practices Blog Series!

In this post, we discuss using the minFraud Service in conjunction with your AVS and CVV declined transactions in order to …

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IP Geolocation and Network Data

Who Has the Most Accurate IP Geolocation Data?

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the team at MaxMind
January 31, 2014

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- Updated April 2018

When it comes to choosing between the multiple IP geolocation data providers out there, our customers have told us they are most interested in one thing – accuracy. The question …

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Online Fraud Detection

MaxMind Speaking at MRC. March 20, 2014 - Mark Your Calendar!

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the team at MaxMind
January 17, 2014

MaxMind, the industry-leading provider of IP intelligence and online fraud detection tools, has been invited to present at the 2014 Merchant Risk Council (MRC) eCommerce Payments & Risk …

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