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Bolt Nets $75 Million In Funding Round For eCommerce Innovation

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Bolt was founded in 2014 in San Francisco and works on tools to streamline web transactions. Bolt deals with fraud reduction through detecting mouse pointer locations, typing speed and accuracy, copying and pasting behavior, and other data surrounding browsing, cart and checkout. Data from the IBM U.S. billion, the report says.

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Deep Dive: How Ad Fraud Takes A Toll On Advertisers And Publishers

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Ad fraud’s prevalence is largely due to two factors: The lack of regulation and the sheer complexity and volume of online advertising. Banks may process $1 million worth of credit card fraud requests in a day, but ad fraud detectors can face up to 20,000 requests every second. Ad fraud can take a variety of forms.

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Stripe Raises $100M, Boosting Valuation To $22.5B

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Stripe, the San Francisco digital payments startup, has landed a $100 million investment from Tiger Global Management, boosting its valuation above $20 billion. Stripe is a leader in the market, with its platform that enables electronic payments and secure transactions both in-store and online.

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Arkose Labs Notches $22M In Microsoft Venture Fund-Led Round

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San Francisco-based fraud prevention technology firm Arkose Labs has raised an additional $22 million in Series B funding led by Microsoft’s venture fund, the company announced on Tuesday (March 24). Arkose said the new funding will empower its fight to bankrupt the business of online fraud and abuse.

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Stripe Rolls Out Major Updates To Core Payments Platform

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Stripe , the San Francisco digital payment platform popular with Shopify, Instacart and other major online retailers, announced major updates to its software on Thursday (April 23) that will connect users directly with Mastercard, Visa and the world’s other top credit card networks. billion this year.

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Adyen Lands Payments Deal For Subway In US, Canada

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The company offers services both online and in stores, processing merchant payments in numerous countries and currencies. The company is up against competitors like San Francisco-based Stripe. Adyen had an initial public offering (IPO) in June 2018, and since then has increased its shares by threefold.

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Adyen To Process Payments For Subway QSRs In US, Canada

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The company offers services both online and in stores, processing merchant payments in numerous countries and currencies. The company is up against competitors like San Francisco-based Stripe. Adyen had an initial public offering (IPO) in June 2018, and since then has increased its shares by threefold.