For RISK IDENT, the US headquarters represents a further step in its globalization strategy. The new subsidiary gives the company access to the large US ecommerce market, where it will specialize in supporting large enterprise customers to identify and prevent online fraud, including payment fraud, account takeovers, and identity theft.

RISK IDENT has appointed Dustin Clinard as the Managing Director of RISK IDENT Inc. (USA) and added substantial funding to set up the US team.

“We are delighted to have attracted Dustin Clinard as Managing Director for our US operations. With the organizational and personnel setup, our goal is to strengthen our position within the US and to further support our enterprise customers in protecting their businesses from fraud with our innovative and efficient fraud prevention products,” says Roberto Valerio, CEO of RISK IDENT.

“I’m very excited about this new role. RISK IDENT is a powerful company with an experienced team in fraud prevention, machine learning and data analytics,” says Dustin Clinard. “All retailers that process online payments are facing an increasing fraud threat in many respects, and our US expansion allows us to serve the needs of our existing clients as well as strengthen the base of clients operating both internationally and domestically.”

RISK IDENT has successfully become one of the leading fraud prevention software providers, on-boarding numerous enterprise customers. The company’s products regularly outperform existing solutions by a considerable margin.

RISK IDENT’s parent company, Otto Group International, which is Europe’s second largest eCommerce company and maintains strong ties to the MIT Media Lab.

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August 22, 2016: Fraud prevention software company Risk Ident has announced the appointment of its CEO, Roberto Valerio, to the European Advisory Board of the Merchant Risk Council (MRC).

Valerio founded Risk Ident and leads the day-to-day management of the company, responsible for driving the development of the business to serve companies in need of a modern, intelligent approach to fraud prevention, supported by machine-learning technology.

As one of the European Advisory Board members, Valerio will contribute new ideas and help the MRC and its members thrive in a rapidly-evolving industry. “I’m very proud to join the European Board and I’m looking forward to working together with industry experts to ensure merchants are supported in dealing with the modern threats of online commerce,” said Valerio. “From my work at Risk Ident with some of Europe’s largest online businesses, I know how important industry information exchange is and the important role the MRC plays in promoting this across the globe.”

The MRC supports around 500 member companies in over 20 countries, including consumer brands who all share a mutual goal of improving ecommerce payments while supporting their organisations’ risk management efforts.

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