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Kount Fraud 360 seminar expands to 16 cities worldwide

Friday, January 23, 2015 — 11:29:33 (EST)

Boise, Idaho, Jan. 23, 2015 -- Driven by the demand following its inaugural 2014 Fraud 360 seminars, Kount announced today the series is expanding to 16 cities worldwide in 2015. Attendees will also hear from an expanded roster of fraud experts, including former Washington Post reporter and computer security blogger Brian Krebs and leaders from Braintree, CardNotPresent.com, Ethoca, MasterCard and TheFraudPractice.com .

Sponsored by Braintree, CardNotPresent.com , Ethoca, Kount and MasterCard, attendees of Fraud 360 will learn about global fraud trends, payments compliance and regulation changes and how fraudsters are using the latest data from breaches to steal from businesses of all sizes.

“The threat of fraud grows more prevalent and complicated every day, with every breach, putting consumers and businesses alike at risk and under considerable strain to keep up with the latest developments in fraud mitigation,” said Brad Wiskirchen, CEO, Kount. “Fraud 360 brings this information directly to merchants, featuring experts throughout the fraud and payments industries who will speak to the emerging threats and challenges of operating a business online and how you can protect that business.”

While seminar content will be specific to each market, session topics include payment trends and security, the impact of EMV adoption at retail, mobile fraud survey insights and how to avoid chargebacks.

The Fraud 360 seminar series officially launches on February 12 in Atlanta and will rotate through the following cities:

• Feb 12: Atlanta
• Feb 18: Seattle
• Feb 23: Las Vegas
• April 7: Dallas
• April 9: Chicago
• April 14: Boston
• April 16: New York
• April 23: London, England
• May 22: Sydney, Australia
• June 11: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• June 16: Sao Paulo, Brazil
• July 24: Melbourne, Australia
• Aug 4: San Francisco
• Aug 6: Los Angeles
• Aug 12: Vancouver, B.C., Canada

Merchants interested in attending Fraud 360 can learn more details and register at www.kount.com/events/fraud-360-seminar-series .

About Kount

Kount helps businesses boost sales by reducing fraud. Our all-in-one, SaaS platform simplifies fraud detection and helps online businesses accept more orders. Kount’s turnkey fraud platform is easy-to-implement and easy-to-use. Kount’s proprietary technology has reviewed hundreds of millions of transactions and provides maximum protection for some of the world’s best-known brands. Merchants using Kount can accept more orders from more people in more places than ever before. For more information about Kount, please visit www.kount.com .

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Source: Company press release.