{"id":1332,"date":"2008-01-29T14:54:44","date_gmt":"2008-01-29T19:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/29\/ebay-to-fight-fraud-acquires-fraud-sciences-ltd\/"},"modified":"2008-01-29T15:07:58","modified_gmt":"2008-01-29T20:07:58","slug":"ebay-to-fight-fraud-acquires-fraud-sciences-ltd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/29\/ebay-to-fight-fraud-acquires-fraud-sciences-ltd\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebay to Fight Fraud, Acquires Fraud Sciences Ltd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/fraudsciences.jpg\" title=\"Fraud Sciences Ltd.\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/logoebay_x45.gif\" title=\"Ebay Logo\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/logoebay_x45.gif\" alt=\"Ebay Logo\" \/><\/a>In a move to improve (or restore) public confidence in its services, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/portal\/site\/home\/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&amp;newsId=20080128005602&amp;ndmHsc=v2*A1198933200000*B1201549851000*DgroupByDate*J2*L1*N1000837*Zebay%20paypal&amp;newsLang=en&amp;beanID=202776713&amp;viewID=news_view\">eBay announced the acquisition of Fraud Sciences Limited<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 While it may not be as big a problem in our niche, instilling more buyer (and seller) confidence can only help in bringing new and repeat buisness to <a href=\"http:\/\/ads.shoppingads.com\/pagead\/link_d77108bbdf253f711bda_4ad9cd673c12ac5dd6bc59ad401622ce_ebay.com\">eBay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/fraudsciences.jpg\" title=\"Fraud Sciences Ltd.\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/fraudsciences.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Fraud Sciences Ltd.\" \/><\/a>SAN JOSE, Calif. &amp; TEL AVIV, Israel&#8211;eBay Inc. today announced that PayPal has agreed to acquire Fraud Sciences Ltd., a privately-held Israeli company with expertise in online risk tools, in a cash transaction with an aggregate transaction value of approximately $169 million. Fraud Sciences<span id=\"bwanpa9\">\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/span>risk tools and analytics are expected to enhance eBay and PayPal<span id=\"bwanpa10\">\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/span>s proprietary fraud management systems and accelerate the development of next generation fraud detection tools.<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition of Fraud Sciences fits into eBay<span id=\"bwanpa3\">\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/span>s recently announced plans to significantly improve trust and safety across its sites in 2008. <span id=\"bwanpa4\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153<\/span>Integrating Fraud Sciences<span id=\"bwanpa5\">\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/span>risk tools with PayPal<span id=\"bwanpa6\">\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/span>s sophisticated fraud management system should allow us to be even more effective in protecting eBay and PayPal&#8217;s hundreds of millions of customers around the world,&#8221; said Scott Thompson, President of PayPal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hat Tip: <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\">TechCrunch<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a move to improve (or restore) public confidence in its services, eBay announced the acquisition of Fraud Sciences Limited.\u00c2\u00a0 While it may not be as big a problem in our niche, instilling more buyer (and seller) confidence can only help in bringing new and repeat buisness to eBay. 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