Arvato Financial Solutions invests in Israeli behavioral biometrics pioneer SecuredTouch

Arvato Financial Solutions has chosen to strategically invest in online security and decided to partner with Israeli-based SecuredTouch. Israel is known as a digital start-up nation and holds a prominent position internationally on account of its innovations and entrepreneurialism.

Frank Schlein, President Risk Management at Arvato Financial Solutions highlighted: “Advancing digitalization means that protection against cybercrime is essential. This is why we have been looking closely at this area for several years and have developed and installed a solution that offers our clients comprehensive protection. I am really pleased that our involvement with SecuredTouch will enable us to enhance and expand this platform further.”

Robert Holm, Senior Vice President Fraud Management at Arvato Financial Solutions added: “Investing in SecuredTouch allows us to partner with a global leader in behavioral biometrics for mobile devices, and to reinforce our online security and fraud prevention services in the best possible manner.”

The financial services provider’s long-established relationships with international top players in different industries and particularly the synergies of both companies constitute the biggest added value of the investment. Yair Finzi, CEO and founder of SecuredTouch, said: “We see a clear synergy between the offerings and strategies of Arvato Financial Solutions and SecuredTouch. We have created a partnership that will enable SecuredTouch to expand its international presence and enhance its positioning in the areas of fraud and authentication. Arvato Financial Solutions with its international expertise in risk and fraud management is an ideal investor and partner for this purpose.”

The technological platform of SecuredTouch uses the interaction between users and end devices to create a unique user profile authenticating consumers in the background thereby preventing misuse. Consumers then have efficient protection against identity theft or account takeovers, as their patterns of behavior in online transactions can rarely be imitated. The technology detects fraudulent behavior, as well as attempted fraud through automated computer attacks carried out using emulators, bots and malware.

"Our solutions are designed and built to ensure that legitimate transactions are recognized quickly as such and can be conducted smoothly. The aim is to ensure a secure, fast and convenient customer experience in mobile transactions, on a sustained basis", added Yair Finzi.

SecuredTouch is one of the pioneers in the field of digital fraud prevention which has focussed on mobile applications and thus gained a leading role in the industry worldwide. Founders, Yair Finzi and Ran Shulkind, held significant positions in cyber security and information security units prior to setting up their own business.

About Arvato Financial Solutions

Arvato Financial Solutions is a global financial services provider and part of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA as a subsidiary of Arvato.

The company has around 10,000 employees in 22 countries, including a strong presence in Europe, America and Asia, and offers flexible full-service solutions for the efficient, international management of customer relationships and cash flows. Arvato Financial Solutions is synonymous with professional outsourcing services (Finance BPO) centering on cash flow in all phases of the customer lifecycle – from risk management and invoicing to debtor management, the sale of receivables and debt collection. As part of this, the company focuses on minimizing default rates in the business initiation phase and during the collection process. As a result, its services also include optimizing the selection of payment types internationally.

As a financial solutions provider, the company manages around 10,000 customers, specializing primarily in the retail/e-commerce, telecommunications, insurance, banking and healthcare sectors. This makes it Europe’s third largest integrated financial service provider.

For more information, please visit http://finance.arvato.com

About SecuredTouch

SecuredTouch is the leader in behavioral biometrics for mobile transactions, delivering continuous authentication technologies to strengthen security and reduce fraud while improving customers digital experience.

SecuredTouch seamlessly collects and analyzes a dynamic set of over 100 different behavioral parameters like keyboard typing, scroll velocity, touch pressure and finger size to automatically create a unique user behavioral profile, continuously verifying the user, and ensuring transactions are not being attacked by automated tools.

The mobile-optimized solutions require no enrollment, are easy to implement, and provide real time alerts when suspicious activity is detected from login to logout. Today, SecuredTouch award-winning solutions are used by clients around the world, including major financial institutions and e-commerce companies.

For more information, please visit https://securedtouch.com/