Personator – Global Intelligence Blog

November 15, 2018November 15, 2018 Melissa Team Digital Identity Verification, eIDV, FinTech, Global ID Verification, Personator, Personator World

OFAC and KYC Loom Large for Financial Institutions

In the alphabet soup of government agencies, OFAC looms large for financial institutions. Sometimes considered one of “the most powerful yet unknown" government agencies, the Office of Foreign Assets Control—a part of the Treasury Department—enforces economic and trade sanctions in support of U.S. national security and foreign policy. Simply put, many bad actors attempt to realize their plans via financial…

October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 Melissa Team Global Address Verification, Global Business, Global Data Quality, Global Email, Global ID Verification, Global IP Locator, Global Name, Global Phone Verification, Personator, U.S. Property Service, Web API

Melissa Featured in Programmable Web’s API RoundUp

We were excited to learn - and announce - that 8 of Melissa's APIs were featured in ProgrammableWeb's Daily API RoundUp. The article stated, "Highlights include APIs from data intelligence solution provider Melissa for ensuring correct business contact data." Feel free to play around with our APIs - for free - using our Developer Portal. Check out Melissa.com/Developer for more info. Thanks…

November 6, 2017 Blog Administrator Address Verification, Analyzing Data, Data Cleansing, Data Enhancement, Data Enrichment, Email Verification, Global Address Verification, Global ID Verification, Global Phone Verification, Personator

Verify National ID like SSN with Personator

by Michael Johnson, Sales Engineer Personator has never yielded the crown of contact verification, and that is no accident. Personator is the quintessential contact verification service. Nowhere else can you find a fast, no maintenance, easy-to-use web service that will give you a level of certainty your data is not only good, but that it is correct. One of our newest…

October 30, 2017 Blog Administrator Address Check, Address Quality, Address Search, Personator

Looking for Someone? Try our New Personator Search

Personator Search is a new cloud based solution provided by Melissa that allows users to retrieve multiple verified contact records based on an input address, name, phone, or email. With this service, power users can easily parse through multiple individuals at a single address, multiple individuals with the same name, and more to get precisely the record they are looking…

October 3, 2017 Blog Administrator Address Check, Address Quality, Address Validation, Address Verification, BusinessCoder, Personator

Melissa Quality Solutions for Dynamics™, Data Verified at the Click of a Button! CRM

By Samuel Chung, QA Programmer Microsoft Dynamics® CRM has served as an important tool for many organizations to keep track of various key details such as Contacts, Leads, Competitors, and Invoices--in order to maintain overall business success. With Melissa's Dynamics CRM plugins, you can easily verify contact information at the click of a button. Our plugins are easy to install, configure,…

June 14, 2017 Blog Administrator Address Quality, Address Standardization, Address Verification, Analyzing Data, CRM, Data Quality, Ecommerce, Global Address Verification, Global Data Quality, Global ID Verification, International Address Verification, Mailing & Shipping, Personator, Postal Address Standards, Postal Service

5 Ecommerce Issues You Forgot–And How to Fix Them

Want to increase conversions, provide customers with a better shopping experience, and cut down on cart abandonment? Check out these five ecommerce issues you probably forgot and how to fix them to solve these problems and more.1. The Fat Finger Syndrome Customers are terrible at typing--especially when it comes to filling out incredibly small contact forms on their smartphones. The…

May 17, 2017 Blog Administrator Analyzing Data, Analyzing Data Quality, Customer Identities, Data Cleansing, Data Enhancement, Data Enrichment, Data Quality, Full Contact Authentication, Global ID Verification, Identity Resolution, Marketing, Personator

How to Know Customers Are Who They Say They Are

In 2015 alone, 62% of companies were targets of payment fraud. As customers increasingly conduct their financial affairs online and via mobile devices, risk management and fraud prevention become more and more difficult. So, how do you know customers are who they say they are?Short of reaching through the computer, tablet, or smartphone screen and verifying a customer with your…

May 1, 2017 Blog Administrator Address Check, Address Correction, Address Quality, Address Search, Address Standardization, Address Validation, Address Verification, Analyzing Data, Analyzing Data Quality, Big Data, CRM, Data Enrichment, Data Governance, Data Integration, Data Management, Data Matching, Data Migration, Data Quality, Global Address Verification, Identity Resolution, International Address Verification, Marketing, Personator, Salesforce

Melissa’s Improvements in Dynamics CRM

Dirty data, in all forms, is bad for business. Here at Melissa, our primary concern is cleansing it from all of your platforms, including Microsoft Dynamics® CRM. Melissa currently offers many solutions for Dynamics CRM in order to combat problems with bad data. We offer the Personator® solution in order to cleanse and enrich your U.S. and Canadian data.…

January 19, 2016 Blog Administrator Personator

Fraud Prevention for Ecommerce Merchants

With online sales booming, creating a fast and seamless experience is key to customer satisfaction. However, creating a quicker yet safe transaction is essential as a merchant. According to LexisNexis, merchants are paying $3.10 (replacement costs plus fees) in costs for each dollar of fraud losses incurred. How can you provide a seamless transaction for both your consumer and your…

January 28, 2015 Blog Administrator Address Verification, Analyzing Data, Analyzing Data Quality, Data Quality, Data Quality Uplift, Demographics, Personator, Press Release

Melissa Data Adds Real-Time Demographics to Personator, Flagship Contact Verification and Append Cloud Service

Comprehensive Business and Lifestyle Data Enriches Customer Records, Improves Marketing Business Intelligence Rancho Santa Margarita, CALIF - January 28, 2015 - Melissa Data, a leading provider of contact data quality and address management solutions, today announced the addition of demographic data to Personator, the company's flagship contact verification and append service. An all-in-one cloud service to correct and complete contact…