Making Data Work for Your Geospatial Challenges

Melissa Team | Data Enhancement, Data Enrichment, Geocoding, hazard data, Hazard Hub, IP Location, Location Intelligence, Marketing, Property Data | , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Anyone who has looked at flood data knows that FEMA is not the answer. It’s not that FEMA doesn’t try to accurately map what they believe to be floodable areas. It’s that FEMA is politically driven. As a city, you do not have to participate in FEMA mapping. Why would you not participate? Well, properties in flood zones tend to have lower valuations, and lower valuations tend to generate lower taxes. … Read More

Global IP New Features – Proxy Identification

Blog Administrator | Analyzing Data, Analyzing Data Quality, Identity Resolution, IP Location, Proxy Identification | ,

Melissa
is proud to announce new features for our IP Locator web
service. Update 4.0.0.29 introduces the ProxyType and ProxyDescription response
fields, that can help identify if the IP is currently under a proxy. These new
additions come with no additional subscription or change in request formatting,
so make sure your system takes advantage of these new features.

 

ProxyType
introduces what kind of proxy an IP is under, if any.
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Know Your Customer Compliance Boosted by Tech Innovations

Blog Administrator | Analyzing Data, Analyzing Data Quality, Big Data, Data Cleansing, Data Governance, Data Integration, Data Management, Data Matching, Data Migration, Data Profiling, Data Quality, Data Warehouse, FinTech, Identity Resolution | , , , , , ,

Fintech
breakthroughs that identify,validate and augment customer data help financial
services organizations head off fraud, operate within the rules

 

One
of the most pressing issues facing the financial services industry today is the
prevailing emphasis on security and fraud prevention. Big data and analytics
are leveraging the power of the Internet, but also offering big, juicy plums
for hackers, credit card fraudsters, money launderers and terrorists.
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