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In this issue of the PaymentEye e-newsletter, Jumio explore how the trade-offs that companies often have to make between deterring fraud and increasing conversion rates, and the steps businesses can take to mitigate risks and the identity proofing technologies that can be brought to bear to establish trust, detect fraud, and increase assurance that someone is who they say they are.

Elsewhere, Hamish Muress examines OFX’s ‘Cashless Economy’ event from earlier this month, and Egor Gurjev examines token investment.

As trust evaporates, the market for identity proofing has exploded and new solution providers have rushed in to help fill the void. In this increasingly cluttered marketplace, it’s difficult to separate the pretenders from the contenders.

Earlier this month, industry leaders gathered at an event co-hosted by OFX and the Australia-United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce, to debate the potential for a cashless economy, what it would mean for consumer behaviours, and how businesses can best prepare.

Cryptocurrencies have developed and matured in to an entirely new class of asset. Completely digital and constructed using blockchain technology, they are a genuine, game-changing means of raising capital for the funding of new and existing businesses alike. By Egor Gurjev, CEO, Playkey.

A new ebook from Kount examines the health and status of chargeback management in the Card Not Present (CNP) payments space.