# Fight Known Fraud & Repeat Offenders Transform your risk management and redefine security with our interconnected protective network ## Smart Blocklist Create a private database of the high-risk merchants you’ve identified and declined. Instantly flag new businesses that apply with the same credentials. ### **Defend against known fraud** Instantly identify known fraudulent merchants and repeat offenders ### **Streamline risk management** Stop wasting time and resources processing applications from repeat offenders ### **Future-proof fraud prevention** Keep ahead of evolving threat and prevent fraudsters from scaling attacks ## How it works ### Identify Identify merchants you deem to be high-risk, whether for fraud-related or other reasons ### Register Add high-risk merchants to your private Blocklist ### Reject Lookalikes Receive a notification when merchants using similar credentials to cases you've blocked attempt to access your services ### Inform Opt in to share fraud cases that you've flagged on your Smart Blocklist with other TrueBiz clients on the Risk Sharing Network ## Risk Sharing Network Share the fraud cases on your Smart Blocklist with other TrueBiz clients and receive their intelligence on fraudulent merchants in return. ## How it works ### **Share Fraud Cases** Opt-in to share the website URL of known fraudulent merchants with the network ### **See what others have flagged** Get alerted when a merchant you have searched for has been flagged by someone on the network ### **Proprietary research** TrueBiz's in-house research team is constantly reviewing known compromised, fraud or phishing entities to add to the network Strictly Opt-In No PII Shared Collective Intelligence ## Benefits Prevent repeat offenders from accessing your service and leverage the collective intelligence of the industry ### Leverage collective intelligence Gain insights on 100k+ businesses already flagged as high-risk ### Prevent Synthetic Businesses Ensure that legitimate businesses are not being mis-represented by fraudsters ### Keep 1 Step Ahead Enjoy the network effects of interconnected protective measures ## Frequently Asked Questions ### **How can I join the Merchant Risk Sharing Network?** TrueBiz clients can opt-in to the network by informing their account manager. ### **What are the specific criteria for flagging a business as high-risk on the network?** If opted into the network, any merchants that are flagged on your Smart Blocklist as a Fraudulent Business or Fraudulent Application as then shared with the network. ### **How does the network ensure the privacy and security of shared information?** TrueBiz takes the security, privacy, and confidentiality of all data shared with us seriously. All risk sharing data is sent to our API securely by leveraging the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. Our API securely stores this in encrypted at rest storage housed in Tier 1 data centers managed by Amazon Web Security. To respect your privacy, we limit the amount of data asked for opting into the Merchant Risk Sharing Network - you provide the minimum data necessary (the website URL) to identify a bad actor you’ve already dealt with and a very high level fraud classification indicating if you suspect the merchant itself is fraudulent or the applicant is fraudulent. ### **How can we ensure that our company's proprietary information remains confidential when participating in the network?** When any subscriber to the Merchant Risk Sharing Network receives a notification that some parameters of an existing fraudulent application match the new application, we do not provide any context on the source of the original flag. We do not share the fields that have matched or the source of the match, only that there is data that matches an existing fraudulent application in the Merchant Risk Sharing Network. In addition to this, TrueBiz leverages constant automated tests to prove that this data firewall is functioning correctly. ### **What types of businesses and credentials are stored in the Smart Blocklist?** Across the TrueBiz platform, our unique identifier for the business is their website homepage URL. We intentionally collect minimal data from our clients and depend on publicly available information about a business to build our analysis. ### **What kind of support does TrueBiz provide for implementing and utilizing these features?** All new customers are provided with batch upload functionality to include previously declined merchants in your Smart Blocklist. Our account managers will map your reason codes to the ones TrueBiz uses to help create a seamless transition. ### **What are the costs associated with implementing the Smart Blocklist and joining the Merchant Risk Sharing Network?** These features are enabled at no additional cost to clients who use TrueBiz for onboarding and monitoring Web Presence Review. ## Ready to get started? Talk to our team to find out how to optimize merchant risk assessment.