Fraud Prevention in the Digital Age from KYC to Chargebacks - with Matt DeLauro of SEON
Release Date: 05/15/2025
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Fraud Prevention in the Digital Age from KYC to Chargebacks - with Matt DeLauro of SEON
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Today’s guest is Matt DeLauro, President at SEON Technologies. SEON is a global provider of fraud prevention solutions, leveraging advanced AI and machine learning to help businesses identify and mitigate fraud throughout the customer journey. Matt joins us on today’s show to discuss how SEON is tackling the challenges of modern fraud prevention in an increasingly digital world. Matt shares insights on the limitations of legacy systems and the complexities of data aggregation as fraud threats grow more sophisticated. He explains how “fraud as a service” is making cutting-edge fraud...
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Today’s guest is Akhil Khunger, VP in Quantitative Analytics at Barclays. Akhil returns to the program to discuss the evolving role of customer-facing AI in financial services and how financial institutions are embedding safety and security measures directly into client-facing systems. He delves into the risks financial services face, such as prompt injection and model jailbreaking, and how firms are balancing user experience with necessary guardrails. Later, he and Emerj Managing Editor Matthew DeMello explore the challenges of building transparent, trustworthy, and resilient AI systems for...
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The Future of Adverse Event Detection in Healthcare and Life Sciences - with Marie Flanagan of IQVIA
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Building Readiness for AI Agents in Healthcare Systems - with Raheel Retiwalla of Productive Edge
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Today’s guest is Raheel Retiwalla, Chief Strategy Officer at Productive Edge — a digital transformation consultancy focused on healthcare. Productive Edge works with payers, providers, and health tech firms to leverage AI, data, and modern platforms to streamline operations, cut costs, and improve outcomes. With two decades of experience in digital transformation and AI strategy across regulated industries, Raheel joins Emerj Managing Editor Matthew DeMello on the show today to explore the emerging role of agentic AI in enterprise healthcare. He unpacks what agentic AI is, how it differs...
info_outlineToday’s guest is Matt DeLauro, President at SEON Technologies. SEON is a global provider of fraud prevention solutions, leveraging advanced AI and machine learning to help businesses identify and mitigate fraud throughout the customer journey. Matt joins us on today’s show to discuss how SEON is tackling the challenges of modern fraud prevention in an increasingly digital world. Matt shares insights on the limitations of legacy systems and the complexities of data aggregation as fraud threats grow more sophisticated. He explains how “fraud as a service” is making cutting-edge fraud prevention tools more accessible to businesses of all sizes. Matt also discusses the importance of “shifting left” in fraud detection, balancing customer experience with security, and how dynamic friction strategies play a pivotal role in preventing fraud without disrupting user experience. Finally, we explore the role of dynamic arguments in mitigating chargebacks and the differing fraud prevention strategies between retail and financial services. Want to share your AI adoption story with executive peers? Click emerj.com/expert2 for more information and to be a potential future guest on the ‘AI in Business’ podcast! This episode is sponsored by SEON. Learn how brands work with Emerj and other Emerj Media options at emerj.com/ad1.