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Aconite, Alaric announce fraud detection partnership focusing on EMV transactions

Monday, November 14, 2011

Two London companies–Aconite and Alaric International–have announced an agreement that will enable the organizations to work together to integrate and market each others’ products. The two are expected to generate more benefits for their customers, particularly in relation to intelligent fraud management for EMV card transactions.


Aconite provides software and consulting services primarily in the payments and transit markets while Alaric supplies payments and fraud prevention software.

The partnership covers all of the companies’ products but the immediate focus will be on providing fraud prevention, detection and management for EMV card transactions.

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