On January 24th the board of directors of BIIA have elected Markus Bergthaler as a director of BIIA.
Markus Bergthaler is Vice President of Solutions Strategy at Global Data Consortium. He has over 14 years of risk, fraud, and payments knowledge and has worked with numerous fortune 500 e-Commerce companies as well as Federal Agencies including the FBI, Interpol and the Secret Service. Markus previously spent over 6 years as the Global Director of Programs at the Merchant Risk Council and also lead Risk, Fraud, and Payments departments at Wizards of the Coast, E. Breuninger, and Amazon.
About Global Data Consortium (GDC): GDC is a data-as-a-service company that delivers real-time, locally sourced identity and business verification for financial institutions, age restricted services, ecommerce, regtechs, and more around the globe. From swift customer and business identification for online account opening to identity verification for global money transfer to verifying ages for online gaming and age-restricted commerce, our local data providers reach deep into their markets to find unexpected sources of identity information, confirming anyone from thin-file clients to prominent persons of interest. Beyond the product itself, our Consortium of data providers, channel partners, and customers supply a continuous flow of knowledge and meaningful connection.
About BIIA: The Business Information Industry Association (BIIA) is a trade association for providers of a wide range of business information services which help other businesses manage growth and reduce risk. BIIA is one of the largest information resources for business information and credit information professionals – The BIIA Network Consists of 4,500 Members
Our members’ services spectrum includes information content, platforms, workflow software, decision systems, identity and authentication services, compliance and risk assessment tools. The largest member segments are business information, b2c and b2b marketing services, risk management, fraud prevention, compliance services, consumer credit bureaus, commercial credit information companies and software providers supporting digital commerce.