Company Database - WebShield

Know More About Your Merchants

Web Shield, founded in 2011, is a leading regtech company, offering real-time onboarding and risk-based monitoring solutions.
As the trusted partner of international players in the field of merchant acquiring and payment processing, we assist our clients by enabling exceptionally fast onboarding and compliance in an increasingly complex regulatory landscape.

Business model
SaaS, training

Target market
• financial institutions
• acquiring banks
• payment services providers
• cryptocurrency merchants

Service provider type
Technology vendor

Member of industry associations and intiatives
Merchant Acuirers' Comittee, Electronic Transactions Association, European Financial Coalition, International RegTech Association, Vendorcom, Internet Watch Foundation, European Payments Service Providers for Merchants


SERVICES
Unique selling points
In addition to their unrivalled speed and precision, the modular design of our high-end SaaS solutions can be adapted to an organisation's individual risk appetite and compliance requirements.

Core services
Merchant onboarding and monitoring SaaS solutions for acquiring banks and payment service providers

Pricing Model
Subscription and on-demand

Other services
Training for underwriters, cryprocurrency compliance solutions for acquirers and merchants

Fraud prevention partners
N/A


INTELLIGENCE
Abuse list
Yes

Monitoring
Yes

Address Verification
Yes

Credit Bureau
Yes

Information Sharing
Yes


MONITORING
Portfolio cross-check
Yes

Virtual address detection
Yes

Website auto-compliance
Yes

SiteAlert
Yes


KYC COMPLIANCE
Money laundering detection
Yes

Compliance sanctions & PEP screening
Yes

Deceptive traffic detection
Yes

Predictive risk analysis
Yes


OFFERING: AUTHENTICATION AND VERIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
Technology used for authentication
No

Technology used for verification
Yes


AUTHENTICATION CONTEXT
Other


ATTRIBUTES OFFERED
Persons

Yes

Companies
Yes


Reference data connectivity
Connectivity to governmental data
Yes

Other databases
LexisNexis World Complicance, OpenCorporates


CERTIFICATION
Type

N/A

Regulation
N/A

Other quality programs
Official Mastercard Merchant Monitoring Service Provider

Other remarks
N/A


CLIENTS
Main clients / references
Wirecard, Paysafe, Payvision, Concardis (onboarding and monitoring)

Future developments
PayTracer transaction analysis for correspondence banks, Versatile Customer Underwriting enhanced due diligence tool for notaries.


Contact WebShield

Nordstraße 1 +49 341 96 28 83 76
04105 Leipzich www.webshield.com
compliance@webshield.com
Germany