Risk and Intelligence APIs
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\<font color="#78b5c7">\</font> topic type concept purpose introduce the risk & intelligence apis and explain how they support fraud risk assessment across the customer journey audience api integrators and client developers implementing fraud‑related capabilities applies to apis that provide fraud risk signals, intelligence, or compliance support does not apply to industry‑specific apis, dispute apis, or internal‑only integrations the risk & intelligence apis provide shared capabilities that support fraud risk assessment beyond a single transaction or industry flow these apis deliver signals, intelligence, and supporting workflows that complement ’s and dispute apis and help clients evaluate risk across the broader customer journey unlike industry‑specific fraud apis, which focus on evaluating individual transaction events, the risk & intelligence apis address pre‑transaction risk, post‑transaction fraud behavior, cross‑event intelligence, and regulatory obligations they are designed to be used alongside and integrations, providing additional context and insight that improve decision‑making at different stages of interaction some risk & intelligence apis are available only in conjunction with or , while others may be used independently each api in this section has a distinct purpose, but all are intended to enhance fraud detection accuracy and reduce friction by incorporating signals that extend beyond a single event apis in this section the risk & intelligence apis include — evaluates risk prior to a transaction, such as during account creation, login, or other pre‑purchase activity — supports detection of post‑transaction fraud related to returns, refunds, and exchanges — provides cross‑event intelligence and accumulated risk signals derived from shared data elements data privacy — supports regulatory requirements, such as data privacy and obfuscation requests, independent of fraud evaluation each api can be implemented independently where applicable, but they deliver the greatest value when used together as part of an end‑to‑end fraud risk strategy