Keir Breitenfeld is a senior business consultant supporting Experian’s fraud and identity clients by translating intimate product and service expertise into risk-based and compliance-based operational and strategic successes. Keir has been with Experian for more than 10 years, most recently as Vice President of Product Management and Marketing for Experian’s Fraud and Identity Solutions business. His responsibilities included stewardship of Experian’s comprehensive set of consumer and commercial authentication products and platforms. His background prior to joining Experian in 2005 includes serving as a Director of Product Management with both HNC Software and Fair Isaac Corporation and leading fraud detection and prevention units at Fleet/Advanta Credit Card Services and Capital One Financial Corporation. Keir recently spent time with FinTech start-up, Trulioo, a global identity bureau, where he worked with partners worldwide to maximize market penetration and operational performance in KYC/AML related use cases. Prior to entering the financial services arena, Breitenfeld served in the U.S. Navy as a surface warfare officer aboard the guided missile frigate USS Estocin (FFG-15). He earned a Bachelor of Science in criminology from Auburn University and a Master of Business Administration from Duke University.

-- Keir Breitenfeld

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We’ve stopped taking phone applications and are using the out-of-wallet questions for Internet credit applications. Are we going overboard? The Red Flags Rule does...

Published: April 17, 2009 by Keir Breitenfeld

As we approach the FTC's May 1, 2009 Red Flags Rule enforcement deadline, we are still working with many of our existing and prospective...

Published: April 17, 2009 by Keir Breitenfeld

I encourage all of you to have a look at this newly launched Federal Trade Commission Web site dedicated to the Red Flags Rule...

Published: April 7, 2009 by Keir Breitenfeld

I’ve previously posted content around an overall risk-based approach to Red Flags compliance. I also want to keep current in mentioning the use of...

Published: April 2, 2009 by Keir Breitenfeld

Regardless of the specific checks and overall processes incorporated into your Red Flags Identity Theft Prevention Program, the use of an automated decisioning strategy...

Published: April 2, 2009 by Keir Breitenfeld

As stated in an earlier posting, healthcare providers should ensure appropriate compliance with the Red Flags Rule. There continues to be healthy debate as...

Published: March 27, 2009 by Keir Breitenfeld

If the business is a creditor or a “financial institution” (defined as a depository institution) that offers covered accounts, you must develop a Program...

Published: March 25, 2009 by Keir Breitenfeld

The credit reporting agencies will not identify Red Flags, as such, on a credit report. However, there may be certain information on a credit...

Published: March 20, 2009 by Keir Breitenfeld

If you have detected a Red Flag in connection with a credit application, are you prohibited from opening the account when following the Red...

Published: March 17, 2009 by Keir Breitenfeld

For all you folks who, like me, waited until the last minute to knock out a term paper or class project in school, here...

Published: March 12, 2009 by Keir Breitenfeld

Red Flags Rule I've heard more than one institution claim that they may limit and even reduce the identity elements (perhaps down to just...

Published: March 12, 2009 by Keir Breitenfeld

Here are a few more frequently asked questions. 1.Am I a “creditor” under the rule? The term “creditor” has the same meaning as under...

Published: March 5, 2009 by Keir Breitenfeld

Here we are in March, 2009, four months after the Red Flags Rules deadline OR two months until the Red Flags deadline…depending on your...

Published: March 3, 2009 by Keir Breitenfeld

Address discrepancies aren't the end of the road, but they sure can be a bump in it. One of the handful of mandatory elements...

Published: February 26, 2009 by Keir Breitenfeld

At which stage of the application process does the Red Flags Rule apply? The Red Flag Rule would apply whenever you detect a Red...

Published: February 25, 2009 by Keir Breitenfeld

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