About Austreme

A Global RegTech Company

Austreme is an industry leader specialising in ecommerce acquiring payment risk technologies and services. We provide a wide range of financial risk management services for global customers such as big data analytics, anti-transaction laundering, merchant website risk content monitoring, merchant onboarding and chargeback prevention.

Our patented technologies in SiteInspect (a web crawling or web content monitoring service) and Transaction Laundering Detection (a transaction monitoring or transaction laundering detection service) significantly reduce non-compliant financial and reputation risks.

Austreme also partners with Card Schemes to provide integrated and fully automated merchant chargeback prevention services.

With Austreme’s advanced API interfaces, partners and payment companies can build their automated detection and monitoring of online payment transactions and e-commerce websites to ensure compliance with Card Scheme standards and acquirer rules.

Austreme is a MasterCard Merchant Monitoring Service Provider (MMSP) since 2015, and a Visa Third Party Agent (TPA).

1st

1st TLD Solution in the World

97,000,000+

Websites Monitoring Daily

1

The only PCI-DSS Compliant MMSP

35

Countries

1st

1st TLD Solution in the World

1

The only PCI-DSS Compliant MMSP

75,000,000+

Websites Monitoring Daily

35

Countries

1st

1st TLD Solution in the World

1

The only PCI-DSS Compliant MMSP

75M+

Websites Monitoring Daily

35

Countries

Facts and Figures

2024

  • Wins Silver Award in Cyber Security Startups and SMEs category at the Cyber Security Professional Awards (CSPA) 2023

  • Enters global reseller partnership with Verifi
  • Participate in quarterly cybersecurity seminar organized by Hong Kong Police Force
  • Speak at Ethoca Asia Partner Summit

 

2023

  • Shares Credit Card Security with HK Police Force – Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau
  • Attended “2023 Intelligent Business Opportunity Make IT Happen” event organised by JCI Peninsula in Hong Kong as final judge
  • Speaks at Cyber Intelligence Fraud Detection conference hosted by Mastercard Asia Pacific Fraud Advisory Council
  • Attends the annual Ethoca Global Partner Conference in Colorado, US

 

2022

  • Winner of Most Innovative KYC Solution Provider at UK-based International Finance Awards 2022
  • Named in Data Magazine UK’s 45 Most Innovative Analytics Startups & Companies (Hong Kong)
  • Speaks at the Mastercard Acquiring Risk Summit 2022
  • Speaks at the UnionPay International Semi Annual Operation Support Workshop August 2022
  • Speaks at the APAC Financial Coalition Australia Forum, organised by the ICMEC
  • Shares Fraud Detection skills in Cyber Crime Intelligence training event hosted by The Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau (CSTCB)

 

2021

  • Granted Patent for its Card Testing Detection
  • Winner of Corphub HKMOL Awards 2021: Asia Pacific’s Most Outstanding RegTech Leader of the Year
  • Gold Winner of UK-Based Analyst firm Juniper Research Future Digital Awards 2021: Regtech Platform 
  • Winner of UK-Based Global Banking & Finance Review – Banking & Finance Technology Award 2021: Most Innovative KYC Solution Hong Kong

2020

  • Winner of the Hong Kong FinTech Impetus Awards 2020 – Regulatory Technology: Anti-money Laundering & Terrorist Financing
  • Introduced new automated AML screening for merchant onboarding inspection

 

2019

  • Granted Patent for its Transaction Laundering Detection Technology
  • Selected as 10 Most Sought After Risk Management Service Providers by APAC Business Headline
  • Passed the 5th PCI-DSS (Version 3.2.1) QSA Onsite Audit
  • Exhibits at Visa Security Summit 2019 in Shanghai, China

 

2018

  • Granted a Patent of the Brand Discovery Mechanism
  • Winner of the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2018 – FinTech Award (RegTech & Risk Management) Gold Award

  • Winner of the Enterprise Innovation Awards 2017 – Best in Big Data/Analytics
  • Exhibits at the 6th China Information Technology Expo in Shenzhen
  • Exhibits at Visa Security Summit 2018 in Singapore
  • Shares about Transaction Laundering and Money Laundering in a HKIB seminar
  • Speaks at Mastercard Global Risk Leadership Conference in Bali 2018

 

2017

  • Winner of the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2017 – Best Smart Hong Kong Award Silver (Open Data / Big Data Application) Silver Award

  • Winner of the Hong Kong Awards for Industries – Technological Achievement – Merit
  • Selected as one of the Top 25 APAC Cyber Security Providers – 2017 by CIOAdvisor APAC magazine
  • Passed the Forth PCI-DSS Audit
  • Joins Technology and Financial Companies to Deter Online Child Pornography
  • Exhibited at Visa Security Summit 2017
  • Speaker at the 21st China International Software Expo (Beijing, China)
  • Speaker at MasterCard Global Risk Leadership Conference (Asia Pacific)
  • Speaker on the ITSC Solution Day organized by Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, HKSAR Government
  • Became an Approved Organisation Under IP Manager Scheme organized by Intellectual Property Department, HKSAR Government
  • Speaker at HK ICT International Expo

 

2016

  • Relocation of headquarter to Hong Kong

  • Speaker at MasterCard Global Risk Leadership Conference (Asia Pacific)

  • Exhibited at MasterCard Global Risk Leadership Conference (Americas)
  • Speaker at Visa Taiwan Quarterly Meeting

  • Speaker at Big Data and Industry Applications Forum organized by GF Securities (Shanghai, China)

  • Highlighted as “An Innovative Forensic Fintech Start-up” by Venture Hong Kong, HKTDC

  • Speaker of “Anti-Fraud in Card Payment Industry” at the Payment & Clearing Association of China

 

2015

  • USD6.3 million strategic investment from Intime Retail (a subsidiary of Alibaba Group)

  • Became MasterCard Merchant Monitoring Service Provider (MMSP)

  • Passed the third Annual QSA Audit to Comply with PCI-DSS 3.1
  • Exhibited at MasterCard Global Risk Management Conference (Asia Pacific)

  • Speaker at MasterCard Data Security Seminar (Taipei, Taiwan)

  • Speaker at Visa Hong Kong and Macau Quarterly Meeting

 

2014

  • Anti-Counterfeiting by Illegal Merchant Payment Aggregation Detection Webcast
  • Payment Aggregation Monitoring for Master Merchant & Sub-Merchant Webcast
  • Minimizing Visa GBPP and MasterCard BRAM Violations for Payment Aggregators Webcast

 

2013

  • Passed the second Annual PCI-DSS QSA Onsite Audit 2013
  • Speaker at Visa Security Summit (APCEMEA)

  • Speaker at MasterCard Global Risk Management Conference

 

2012

  • Winner of The Top 23 Innovative Companies in Tech23 Australia

  • Speaker at MasterCard Global Risk Management Conference (APMEA)

  • Speaker of Visa National Brand Protection Task Force Meeting (Beijing, China)
  • ​Passed the first PCI-DSS onsite audit

 

2011

  • Founded in Australia

  • Speaker at Protect Your Customer Data Seminar organized by Commercial Crime Bureau, Privacy Bureau, Police Forces and Payment Card Industry Groups in Hong Kong and Macau

  • Speaker at MasterCard & Bank of China International Online Merchant Risk Workshop (Beijing, China)

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Facts and Figures

2020
  • Established partnerships with Asia Digital Bank Corporation and Acqra
  • Introduced new automated AML screening for merchant onboarding inspection
2019
  • Passed the 5th PCI-DSS (Version 3.2.1) QSA Onsite Audit
  • Exhibit at Visa Security Summit 2019 in Shanghai, China
  • Selected as 10 Most Sought After Risk Management Service Providers by APAC Business Headline
  • Granted a Patent of Its Transaction Laundering Detection Technology
2018
  • Winner of the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2018 – FinTech Award (RegTech & Risk Management) Gold Award

  • Winner of the Enterprise Innovation Awards 2017 – Best in Big Data/Analytics
  • Exhibited at the 6th China Information Technology Expo in Shenzhen
  • Granted a Patent of the Brand Discover Mechanism
  • Exhibit at Visa Security Summit 2018 in Singapore
  • Share about Transaction Laundering and Money Laundering in a HKIB seminar
  • Speak at Mastercard Global Risk Leadership Conference in Bali 2018
2017
  • Winner of the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2017 – Best Smart Hong Kong Award Silver (Open Data / Big Data Application) Silver Award

  • Speaker at HK ICT International Expo
  • Exhibited at Visa Security Summit 2017
  • Speaker at the 21st China International Software Expo (Beijing, China)
  • Speaker at MasterCard Global Risk Leadership Conference (Asia Pacific)
  • Speaker on the ITSC Solution Day organized by Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, HKSAR Government
  • Selected as one of the Top 25 APAC Cyber Security Providers – 2017 by CIOAdvisor APAC magazine
  • Became an Approved Organisation Under IP Manager Scheme organized by Intellectual Property Department, HKSAR Government
  • Winner of the Hong Kong Awards for Industries – Technological Achievement – Merit
  • Joined Asia Pacific Financial Coalition Against Child Pornography (APAC-FCACP), an initiative of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC)
2016
  • Relocation of headquarter to Hong Kong

  • Speaker at MasterCard Global Risk Leadership Conference (Asia Pacific)

  • Exhibited at MasterCard Global Risk Leadership Conference (Americas)
  • Speaker at Visa Taiwan Quarterly Meeting

  • Speaker at Big Data and Industry Applications Forum organized by GF Securities (Shanghai, China)

  • Highlighted as “An Innovative Forensic Fintech Start-up” by Venture Hong Kong, HKTDC

  • Speaker of “Anti-Fraud in Card Payment Industry” at the Payment & Clearing Association of China

2015
  • USD6.3 million strategic investment from Intime Retail (a subsidiary of Alibaba Group)

  • Exhibited at MasterCard Global Risk Management Conference (Asia Pacific)

  • Speaker at MasterCard Data Security Seminar (Taipei, Taiwan)

  • Speaker at Visa Hong Kong and Macau Quarterly Meeting

  • Became MasterCard Merchant Monitoring Service Provider (MMSP)

2014
  • Anti-Counterfeiting by Illegal Merchant Payment Aggregation Detection Webcast
  • Payment Aggregation Monitoring for Master Merchant & Sub-Merchant Webcast
  • Minimizing Visa GBPP and MasterCard BRAM Violations for Payment Aggregators Webcast
2013
  • Speaker at Visa Security Summit (APCEMEA)

  • Speaker at MasterCard Global Risk Management Conference

2012
  • Winner of The Top 23 Innovative Companies in Tech23 Australia

  • Speaker at MasterCard Global Risk Management Conference (APMEA)

  • Speaker of Visa National Brand Protection Task Force Meeting (Beijing, China)
  • ​Passed the first PCI-DSS onsite audit
2011
  • Founded in Australia

  • Speaker at Protect Your Customer Data Seminar organized by Commercial Crime Bureau, Privacy Bureau, Police Forces and Payment Card Industry Groups in Hong Kong and Macau

  • Speaker at MasterCard & Bank of China International Online Merchant Risk Workshop (Beijing, China)

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