MADRID, May 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Actualidad Economica, the Spanish business and economics magazine, has named the CONFIRMA fraud platform co-developed by FICO one of the "One Hundred Best Ideas of 2012." CONFIRMA is a SaaS-based platform created to fight credit fraud in Spain and Portugal. FICO's Antonio Garcia Rouco, who directs FICO's operations in Spain and Portugal, received the award at a ceremony on May 21 at the Ritz Hotel in Madrid.

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"On behalf of FICO and our partners, I am honored to receive this validation from one of the most influential business publications in Spain," said Garcia Rouco. "This award recognizes the importance of the work we are doing to protect financial institutions and their customers from the rising threat of fraud."

The platform has been developed by CONFIRMA Sistemas de Informacion, a company formed with SIGNE and private investors, and is powered by the FICO^® Blaze Advisor^® business rules management system. The platform aims to help lenders curb the rise in identity theft and fraudulent credit by detecting potential fraud in credit applications. The fraud prevention platform will be used by banks, savings banks, insurance companies, credit insurance companies, telecommunications companies, payment entities or financial intermediaries.

FICO is recognized as a global leader in anti-fraud technology. Its pioneering FICO^® Falcon^® Fraud Manager protects more than 2.5 billion payment cards worldwide, and is part of the company's portfolio of enterprise fraud solutions. SIGNE is a leader in the production of secure documents (such as cheque books, bankbooks, passports and University diplomas), which contribute significantly to fraud prevention in commercial transactions.

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