Vonage to Safeguard Gaming Firm PUBG Corporation’s Global Gamers
The Vonage Verify API uses two-factor authentication to validate PUBG users, build trust, and increase conversions across SMS and voice channels
Vonage, a global leader in cloud communications helping businesses accelerate their digital transformation, is helping Korea-based online game developer PUBG Corporation to safeguard its worldwide gamers with its Verify API.
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“With 2FA capabilities from Vonage, we are protecting our customers against theft, building trust and increasing customer loyalty.”
With multiple operational offices globally across North America, Europe, Japan and China, PUBG Corporation is the publisher and developer of the 2017 blockbuster battle royale video game, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG)¹. Since its release, PUBG has received worldwide acclaim, achieving seven Guinness World Records and winning multiple game awards worldwide.
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PUBG Corporation is using Vonage’s Verify API to implement two-factor authentication (2FA) to improve the security of its platform. Vonage Verify will authenticate new users, safeguarding the site against fraud and fake users. It will also establish the legitimacy of player game items exchange, preventing the transfer and sale of illegal items.
According to forecasts, the 2020 global games market will generate revenues of USD159.3 billion with 2.7 billion gamers globally.1 With the number of gamers growing every year, the gaming industry has become a target of fraud. A 2018 research report by ACI Worldwide and Newzoo revealed that as many as one in five gamers in Germany, the US and the UK have been a victim of payment fraud while playing popular games. One in three gamers are less likely to spend money on games online due to fraud concerns.
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