Michael Reitblat

Michael Reitblat is CEO of Forter, a fraud prevention solution provider.

Michael founded e-commerce fraud prevention company Forter in 2013. Forter currently works with Fortune 100 retailers, top travel companies, and digital disruptors. In the past 12 months alone, Forter has raised $50M in funding, tripled its customer base processed more than $55 billion transactions and been recognized on the 2018 Forbes Fintech 50 list, Fast Company’s 2018 Most Innovative Companies list, and CB Insights’ Fintech 250 list.

Michael began his career in Israeli military intelligence where he was trained to prevent fraudulent, criminal activities. Following his military service, Michael played a key role in building the first company to specialize in online payment fraud, Fraud Sciences. After the business was acquired by PayPal, he helped to develop the successful fraud prevention system that the payments giant used for many years. In addition to leading Forter, Michael is currently an investor, adviser, and board member of several cutting-edge technology companies. He also works with NGOs to help establish digital payment accessibility in developing countries.