Bill Fitzgerald

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1. 2008 Company founded

   Featurespace was founded in 2008 per the company profile source on file.

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2. 2008 Development

   2008: Professor Bill Fitzgerald and his PhD student Dave Excell found Featurespace as a spin-out from the University of Cambridge's engineering department.

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3. 2008 Development

   2008 onward: Featurespace develops the ARIC Risk Hub, built around Adaptive Behavioral Analytics designed to distinguish genuine customer behavior from fraud in real time.

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4. 2024 Development

   August 2024: Sky News reports that Visa and Featurespace are negotiating a deal reported to be valued around u00a3700 million ($860 million); financial terms are never officially confirmed by either company.

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5. 2024 Acquisition

   September 2024: Visa announces a definitive agreement to acquire Featurespace, pending regulatory approval.

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6. 2024 Acquisition

   December 19, 2024: Visa announces it has completed its acquisition of Featurespace, which continues to operate from its Cambridge, UK headquarters with more than 400 team members across six global locations.

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7. Company status

   Documented status on Brel profile: Acquired.

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