# John Filby

> John D. Filby is a Seattle-based fintech executive and the chief executive officer of Outseer. His career has moved from corporate and intellectual-property law into payments software, entrepreneurship, risk management and company building. He co-founded eCash Technologies, led businesses at InfoSpace, ISD, Fiserv, Deluxe and Global Holdings, and took the helm of Outseer in April 2022. His current work focuses on using specialized data, machine learning and layered defenses to stop digital fraud while minimizing friction for legitimate customers.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Outseer
- **Organizations:** Outseer, Global Holdings, Deluxe Corporation, Fiserv, ISD Corporation, InfoSpace, eCash Technologies, Abrigo, PayQuicker, Global Anti-Scam Alliance
- **Education:** Commerce / Business, Queen's University, LL.B., Business Law, Western University, LL.M., Intellectual Property Law, York University - Osgoode Hall Law School
- **Known for:** Co-founded and led eCash Technologies before its acquisition by InfoSpace in 2002., At Fiserv, brought transactional-risk products to a global market; the division achieved Chartis RiskTech100 rankings of No. 1 in North America and No. 4 worldwide., At Deluxe, led fintech acquisitions that helped shift a legacy services business toward technology-based financial services.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Practiced corporate and intellectual-property law.
- **1999** — Co-founded eCash Technologies and served as CEO and a board member.
- **2002** — eCash Technologies was acquired by InfoSpace; Filby later served in InfoSpace's Merchant Services division.
- **2004-2008** — Served as president, CEO and a board member of ISD Corporation, an electronic-payments software provider.
- **2008-2012** — Led Fiserv's Risk & Compliance Division and served on its operating committee.
- **2012-2019** — Led Financial Services at Deluxe Corporation and helped transform the business through fintech acquisitions.
- **2018-2021** — Served on the board of Abrigo, a risk and compliance software provider for financial institutions.
- **2019-2022** — Served as president, CEO and board member of Global Holdings.
- **2022-present** — Appointed chief executive officer of Outseer in April 2022.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and led eCash Technologies before its acquisition by InfoSpace in 2002.
- At Fiserv, brought transactional-risk products to a global market; the division achieved Chartis RiskTech100 rankings of No. 1 in North America and No. 4 worldwide.
- At Deluxe, led fintech acquisitions that helped shift a legacy services business toward technology-based financial services.
- As Outseer CEO, has led the company through the launch of platform-native behavioral biometrics and a third consecutive year of more than 20% sales growth reported in 2025.
- Serves on the advisory board of the Global Anti-Scam Alliance.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Scheduled to open Outseer Connect London with a talk on fraud fighting in an agentic-AI world.
- **2026-07** — Outseer announced ISO/IEC 42001 certification for its AI management system during Filby's tenure as CEO.
- **2026-05** — Delivered a Payments Canada Summit keynote on AI, fraud and scams in Toronto.
- **2025-12** — Appeared on The CyberVault podcast to discuss changes in fraud prevention and the role of psychological manipulation.
- **2025-09** — Discussed specialization, AI and all-cause fraud prevention in a FinextraTV interview.

## Links

- Website: https://www.outseer.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnfilby

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Last updated: 2026-09-27