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Biometrics
JPM to Offer Payment Terminals With Biometric Authentication
January 13, 2025

J.P. Morgan Payments has unveiled two new proprietary payment terminals that integrate in-store biometric authentication with payment capabilities. The terminals — a payment tablet called J.P. Morgan Paypad and a payment pin pad called J.P. Morgan Pinpad — are scheduled to be released in the...

Biometrics
Global Live Events Industry Focuses on Biometrics in 2025
January 02, 2025

Biometrics are increasingly being adopted for use at sports and other live events. The technology is being used to enhance ticketing, credentialing, and sales of concessions, merchandise and alcohol, BiometricUpdate.com reported Tuesday (Dec. 31). The report cited examples of solutions being deployed by companies and...

Digital Identity
Digital ID Verification Reduces Stadium Entry Wait Times by 68%
December 26, 2024

Digital identity verification and blockchain-based ticketing are helping stadium operators enhance the fan experience by letting them spend less time waiting in lines and more time at the event they came to see. Some of the latest solutions and their benefits are outlined in the...

Digital Identity
Latin America May Offer Roadmap for Passkeys to Replace Passwords
December 09, 2024

The passwordless future has long been promised, but has long been just over the horizon — remaining more an aspiration than a reality. Passwords, after all, are sticky. We’ve used them for decades, augmented by security questions drawing upon moms’ maiden names, the color of...

Authentication
Metal Cards Carve Out Place as Consumer Defense Against Fraudsters
December 04, 2024

There’s still a place for the card — the tangible, physical card — in consumers’ wallets. In fact, Adam Lowe, Ph.D., chief product and innovation officer at CompoSecure/Arculus, told PYMNTS that metal cards hold allure for premium customers and can be a first line of defense against...

Digital Identity
EC Adopts Technical Standards for EU Digital Identity Wallets
November 29, 2024

The European Commission (EC) has adopted technical standards for cross-border European Digital Identity (eID) Wallets in the European Union (EU), saying this will help member states build their own wallets and release them by the end of 2026. The implementing regulations include uniform standards, specifications and...

Digital Identity
ID.me Valued at $1.8 Billion Following Tender Offer
November 25, 2024

ID.me has reportedly been valued at $1.8 billion following a tender offer. That’s up from $1.73 billion two years ago, Bloomberg News reported Monday (Nov. 25), citing a source familiar with the matter. The transaction was led by new investor Ribbit Capital, with existing investors Viking Global Investors...

Digital Onboarding
How Upgrading the Onboarding Experience Redefines B2B Relationships
November 25, 2024

Onboarding is often the first test for whether a business relationship can succeed. If a new client signs on and is hit with endless forms, redundant verifications, and an integration process that feels like assembling furniture — minus the instructions — the result is frustration,...

Digital Onboarding
TreviPay Adds Automated Buyer Onboarding to Order-to-Cash Offering
November 20, 2024

TreviPay added automated buyer onboarding to its order-to-cash (O2C) offering. With the new feature, business buyers using TreviPay’s Risk Management Platform can apply for trade credit through a dynamic self-serve application, the company said in a Wednesday (Nov. 20) press release. “Offering frictionless buyer experiences...