Authentication

Digital Identity
NatWest Group and OneID Launch Embedded Digital ID Service
March 20, 2023

NatWest Group and OneID have partnered to launch a new digital ID service for businesses. The collaboration between the British banking and insurance company and the identity service provider has enabled NatWest Group to make its new Customer Attribute Sharing service available as an embedded...

Authentication
Why Can’t Consumers Quit Passwords?
March 10, 2023

Everyone hates the outmoded authentication tool, but no one seems to be able to give it up. The technology is there, and often already in place. But businesses and consumers alike seem to be waiting for some mass adoption tipping point toward broad movement from...

Authentication
More Than Half of Bank Consumers Want Better Transaction Security
March 06, 2023

As authentication technologies evolve and consumer awareness of security measures grows, retail banking customers demand more secure and user-friendly online identity verification. PYMNTS’ latest research found that 36% of banking customers want their financial institutions (FIs) to provide more visible security measures for high-risk financial...

Authentication
Why Is It So Hard to Get Rid of Passwords?
February 27, 2023

A multifaceted approach to digital identity can shore up eCommerce defenses against risk and fraudsters. And that multifaceted approach, Prove Chief Security Officer and Chief Information Officer Amanda Fennell told PYMNTS, depends on input and insight — and collaboration — between the private sector and...

Authentication
Biometrics and Smartphones Make Life Without Passwords a Reality
February 15, 2023

Thus far into 2023, “passwordless” remains among the buzziest of buzzwords in identity authentication. Nicole Jass, chief product officer at Prove Identity, told PYMNTS that despite the burgeoning popularity of biometrics and other advanced authentication methods, passwords are still overwhelmingly — perhaps even surprisingly —...

Digital Identity
PYMNTS Intelligence: Interest in Advanced Digital ID Growing to Address Convenience, Safety Concerns
February 14, 2023

Consumers do not like waiting to access their accounts. According to PYMNTS’ research, nearly half of consumers have concerns about waiting a long time during identification processes, demonstrating how customers want frictionless and streamlined experiences when logging in to their accounts. Advanced digital ID tools are gaining wider acceptance,...

Authentication
Users’ Habits Weaken Password Managers, Opening Door for Advanced ID Tools
February 13, 2023

Password managers were a good start in getting users to tighten their internet security, but ultimately, consumers’ behavioral habits may instead have set the stage for other solutions to thrive. Consumers had seemed to be coming around to the fraud-fighting benefits of password security solutions...

Digital Identity
An Inside Look at Authentication Done Right
February 13, 2023

With 70% of U.S. adults interested in advanced ID verification, companies that leverage it to speed sign-in are poised to gain revenue, Spark Wallet CEO Martin Spusta tells PYMNTS.

Biometrics
Carrefour Rolls Out Facial Biometric Payment in UAE
February 10, 2023

Carrefour has enabled facial recognition as a means of verifying payments in the UAE. The retailer, which is operated as a franchise by Majid Al Futtaim in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), announced on Friday (Feb. 10) that it has teamed up with Network International...