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India Cancels Plan to Place Biometric App on Smartphones
April 19, 2026

India has reportedly abandoned plans to require smartphone makers to include the country’s biometric ID app on their devices. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...

Digital Identity
71% of Billion-Dollar Firms Face Agent Identity Threats
April 17, 2026

Agent-driven identity threats are becoming a defining challenge for enterprises as they scale revenue and expand across markets, increasing fraud risk and customer friction. “Scale Amplification: How Revenue Amplifies Agent-Driven Identity,” a collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and Trulioo, examines how digital identity challenges evolve as...

Digital Identity
Trulioo Pushes Back Beyond One-Time Identity Checks
April 07, 2026

Verification once concentrated almost entirely on the moment an account was opened. That model, according to Zac Cohen, chief product officer at Trulioo, no longer reflects how risk unfolds across modern financial platforms. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Digital Onboarding
Why Friction Is Not the Enemy in Identity Verification
March 30, 2026

For digital commerce and financial services, onboarding represents the first real test of trust between a platform and a customer. The process determines whether identity verification protects the ecosystem, including consumers, banks and merchants, while still allowing legitimate users to enter quickly and with confidence....

Digital Identity
Fragmented Payment Stacks Push Merchants to Reclaim Control of Digital Identity
March 23, 2026

Identity is fast becoming one of the most valuable assets a business owns. Not brand identity or customer sentiment — but the digital identifiers that make transactions possible: merchant IDs (MIDs), payment tokens, processor vault records, device fingerprints and customer profiles. Get the Full Story...

Digital Identity
Identity Gaps Are Becoming Billion-Dollar Points of Failure
March 23, 2026

Digital identity now runs through every part of the customer and partner journey, from logging in and making transactions to onboarding vendors and issuing loans. This shift is changing how companies manage risk. Instead of being contained within a single step, identity risk now spans...

Digital Identity
Fraudsters Build Synthetic Identities That Fool Traditional KYC Checks
March 19, 2026

In the early days of digital banking, identity fraud largely meant stolen credentials: a breached password, a compromised Social Security number or a copied credit card. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Digital Identity
Banks Need Fewer Identity Silos and Faster Decisions
March 19, 2026

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How Smarter B2B Onboarding With Digital Identities Drives Faster Time-to-Value
March 17, 2026

The most important moment in a B2B relationship doesn’t always happen in a sales call or a product demo, or even when the payment clears. It can happen a few seconds after a user clicks “log in.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to...