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Digital Identity
Banks Are Building the Trust Layer AI Can’t Break
May 06, 2026

Banks, payment firms and digital platforms are rebuilding identity verification around what many executives now describe as “ID supply chains,” a networked approach to trust that distributes identity checks, risk signals and verification data across multiple participants rather than locking them inside a single institution....

Digital Identity
Regula Warns Digital Identity Has a Human Problem
May 05, 2026

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Digital Identity
Bots Are Turning Identity Verification Into a Full-Time Job
April 24, 2026

In the early days of digital commerce, identity verification was a front-door exercise. It represented a necessary, but narrow, checkpoint designed to confirm that a customer was who they claimed to be. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Why Banks Can’t Rely on One-Time Passwords Anymore
April 23, 2026

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Biometrics
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...