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Fast, Frictionless Biometric Payments Gaining Ground in Grocery Stores
May 24, 2022

As grocery shoppers who are used to the speed and convenience of online shopping grow frustrated with the time-intensive process of traditional checkout, businesses are finding new ways to remove friction from the payment process. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Oregon Sen. Wyden Urges FTC to Investigate ID.me for Facial Recognition Deception
May 18, 2022

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Wednesday (May 18) wants the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate whether identity verification services provider ID.me, which is used by federal and state agencies, made “multiple misleading statements” about its facial recognition use. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Mastercard Rolls Out ‘Smile and Pay’ Biometric Option
May 17, 2022

Mastercard will be adding biometric options in which in-person payments can be completed with a smile or wave of the hand, using a face or fingerprint to make checkout more streamlined, a press release said. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Tech-Enabled Platform Eases Web Reputation Management for EU Consumers and Businesses
May 16, 2022

In today’s digitized world it can take mere seconds for potential employers, suppliers and business partners to look you up online and gain access to a plethora of information, data and images on past moments and events that one would rather prefer completely erased from...

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Facial Recognition Developer Clearview AI Agrees to Limit Database Sales
May 09, 2022

Facial recognition software maker Clearview AI has settled a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and will limit access to its face database in the U.S. to government agencies rather than a myriad of American companies, The New York Times reported Monday (May...

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How MFA Helps Retailers Fight Fraud
May 05, 2022

eCommerce fraud is a fast-growing problem, with scammers working every day to steal customers’ data, corporate funds, and consumer goods on a daily basis. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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Apple, Google, Microsoft Expand Support of Passwordless Sign-Ins
May 05, 2022

In a team initiative to upgrade the security of the internet, Apple, Google, and Microsoft are expanding support for a passwordless sign-in standard created by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Early Warning Services Unveils Synthetic ID Fraud Tool
May 03, 2022

Early Warning Services has launched Verify Identity, a synthetic identity fraud detection solution for qualifying financial services organizations (FSOs), mobile network providers, corporations and government entities, the FinTech said in a news release Tuesday (May 3). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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PYMNTS Intelligence: Leveraging Behavioral Analytics to Complement Other Fraud Prevention Measures
April 29, 2022

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