Historically, smiles and other facial expressions have inspired painters and songwriters, engendered trust, given turbo-charged power to compliments and praise, and set the tone for appointments, meetings and first dates. Now, they promise to help consumers unlock mobile apps and other such doors into the...
For consumers, working with various institutions>— such as banks, government agencies and medical systems — often means remembering just as many account passwords for accessing the services, and authenticating their digital identity (ID). Forgetting their account passwords can make it hard to complete basic tasks, and...
WhatsApp, the messaging app owned by Facebook, is gearing up to add fingerprint scanning for Android devices. According to a report in Money Control, the launch of the new feature, which is aimed at boosting privacy for users, will require users to authenticate their identity to unlock...
Biometrics promise to take a larger role in authentication security in 2019, helping to stop online fraud and bringing speed, efficiency and security to transactions ranging from QSR mobile-order ahead to airport car rentals. But at the same time, the laws governing biometrics are a...
At times, it seemed it would not get this far: the Real ID Act. States resisted the post-9/11 authentication law, and sought extensions to its deadlines. Citizens raised complaints to lawmakers about the hassle of collecting birth certificates to prove identity, and the prospect of...
Amidst the growth in number of cyberattacks and security breaches, consumers are growing increasingly concerned over the security of their personal data and privacy. In response, financial services providers and tech giants are looking to develop and implement new identity authentication tools to better protect customer...
The following piece was written by Rob Eleveld, CEO of Whitepages Pro, as a contribution to our 2018 year-end eBook. Payments 2018 was a year of accelerated disruption. The industry lived in the shadow of the Revised Payment Service Directive (PSD2), the upcoming EU regulation...
Authentication can take effort, but consumers don’t want to deal with complex logins — even when dealing with their most sensitive accounts, like those containing healthcare or medical information. That means it’s up to healthcare providers to make sure the users logging in to book...
The prospect of love always carries with it the prospect of danger. One can interpret that many ways — philosophically, poetically, psychologically. Right now, though, we are talking about fraud, and how criminals use online data sites to steal from consumers in search of romance...
