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Payments Shift From Who You Are to What You’re Trying to Do
March 17, 2026

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With FIS’ Christine Hurtubise Artificial intelligence is altering the mechanics of digital identity, forcing financial institutions to reconsider long-standing assumptions about how a customer proves that a transaction is legitimate. Tools capable of replicating voices, images and behavioral patterns...

Digital Identity
Utah Bill Aims to Create Voluntary Digital ID
March 16, 2026

A Utah bill that was passed by the state Legislature and now awaits the governor’s signature would create a voluntary digital identity program. This program would enable the state’s adult residents who opt in to store a digital credential on their mobile device, present it...

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Veriff Warns Deepfakes Are Distracting Firms From the Real Identity Problem
March 16, 2026

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Veriff’s Hubert Behaghel The surge in artificial intelligence-powered fraud has placed identity verification in the spotlight. Tools capable of generating photorealistic faces, synthetic voices and forged identity documents have lowered the barrier to entry for fraud rings. As...

Digital Identity
Introducing the ‘Know Your Agent’ Framework for the Age of Agentic Commerce
March 12, 2026

As digital commerce becomes increasingly automated, enterprises face a new identity challenge: distinguishing legitimate AI agents acting on behalf of customers from malicious bots designed to exploit digital systems. “How Enterprises Can Build a ‘Know Your Agent’ Defense: Digital Identity Verification in the Age of...

Digital Identity
Mobile Identity Is Flipping the Infrastructure of Cross-Border Payments
February 19, 2026

In identity verification, who someone says they are across financial services can often depends on where they live. In mature economies, financial identity is commonly anchored in banking relationships. Opening a bank account establishes identity, enables payments, and unlocks access to credit, savings and commerce....

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Stronger Digital IDs Help Stop $34 Billion in Fraud Losses
February 16, 2026

Fraudsters have been using artificial intelligence, automation and highly convincing impersonation tactics to steal identities. Once they have those identities in hand, they can (and do) orchestrate increasingly sophisticated social engineering schemes, forcing financial institutions and technology providers to reassess how trust is established in...

Digital Identity
Google and Entrust Team to Combat Identity Fraud
February 09, 2026

Identity verification company Entrust has launched a security partnership with Google. The collaboration is designed to boost innovation in identity verification and AI-driven security amid a rapid rise of increasingly sophisticated fraud, according to a Monday (Feb. 9) news release. “The integrated solution will help organizations strengthen security defenses...

Digital Identity
Stripe Alums Raise $35 Million for Identity Platform Duna
February 05, 2026

Compliance/identity platform Duna has raised $35 million in a Series A funding round. The new funding, announced Thursday (Feb. 5), will help Duna as it works towards its goal of building a “global trust infrastructure” by offering a “digital passport for every business,” leading to...

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Credit Unions Face Onboarding Test as 70% of Small Businesses Prefer Digital Start
January 28, 2026

Small businesses may say they value relationships, but when basic digital tasks still require a phone call or branch visit, loyalty starts to look temporary. That was the core message of PYMNTS Intelligence’s November Credit Union Tracker, “Business at Risk: How Credit Unions Can Attract...