It’s every subscription service’s dream: Out of 140 million Spotify users who can stream anything from U2 to Beethoven, about 60 million pay for the privilege to listen to whatever music they like on demand. With a little less than half of its base as...
In life, 40 percent of anything is a lot. In online banking, 40 percent abandonment is … intolerable. As many as four in 10 consumers have at some point in their journey into online banking found the process frustrating enough to give up, as estimated...
Samsung is taking authentication to another level: The company recently applied for a patent covering a device authentication method that would measure a user’s blood pressure to verify their identity. According to TechRadar, the patent states that “the arterial conduction paths of different users are...
Timing is everything, as the saying goes. It’s also the story of a startup named Poly, and its visual identification software, says its CEO, Alberto Rizzoli. Two years ago, Rizzoli began developing an AI platform capable of seeing an object – or person – and “visually” identifying it, with a high...
Remember how Barbie — at first just a popular doll with pretty hair and clothes — eventually became a teacher, gymnast, veterinarian, astronaut, paratrooper, NASCAR driver, business executive and even President of the United States? Amazon’s Alexa has been building a similar resume, adding well...
American Express has announced SafeKey 2.0, the next generation of its online authentication tool, which provides an extra layer of security when a card member makes a purchase online at a participating merchant. Leveraging the EMV’s 3D-Secure 2.0 industry standard, the enhanced SafeKey 2.0 can...
Bank of America announced that it will add another layer of authentication for its online banking services. According to news from Reuters, the bank is incorporating Intel Corp’s Online Connect technology, which will enable fingerprint touch payments into its online banking systems starting next year....
ICBA Bancard, the payments services unit of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), announced Wednesday (Sept. 13) a new partnership with CardinalCommerce. In a press release, ICBA Bancard said with the partnership, CardinalCommerce will provide its data-driven consumer authentication solution, which helps reduce online...
AimBrain, a London-based startup providing clients with biometric identity fraud protection services, has raised £4 million in Series A funding. According to a report in TechCrunch, the round of funding for the startup was led by BGF Ventures, a venture capital fund investing in U.K. technology...
