February 15, 2023
Consumers’ Call for Convenience Could Spark Self-Service Checkout Expansion
Non-grocer retailers can seize a renewed opportunity to satisfy customer demand by exploring self-checkout as new tech options come to market. Since at least 2018, consumers have been clamoring for...
February 15, 2023
Biometrics and Smartphones Make Life Without Passwords a Reality
Thus far into 2023, “passwordless” remains among the buzziest of buzzwords in identity authentication. Nicole Jass, chief product officer at Prove Identity, told PYMNTS that despite the burgeoning popularity of...
February 14, 2023
PYMNTS Intelligence: Interest in Advanced Digital ID Growing to Address...
Consumers do not like waiting to access their accounts. According to PYMNTS’ research, nearly half of consumers have concerns about waiting a long time during identification processes, demonstrating how customers want frictionless...
February 14, 2023
How AI Use Cases in Payments Are Moving Beyond Fraud
As artificial intelligence (AI) gets smarter — as it’s designed to do over time and as usage increases — there are more places in the payment and connected economy ecosystems...
February 13, 2023
Users’ Habits Weaken Password Managers, Opening Door for Advanced ID...
Password managers were a good start in getting users to tighten their internet security, but ultimately, consumers’ behavioral habits may instead have set the stage for other solutions to thrive....
February 13, 2023
UK Watchdog Looking at High-Tech Surveillance Regulation
Monitoring of high-tech surveillance systems is not keeping up with technology, the BSCC has told BBC News. Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Prof Fraser Sampson, during the publication of his...
February 10, 2023
Carrefour Rolls Out Facial Biometric Payment in UAE
Carrefour has enabled facial recognition as a means of verifying payments in the UAE. The retailer, which is operated as a franchise by Majid Al Futtaim in the United Arab...
February 10, 2023
Advanced Identity Tools Speed Crypto Account Access and Build Revenue
Streamlined digital account opening is a must-have for all financial institutions (FIs). A critical step in that process is the login experience, for which customers increasingly require speed and security....
February 08, 2023
Millennials Want More Banking Security, Boomers Don’t See the Problem
Personal information is, well, personal and consumers want their financial institutions to protect it better. That’s according to the latest research in PYMNTS’ January 2023 report, “Consumer Authentication Preferences For...