February 02, 2023
Unbanked and Mastercard Partner on Crypto Card Issuance in Europe
Unbanked and Mastercard have partnered to accelerate decentralized finance (DeFi) card issuance in Europe. Through this partnership, the two companies will use their existing footprint in the United Kingdom and...
January 30, 2023
Kenya Attempts to Breathe New Life Into Digital ID Scheme
The Kenyan government is pushing for a nationwide digital ID scheme. But the years-long implementation so far has been beset with complications. The government’s attempts to create a nationwide ID...
January 27, 2023
Biometrics Emerge as Consumers’ Favorite Form of Authentication
The traditional password remains the most common authentication method modern consumers use for online transactions. This, as new PYMNTS and Entersekt research in the January “Consumer Authentication Preferences for Online...
January 27, 2023
Customers Prefer Advanced Authentication Tools, but Many Are Still Stuck...
Most consumers would choose “anything” besides password-driven account authentication, but overwhelmingly still have to use them. Don’t blame them, though. Customers would if they could. The most recent PYMNTS/Entersekt collaboration,...
January 25, 2023
NY Attorney General Questions Reliability, Safeguards Around Facial Recognition
Facial recognition technology and its uses are in the spotlight in New York. New York Attorney General Letitia James is asking Madison Square Garden (MSG) Entertainment — the operator of...
January 24, 2023
Half of Consumers Want More Security Measures From Banks
PYMNTS’ latest research finds that despite a general satisfaction with existing security measures financial institutions (FIs) use, half of all adult consumers feel their banks must take additional steps to...
January 17, 2023
Retailers Prioritize Payments Choice at Checkout in 2023
For merchants, offering a broad range of payment methods must be a 2023 priority. “We’re living through a fairly tumultuous economic climate at the moment,” Paul Fletcher, head of payments at...
January 13, 2023
PopID and Toshiba Partner on Facial Recognition POS Systems
PopID and Toshiba have partnered to add biometrics to point-of-sale (POS) and self-checkout systems. With the new collaboration, PopID’s biometric solution PopPay will be integrated into Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions’...
January 13, 2023
Biometric Authentication Can Help Merchants Reduce Fraud, but It’s Not...
Facial biometrics, bolstered by other advanced ID technology, may help merchants fight fraud with fewer recognition errors. As fraud continues to rise in 2023, merchants spend billions combatting scams, hacks...
