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March 16, 2022
Biometric Credit Card Creator SmartMetric Looks for Share of $8.4T...

SmartMetric, a U.S. company working on biometric credit cards, reported the value of commercial cards issued in the U.S. hit $8.46 trillion in 2021, a 25.1% increase, a press release...


March 15, 2022
PYMNTS Intelligence: How Biometrics, 2FA Can Help Game Developers Win...

The digital gaming industry was valued at $300 billion globally last April, with more than 500 million new players logging on over three years. Game publishers and developers now realize...


March 15, 2022
Banks’ Digital Offerings Walk a Fine Line Between Trust and...

Roughly 70% of consumers have extremely or very high levels of trust in their financial institutions (FIs), which may lead one to wonder what’s going on with the other 30%....


March 14, 2022
Unity On Why Robust Digital Identity Verification Is Crucial To...

A satisfying videogaming experience hinges on simple, seamless gameplay, meaning even one clunky microtransaction can prompt consumers to abandon a platform. In the Digital Identity Tracker, Unity's’ Felix Thé explains...


March 14, 2022
Biometrics Brush Aside Passwords, Bring Curtain Down on ‘Security Theater’

It’s time to bring the curtain down on “security theater.” You’ve been an actor, perhaps, on that stage — and no bit player, either. Pindrop CEO Vijay Balasubramaniyan told PYMNTS’...


March 11, 2022
Gaming Platforms Tap Biometrics to Drive Smooth, Secure Microtransactions

The online gaming industry has experienced rapid growth following increased indoor activities for many consumers during the global health crisis, with growth expected to continue during the next few years....


March 10, 2022
Tesco Bank, Onfido Team up on ID Verification

Tesco Bank has launched a partnership with identity verification firm Onfido to provide security for new customers using the Tesco Clubcard Pay+ program, the bank announced in a news release...


March 09, 2022
ACI Worldwide Launches Fraud Scoring for Financial Institutions

Global real-time payments software firm ACI Worldwide is introducing a fraud scoring platform powered by machine learning to deliver real-time security and fraud prevention to financial institutions (FIs) of every...


March 09, 2022
PYMNTS Intelligence: How 3D Secure 2.0 Can Help Merchants, Banks...

Credit card fraud is a pressing issue for consumers, merchants, banks and card providers, costing a total of $32 billion in 2021 alone. This number is expected to swell to $38.5 billion...


Digital Identity: Ditching Passwords Could Unlock A $59 Billion Biometrics Market
Ditching Passwords Could Unlock a $59 Billion Biometrics Market The findings come from this month’s Digital Identity Tracker®,” a PYMNTS and Prove collaboration, which examined how advanced verification tech is not only boosting security but also giving 58% of consumers what they want — faster and more convenient biometric authentication.
Biometric Authentication in the Age of Mobile
51% of Online Buyers Used Biometrics Instead of Passwords Biometric authentication, once just a sci-fi trope, has become so common that most consumers who shopped online used biometrics to validate their purchase. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest study of 3,278 U.S. consumers explores why so many users like biometrics — and what it will take to win over the half who are holdouts. Read more in “Tracking the Digital Payments Takeover: Biometric Authentication in the Age of Mobile,” a collaboration with AWS.