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...
Capital One announced Monday (May 15) it launched a pilot program that it says will make it easier for online services to identify customers, by letting them access the same identity verification technologies it uses with its own clients. According to a report, Capital One...
Usernames and passwords are shaping up to go the way of the dinosaur, the dodo and parachute pants. But the transition to stronger authentication measures has largely been uneven. For the most part, strong authentication measures have been largely leveraged by governments and a few major...
Social Security numbers just aren’t enough. When it comes to security, digital identities are shaping up to be among the best lines of defense against fraud — and making sure someone is who she says she is. The question is: Who owns, and should help...
For millennials — who are adulting differently and who lack troves of creditworthy data to their name — identity verification can be a challenge. Johnny Ayers, cofounder and SVP of business development at Socure, sat down with Karen Webster to discuss why knowing a millennial...
