authentication

Authentication is the act of proving an assertion, such as the identity of a computer system user. In contrast with identification, the act of indicating a person or thing's identity, authentication is the process of verifying that identity.

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Barclaycard On Keeping Transactions Frictionless Under SCA
Barclaycard On Keeping Transactions Frictionless Under SCA
November 07, 2019  |  Regulation

Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) is imperative to improving payment security — if EU regulators and financial institutions (FIs) could only agree on how to implement...

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Inside Affirm’s ID Verification And Fraud Prevention Techniques
Inside Affirm’s ID Verification And Fraud Prevention Techniques
November 06, 2019  |  Authentication

Stringent ID verification is crucial for online lenders to prevent fraudsters from using stolen identities to rip them off. This means lenders must utilize hard-to-falsify...

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Why Barclaycard Says Consumers Are Key To SCA Success
Why Barclaycard Says Consumers Are Key To SCA Success
November 06, 2019  |  Regulation

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Deep Dive: How Demand For Instant Payments Is Affecting Lending
Deep Dive: How Demand For Instant Payments Is Affecting Lending
November 05, 2019  |  Disbursements

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The Science Behind Affirm’s Identity Data Play
The Science Behind Affirm’s Identity Data Play
November 05, 2019  |  Authentication

Digital identities are gaining popularity across industries as businesses, services and other operations increasingly move online. Consumers are normalizing the use of digital identifiers, such...

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Ekata CEO: SCA, Pre-Auth And Payments Success In The 2020s
Ekata CEO: SCA, Pre-Auth And Payments Success In The 2020s
November 04, 2019  |  Authentication

Payments is never boring these days, and that holds especially true as a new decade looms, new regulations are kicking in and merchants, card brands...

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How FanFood Brings Mobile Ordering To Sports And Concerts
How FanFood Brings Mobile Ordering To Sports And Concerts
October 28, 2019  |  Mobile Order Ahead

Sports arenas are embracing mobile ordering to help consumers skip long concession lines, and avoid missing out on the action. Yet, offering mobile ordering isn't...

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Why ZenKey Authentication Is A Good Idea – With A Big Design Flaw
Why ZenKey Authentication Is A Good Idea – With A Big Design Flaw
October 23, 2019  |  Authentication

Five years ago, a merchant might have been able to rely on consumers being patient with a digital commerce experience that was less than perfectly...

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Protecting The Youngest — And Most Vulnerable — ID Theft Victims
Protecting The Youngest — And Most Vulnerable — ID Theft Victims
October 18, 2019  |  Identity theft

Fraudsters are preying on children, pilfering Social Security numbers and other data to commit identity theft, run up charges and ruin credit. Zac Cohen, general...

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