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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Seeing Is Believing for Millennials Concerned About Payments Security
Seeing Is Believing for Millennials Concerned About Payments Security
March 09, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

Younger generations want to know what their financial institutions are doing to secure their transactions. That’s according to the latest research in PYMNTS’ March report,...

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Yoti and Lloyds Banking Group Partner on a Reusable Digital Identity
Yoti and Lloyds Banking Group Partner on a Reusable Digital Identity
March 09, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

Lloyds Banking Group is supporting Yoti in developing a reusable digital identity solution. The support includes a £10 million (about $12 million) investment in the United Kingdom-based digital...

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Instant Checkout Satisfies Consumer Demand for Digital-First, Omnichannel Commerce
Instant Checkout Satisfies Consumer Demand for Digital-First, Omnichannel Commerce
March 09, 2023  |  Retail

Though it’s still a work in progress, instant checkout’s appeal is undeniable. Emily Foshee, vice president of core products at Discover® Global Network, said unattended...

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Retail Bank Customers Trust Security They Can See
Retail Bank Customers Trust Security They Can See
March 07, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

Once upon a time, or at least a few decades back, consumers didn’t have much say in their financial institutions’ fraud-fighting innovations. With only a...

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Meep and LISNR Partner on Contactless Authentications for Transit Operators
Meep and LISNR Partner on Contactless Authentications for Transit Operators
March 06, 2023  |  Transportation

Meep and LISNR have partnered on contactless authentications for bus, train and transit operators. This collaboration adds LISNR’s proximity verification technology to Meep’s mobility-as-a-service (MaaS)...

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Visa Teams With F5 on Secure eCommerce Checkout for Merchants
Visa Teams With F5 on Secure eCommerce Checkout for Merchants
March 06, 2023  |  Retail

Security firm F5 has partnered with Visa to help merchants reduce friction at checkout. “Customers expect seamless commerce experiences and transactions to be secure,” the companies said in a news...

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More Than Half of Bank Consumers Want Better Transaction Security
More Than Half of Bank Consumers Want Better Transaction Security
March 06, 2023  |  Authentication

As authentication technologies evolve and consumer awareness of security measures grows, retail banking customers demand more secure and user-friendly online identity verification. PYMNTS’ latest research...

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PYMNTS Intelligence: Technology Is Needed to Safeguard Faster Payments
PYMNTS Intelligence: Technology Is Needed to Safeguard Faster Payments
March 01, 2023  |  B2B Payments

Robust fraud prevention measures, having always been an important tool for businesses, are now a must. When payments took hours or days to go through, companies had more...

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Unpacking the Ying and Yang of Modern Fraud Tools
Unpacking the Ying and Yang of Modern Fraud Tools
February 28, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

As attractive as new technology and digital tools appear, they also have a darker side. “There’s a bit of Ying and Yang,” Gerhard Oosthuizen, chief...

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