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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Lithic Says Everything Payments Assumes About Shopping Is About to Break

Lithic Says Everything Payments Assumes About Shopping Is About to Break
Lithic Says Everything Payments Assumes About Shopping Is About to Break
July 24, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

For the past 25 years, card-not-present payments have been built around a defensive premise: Prove the buyer is human, authorized and in control of the...

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Identity Verification Gets a Pulse Check
Identity Verification Gets a Pulse Check
July 23, 2026  |  Authentication

Dead people don’t spend much, but the federal government nearly sent them tens of millions of dollars anyway. The U.S. Treasury Department said Tuesday (July...

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Google Lets Users Sign In With Video Selfies
Google Lets Users Sign In With Video Selfies
July 23, 2026  |  News

Google is letting users sign into their accounts by taking videos of themselves. “Selfie video is a new way to get into your account, giving you...

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AI Agents Finally Get Access Without the Password
AI Agents Finally Get Access Without the Password
July 17, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Given free rein, AI agents can research products, compare prices and fill out forms. They’re thwarted the moment a task requires a login. Until now,...

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Smarter Tokens Could Make AI Purchases Auditable
Smarter Tokens Could Make AI Purchases Auditable
July 15, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: Summer School | IXOPAY | Jill Willard As artificial intelligence agents begin making purchases on behalf of consumers and businesses, payments infrastructure is...

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Entersekt Reframes 3D Secure as a Revenue Recovery Tool
Entersekt Reframes 3D Secure as a Revenue Recovery Tool
June 30, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

Watch more: The Digital Shift With Entersekt’s Dewald Nolte Firms get what they measure, and for years, payment security technology has been measured by how...

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Banks Can’t Fight AI Fraud With Yesterday’s Rules
Banks Can’t Fight AI Fraud With Yesterday’s Rules
June 24, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Entersekt’s Richard Bailey Banks have spent much of the past two years asking whether artificial intelligence should be...

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Study Finds Payment Certainty Becomes the New Fraud Strategy
Study Finds Payment Certainty Becomes the New Fraud Strategy
June 16, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Fraud prevention in B2B payments has long operated on a simple premise: if something went wrong, there would be time to fix it. That is...

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