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.

(source: en.wikipedia.org)

AU10TIX Adds KYB to Identity Verification Offerings
AU10TIX Adds KYB to Identity Verification Offerings
February 27, 2024  |  Identity

Israeli identity verification firm AU10TIX has launched a know-your-business (KYB) solution. “Increasingly rigorous regulatory demands are forcing businesses across all sectors to collect and analyze more data about the...

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Data Sharing Adds Credibility to Authenticating Businesses Online
Data Sharing Adds Credibility to Authenticating Businesses Online
February 27, 2024  |  Authentication

Jim McCarthy, CEO of Thredd, told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster that the challenge of authentication in the B2B space is decades old. Before the advent of the...

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Digital Commerce Demands Multifactor Approach to ID Verification
Digital Commerce Demands Multifactor Approach to ID Verification
February 27, 2024  |  Authentication

Lisa McFarland, executive vice president and chief product officer at Ingo Payments, told PYMNTS that authentication across digital channels requires a multi-pronged approach. At a...

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Moving Target: Payments Dynamics Complicate Authentication Picture
Moving Target: Payments Dynamics Complicate Authentication Picture
February 27, 2024  |  Authentication

Payments increasingly exist and occur across a multifaceted, ever-evolving digital terrain. What this means is that a digital payment is never just a payment —...

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New Attack Vectors Require Cyber Hygiene and End-User Education in Authentication War
New Attack Vectors Require Cyber Hygiene and End-User Education in Authentication War
February 26, 2024  |  Authentication

Today’s financial fraudsters are more sophisticated, more agile, and more online than ever. With payments increasingly moving to electronic channels — along with the gateways...

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Synchrony Says KYC Will Determine Authentication’s Future
Synchrony Says KYC Will Determine Authentication’s Future
February 26, 2024  |  Authentication

Authentication in the payments space is continuously evolving. But one constant is that any innovation needs to strike a winning balance between enhancing security and...

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Buying Into the Biometric Payment Opportunity in Mixed Reality
Buying Into the Biometric Payment Opportunity in Mixed Reality
February 22, 2024  |  Biometrics

No single word signals the death knell of an innovation quite like the adjective “clunky.” Yet, by some accounts, that’s exactly what the user experience...

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Buy Side, Supply Side: Winning the B2B Payments Fraud War
Buy Side, Supply Side: Winning the B2B Payments Fraud War
February 21, 2024  |  B2B Payments

Fraud is a costly and common problem in payments. In B2B payments, both of those elements are scaled up to a degree that is impossible...

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Tinder to Expand ID Verification to US and UK
Tinder to Expand ID Verification to US and UK
February 20, 2024  |  Authentication

After a pilot program in Australia and New Zealand, Tinder will be expanding its identity verification feature to users in the United States, the United...

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