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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Fake Normal Is Becoming the New Fraud Threat

Fake Normal Is Becoming the New Fraud Threat
Fake Normal Is Becoming the New Fraud Threat
March 16, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Paymentology’s Tim Joslyn The “I” in “AI” doesn’t always just stand for intelligence. Increasingly, across the security sector,...

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Stars Align for Passkeys but Will Adoption Follow?
Stars Align for Passkeys but Will Adoption Follow?
February 26, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

A merchant’s returning customer attempts to complete a $1,800 luxury purchase on a mobile device, mistypes a password twice, triggers a reset email and leaves...

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Nearly Half of Shoppers Used Mobile for Their Latest Retail Purchase
Nearly Half of Shoppers Used Mobile for Their Latest Retail Purchase
February 24, 2026  |  Mobile Commerce

The smartphone is no longer just a shopping tool. It has become the storefront. That was the central takeaway from the “2025 Global Digital Shopping...

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Amazon’s UK Move Puts Pay by Bank Into Sharper Focus
Amazon’s UK Move Puts Pay by Bank Into Sharper Focus
February 10, 2026  |  Retail

Pay by bank’s practical test has been whether it can scale beyond utilities, gaming and bill pay into everyday commerce. With Amazon’s Tuesday (Feb. 10)...

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The KYA Moment: Why Knowing Your Agent Is Becoming Table Stakes
The KYA Moment: Why Knowing Your Agent Is Becoming Table Stakes
January 12, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

“Know your agent” (KYA) is emerging as the trust layer that makes delegated, machine-initiated commerce legible to networks, issuers and merchants before fraud systems intervene....

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Walking in a Payments Wonderland
Walking in a Payments Wonderland
December 25, 2025  |  Opinion

(2025) Snow falls soft on legacy rails, Paper checks stuck in the mail. We gather ‘round the dashboard glow, Watching how payments flow. AI agents...

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Visa Maps a Path to Agentic Commerce That Feels Familiar — and Safe
Visa Maps a Path to Agentic Commerce That Feels Familiar — and Safe
December 22, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: Monday Conversation: Visa’s Rubail Birwadker A digital assistant can already do a lot of the work that once belonged to people. It can...

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OnePay Joins Google’s Agent Payments Protocol as a Credential Provider
OnePay Joins Google’s Agent Payments Protocol as a Credential Provider
December 18, 2025  |  Cybersecurity

Financial services platform OnePay has joined Google’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), saying it will help make agentic payments more secure, transparent and useful. OnePay will be a credential provider in AP2 and will help...

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