biometrics

Deep Dive: Why Social Media Platforms Must Rethink The Way They Treat Digital Identity To Maintain Users’ Trust

Deep Dive: Why Social Media Platforms Must Rethink The Way They Treat Digital Identity To Maintain Users’ Trust
Deep Dive: Why Social Media Platforms Must Rethink The Way They Treat Digital Identity To...
July 30, 2021  |  Digital Identity

Approximately 4.2 billion individuals use social media sites globally, and 490 million new users signed on to such sites in 2020 alone. Leveraging these platforms...

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To Move Into The Mainstream, DeFi Needs To Double Down On Digital IDs
To Move Into The Mainstream, DeFi Needs To Double Down On Digital IDs
July 30, 2021  |  Digital Identity

Decentralized finance — DeFi for short — is taking its place among the buzzwords of 2021, where excitement (and depending on where you look, perhaps...

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Twitter On Why Social Media Companies Must Evolve Their Digital Identity Verification Practices To Keep User Trust
Twitter On Why Social Media Companies Must Evolve Their Digital Identity Verification Practices To Keep...
July 29, 2021  |  Digital Identity

As social media sites transform from messaging platforms to payment-processing social commerce hubs, Twitter’s Sudan Sethuramalingam updates PYMNTS on his company’s push to boost biometrics...

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Twitter’s Social Commerce Ambitions Highlight Need For Better ID Verification, Biometrics
Twitter’s Social Commerce Ambitions Highlight Need For Better ID Verification, Biometrics
July 28, 2021  |  Digital Identity

Social media use has skyrocketed in recent years, with such sites slowly becoming hubs for businesses, banks and other corporate entities as well as individuals....

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Get Ready For ‘Micro-Identities’; The Biggest Little Thing In ID Protection
Get Ready For ‘Micro-Identities’; The Biggest Little Thing In ID Protection
July 23, 2021  |  Digital Identity

In the age of eCommerce, the rise of the digital front doors, the super-apps that connect us to any number of financial and everyday activities...

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Data Brief: 76 Pct Of Millennials ‘Very Satisfied’ With Selfie Authentication
Data Brief: 76 Pct Of Millennials ‘Very Satisfied’ With Selfie Authentication
July 19, 2021  |  Biometrics

PYMNTS’ June 2021 study, Selfie ID: Consumers and the Use of Facial Biometrics to Secure Digital Commerce, a collaboration with Onfido, surveyed nearly 2,600 U.S....

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Report: Healthcare Providers Use AI To Solve Telemedicine’s Privacy Problem
Report: Healthcare Providers Use AI To Solve Telemedicine’s Privacy Problem
July 15, 2021  |  Digital Identity

Healthcare has rapidly become more digital over the past year, with consumers trying telehealth and other virtual tools to meet their medical needs in response...

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US Lawmakers Urge Regulation Of Facial-Recognition Use
US Lawmakers Urge Regulation Of Facial-Recognition Use
July 13, 2021  |  Legal & Regulation

A bipartisan group of lawmakers came out against the use of facial recognition, citing concerns about misidentification and violations of due process and constitutional rights,...

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