Authentication news and trends

EMVCo Takes On Proof of Permission for AI Payments
Artificial Intelligence // October 02, 2026

Artificial intelligence agents add information to a card payment that merchants, issuers and networks don’t routinely exchange today: what the consumer authorized the agent to do and whether the transaction falls within that authority. EMVCo is developing a technical framework for carrying that information through...

Smart Shopping Agents Still Need Someone to Vouch for Them
Artificial Intelligence // October 02, 2026

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Synchrony’s Mike Storiale Artificial intelligence can already recommend the running shoes. The payments industry still must figure out how to let it buy them. While much of the industry’s attention has focused on AI agents, Mike Storiale, senior...

Fed’s Waller Says AI Shopping Changes What Banks Need to Authenticate
Artificial Intelligence // September 30, 2026

The first rule of online payments is to prove that the person trying to pay is allowed to do so. Artificial intelligence is forcing banks and payments networks to add another layer. Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller said Tuesday (Sept. 29) that agentic commerce changes...

AI’s Payments Breakthrough Will Be Knowing When Not to Pay
Artificial Intelligence // September 30, 2026

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Chris Trainor of Paymentus Giving an artificial intelligence agent a wallet is easy to understand. Giving it permission to use that wallet safely is where the payments industry gets complicated. “Large language models are probabilistic, and financial execution...

Interviews & Exclusives
Mastercard Bets Shoppers Will Trust AI Agents One Purchase at a Time

October 08, 2026
Watch more: The Agentic Experience With Mastercard’s Pablo Fourez Consumers won’t hand artificial intelligence agents unrestricted purchasing authority on day one, but repeated successful transactions could expand what they’re willing to delegate. It’s a topic that now dominates agentic AI discussions. The first time Mastercard Chief Digital Officer Pablo Fourez lets an AI agent buy […]

EMVCo Takes On Proof of Permission for AI Payments

October 02, 2026
Artificial intelligence agents add information to a card payment that merchants, issuers and networks don’t routinely exchange today: what the consumer authorized the agent to do and whether the transaction...

Smart Shopping Agents Still Need Someone to Vouch for Them

October 02, 2026
Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Synchrony’s Mike Storiale Artificial intelligence can already recommend the running shoes. The payments industry still must figure out how to let it buy...

AI’s Payments Breakthrough Will Be Knowing When Not to Pay

September 30, 2026
Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Chris Trainor of Paymentus Giving an artificial intelligence agent a wallet is easy to understand. Giving it permission to use that wallet safely...

Quick Reads
Revolut Says Customer Data Leaked in Email Scam

September 13, 2026
An email-based scam has reportedly led to the leak of Revolut customer data. The British FinTech says sensitive information from a “limited number” of customers was exposed in a scam in which an unauthorized third party used a legitimate government email domain, Bloomberg News reported Saturday (Sept. 12). Revolut said it had blocked the address […]

Google Lets Users Sign In With Video Selfies

July 23, 2026
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 more options if you’re ever...

OCC Recommends Banks Sharpen AI Defense Tactics

May 08, 2026
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency highlighted artificial intelligence as both a risk and an opportunity for innovation in its spring 2026 Semiannual Risk Perspective. AI is one...

OnePay Joins Google’s Agent Payments Protocol as a Credential Provider

December 18, 2025
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 define how payment methods are...