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

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 transaction. Fraud systems, merchant controls and authentication tools were trained to treat nonhuman behavior as suspicious. That made sense when...

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

Dead people don’t spend much, but the federal government nearly sent them tens of millions of dollars anyway. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...

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

Google is letting users sign into their accounts by taking videos of themselves. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By...

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

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, the only options have been handing over the password and accepting the security risk, or taking over the keyboard every...

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Lithic Says Everything Payments Assumes About Shopping Is About to Break

July 24, 2026
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 transaction. Fraud systems, merchant controls and authentication tools were trained to treat nonhuman behavior as suspicious. That made sense when bots were mostly fraudsters. It becomes more complicated when the […]

Smarter Tokens Could Make AI Purchases Auditable

July 15, 2026
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Entersekt Reframes 3D Secure as a Revenue Recovery Tool

June 30, 2026
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Banks Can’t Fight AI Fraud With Yesterday’s Rules

June 24, 2026
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Google Lets Users Sign In With Video Selfies

July 23, 2026
Google is letting users sign into their accounts by taking videos of themselves. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing communications from […]

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. Get the Full...

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. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Socure Promotes CRO Matthew Thompson to President and CCO Amid Global Expansion

December 11, 2025
Socure, the artificial intelligence-first platform for global identity and risk decisioning, has promoted its chief revenue officer, Matthew Thompson, to president and chief commercial officer. Get the Full Story Complete...