Decentralized identity startup Humanity Protocol said it is now a $1 billion company. The firm announced the private valuation in a Wednesday (May 15) blog post as it revealed the completion of a $30 million seed round. The company said the funding will help it challenge Sam Altman’s Worldcoin and accelerate hiring and...
As the company that laid claim to the concept of “digital identity” more than 10 years ago, Prove Identity takes verification seriously, even when it’s not. Case in point: As CEO Rodger Desai told Karen Webster in an interview, at Prove, there’s a running joke...
As payments go digital, their authentication is getting more organic — literally. One of the latest frontiers in the ongoing evolution of payments is leveraging biometric information for authentication, where the very characteristics of individuals — such as fingerprints, facial features or iris patterns —...
Phone, keys, wallet. That’s the daily routine that tens of millions if not billions — of people undergo each morning when checking their pockets or purses before they leave their homes to start the day. And with the recent news that telecommunications giant Vodafone is planning to integrate...
May 15, 2024
As the company that laid claim to the concept of “digital identity” more than 10 years ago, Prove Identity takes verification seriously, even when it’s not. Case in point: As CEO Rodger Desai told Karen Webster in an interview, at Prove, there’s a running joke inside the firm in which he keeps score on how […]
May 08, 2024
As payments go digital, their authentication is getting more organic — literally. One of the latest frontiers in the ongoing evolution of payments is leveraging biometric information for authentication, where...
April 24, 2024
Long-term success frequently results from businesses being agile, and prepared, in the short-term. That’s why it is so heartening, Shaunt Sarkissian, founder and CEO of AI-ID, told PYMNTS for “What’s Next in...
April 23, 2024
To the hammer of a bad actor, everything vulnerable looks like a nail. And with the rise of sophisticated fraud techniques, organizations like financial institutions that are operating within security-critical...
May 15, 2024
Decentralized identity startup Humanity Protocol said it is now a $1 billion company. The firm announced the private valuation in a Wednesday (May 15) blog post as it revealed the completion of a $30 million seed round. The company said the funding will help it challenge Sam Altman’s Worldcoin and accelerate hiring and product development ahead of a “public testnet launch” in the […]
April 16, 2024
Prove has added its customer experience and ID verification/authentication offerings to AWS Marketplace. According to a Tuesday (April 16) news release, the addition lets customers access Prove’s commerce enablement, identity verification and identity...
April 12, 2024
Roku disclosed to its customers Friday (April 12) that 591,000 accounts were impacted by two separate cyberattacks. In less than 400 of these cases, hackers logged in and made unauthorized purchases...
March 29, 2024
OpenAI suggested Friday (March 29) that voice-based authentication for accessing bank accounts and other sensitive information should be phased out. The company said this while announcing in a blog post that...
