Consumer Authentication news and trends

Why Regulation Won’t Fix Credit Reporting Agencies
Regulation // September 18, 2017

Some of the most memorable television commercials of the 1970s and 1980s were those promoting E. F. Hutton’s brokerage services. When its tagline, “When E. F. Hutton talks, people listen,” was spoken in those commercials, everyone in the room stopped, turned to look and listened...

When Lending Decisions Go Social
Consumer Authentication // August 17, 2016

When is social data a proxy for a lending decision? Just about everywhere now. The need is especially acute in developing countries where the lack of an established credit scoring system – and access to it – can help its citizens get credit and establish...

FinTech’s Digital Identity Crisis
Security & Fraud // June 14, 2016

“We’re having a digital identity crisis in financial services, and it’s starting to get in the way of the access to payments and financial services that consumers and business that they interact with increasingly want and need.” That was the crux of a recent digital...

MyBank Pilots Digital Identity Solution
Digital Banking // June 08, 2016

The first transaction between Signicat, a digital identity service for banks, and CWBI, an Italian software provider, as part of the MyBank Identity Verification Pilot, took place on Tuesday (June 7). The ongoing pilot is designed to showcase how consumers can digitally agree to a...

Interviews & Exclusives
When Lending Decisions Go Social

August 17, 2016
When is social data a proxy for a lending decision? Just about everywhere now. The need is especially acute in developing countries where the lack of an established credit scoring system – and access to it – can help its citizens get credit and establish a credit history. Karen Webster sat down with Socure CEO, Sunil Madhu, to get his views on its burgeoning use in China, and its potential for authenticating consumers in the myriad of transaction-based use cases that are emerging in developed worlds, too.

FinTech’s Digital Identity Crisis

June 14, 2016
“We’re having a digital identity crisis in financial services, and it’s starting to get in the way of the access to payments and financial services that consumers and business that...

Quick Reads
EMVCo Launches 3DS Test Platform

August 15, 2018
Secure payments enabler EMVCo has announced the launch of the full EMV 3-D Secure (EMV 3DS) Test Platform. The platform allows 3DS product providers to confirm that their solutions will perform in accordance with the EMV 3-D Secure Protocol and Core Functions Specification v2.1.0, or its EMV 3-D Secure – SDK Specification. Clients will also receive […]

MyBank Pilots Digital Identity Solution

June 08, 2016
The first transaction between Signicat, a digital identity service for banks, and CWBI, an Italian software provider, as part of the MyBank Identity Verification Pilot, took place on Tuesday (June...