Card theft and account breaches remain major threats, but some of today’s fastest-growing fraud schemes begin earlier by targeting identity itself. Criminals increasingly use artificial intelligence to build false identities and mimic real voices and faces well enough to slip past existing checks. That leaves...
There’s a potentially massive driver’s license breach now under FBI investigation. The most consequential impact of the breach isn’t simply its size. It’s what may have been stolen. Criminals are claiming on the dark web to have stolen more than 153 million digital driver’s license...
Checkr has expanded its verification platform by acquiring Truv, a provider of consumer-permissioned income, employment and asset verification, Checkr said in a Tuesday (Aug. 18) press release emailed to PYMNTS. The acquisition builds on Checkr’s expansion of its offerings over the last year to include...
Sports commerce has always clustered around the calendar, spiking for a tournament, a championship run or a merchandise drop. Between those peaks, the commercial relationship between a team and its fans goes dormant. FIFA is betting artificial intelligence can close that gap. The international soccer...
September 17, 2026
Card theft and account breaches remain major threats, but some of today’s fastest-growing fraud schemes begin earlier by targeting identity itself. Criminals increasingly use artificial intelligence to build false identities and mimic real voices and faces well enough to slip past existing checks. That leaves issuers with an additional question: not only whether a transaction […]
June 10, 2026
Digital identity verification has long been measured primarily by one standard: how effectively it stops fraud. But new data suggests many organizations may be focusing on the wrong side of...
May 14, 2026
A collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and Trulioo, “Built or Bought: How KYC/KYB Ownership Shapes Risk, Cost and Growth” examines how companies’ choices about identity verification ownership shape fraud risk, operating...
May 05, 2026
Identity and authentication in financial services are having a moment. The marketplace must move beyond the one moment where a human proves who they are, gains access and proceeds. “Every...
September 17, 2026
Plaid and digital identity wallet ID.me launched a benefits payments partnership, according to a Thursday (Sept. 17) news release. The collaboration is designed to combine ID.me’s wallet with Plaid’s financial account verification tools, letting government agencies confirm that the account receiving a payment belongs to the verified recipient before money is sent, per the release. […]
August 18, 2026
Checkr has expanded its verification platform by acquiring Truv, a provider of consumer-permissioned income, employment and asset verification, Checkr said in a Tuesday (Aug. 18) press release emailed to PYMNTS....
July 24, 2026
World Foundation raised $52.5 million in new funding to bring World ID technology to organizations, consumers and artificial intelligence (AI) agents. The organization raised the new funding by selling to strategic investors WLD tokens...
April 27, 2026
PayPal has debuted PayPal Ads ID, which it calls an “advertising identifier” rooted in verified commerce relationships. “The digital advertising industry has long struggled with a foundational identity problem,” the...
