Entersekt news and trends

Payments Authentication Success Leans on Consistent User Experiences
Authentication // May 24, 2024

Today’s rapidly evolving payments and financial landscape brings with it both challenges and opportunities. And the challenges and opportunities center around effective authentication, as the need for advanced security measures to keep pace with the evolving payment methods and fraud tactics becomes an imperative. That’s what Gerhard...

Consumers Demand Anti-Fraud Tools From eCommerce Merchants
Fraud Prevention // May 01, 2024

As scammers and fraudsters become more sophisticated, shoppers are demanding more effective prevention tools from their eCommerce merchants. By the Numbers The PYMNTS Intelligence study “Fraud Management, False Declines and Improved Profitability,” created in collaboration with Nuvei, draws on insights from a survey last summer of...

Mastercard Takes AI-Driven Fraud Defense to Next Level
Mastercard // April 24, 2024

Mastercard is bringing an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven, partnership approach to detecting and preventing identity and payments scams before they can result in victimizing consumers. The company announced on Wednesday (April 24) a new product suite and several cross-industry partners to combat the use of AI to...

3DS 2.0 Demands More Attention as Fraud Defense From Issuers and Merchants
Security & Fraud // April 08, 2024

Dewald Nolte, chief strategy officer at Entersekt, said 3-D Secure (3DS), the security protocol that was refreshed seven years ago, is an essential tool in fighting fraud. At a high level, 3DS is designed to act as an equivalent to EMV chips and PIN cards, he...

Interviews & Exclusives
Browser ID and ‘Silent Authentication’ Underpin Online Banking Security

May 30, 2024
With so much focus placed on mobile banking and digital wallets, online transactions are often lost in the mix. While mobile devices have become ubiquitous, conducting transactions via desktop browsers is still an essential channel. And with the move online comes a different variety of fraud and identity theft. Browser-based authentication presents unique challenges, particularly […]

Payments Authentication Success Leans on Consistent User Experiences

May 24, 2024
Today’s rapidly evolving payments and financial landscape brings with it both challenges and opportunities. And the challenges and opportunities center around effective authentication, as the need for advanced security measures...

3DS 2.0 Demands More Attention as Fraud Defense From Issuers and Merchants

April 08, 2024
Dewald Nolte, chief strategy officer at Entersekt, said 3-D Secure (3DS), the security protocol that was refreshed seven years ago, is an essential tool in fighting fraud. At a high level,...

Entersekt CPO Says Fighting Fraud Should Be Treated Like ‘Team Sport’

February 28, 2024
The launch of the FedNow® Service last year has transformed the instant payments landscape, unlocking real-time settlement capabilities 24/7/365. But according to Pradheep Sampath, chief product officer at Entersekt, “we’re...

Quick Reads
Top-Performing Subscription Merchants Recover 60% of Failed Payments

December 28, 2023
Subscription companies lose an average of 9% of sales to failed payments. However, the top-performing merchants recover 60% of failed payments, saving ones that would have otherwise been lost, according to “The State of Subscription Business: Best Practices and Business Performance Drivers,” a PYMNTS and FlexPay collaboration. “One of the things that we saw in the study […]

Entersekt and EbankIT Team to Offer Banks Biometric Authentication

October 24, 2023
Entersekt and digital banking platform EbankIT teamed to provide new security measures for financial institutions. The companies’ new solution offers banks and credit unions biometric authentication and protection against several...

Entersekt to Authenticate Plata’s Mexico Credit Card Offering

October 23, 2023
Mexican FinTech Plata chose Entersekt to provide authentication services for its new credit card. The partnership will allow for low-friction payment authentication with “risk-aware 3D Secure,” a burgeoning regulatory requirement,...

Entersekt Launches Authentication Solution for Mobile Banking Apps

October 18, 2023
Entersekt, a leading provider of authentication solutions, announced Wednesday (Oct. 18) the launch of a fully integrated mobile application authentication solution for financial institutions (FIs), using the Q2 Digital Banking...