Proof and Circle Internet Group said Monday (Oct. 19) that they will demonstrate at Money20/20 how open identity and payment protocols can work together to enable businesses to trust transactions made by agents. The companies’ demo will include an artificial intelligence agent presenting a Proof...
Sam Altman’s iris-scanning project World is making what it calls its “first industry-specific push.” The company on Sunday (Oct. 18) announced World ID for banking and finance, designed to help businesses determine whether artificial intelligence agents are moving money and shopping on behalf of an...
The next generation of payment fraud doesn’t seem very suspicious. In fact, it already sounds like a familiar customer, types at a perfectly ordinary pace and navigates a banking application without triggering a single behavioral warning. Findings in the September 2026 edition of the Payments...
Duna, a business identity platform founded by two Stripe veterans, has raised $12.1 million. The Dutch startup announced the seed funding Tuesday (May 6), noting that it’s happening as Duna works to turn its product into a “shareable business identity” network. “Identity remains one of...
September 30, 2026
The next generation of payment fraud doesn’t seem very suspicious. In fact, it already sounds like a familiar customer, types at a perfectly ordinary pace and navigates a banking application without triggering a single behavioral warning. Findings in the September 2026 edition of the Payments Innovation Tracker® Series, a PYMNTS Intelligence report done in collaboration with […]
December 02, 2024
Digital wallets have become a key tool for German consumers, especially for online shopping and banking. Consider that 71% of consumers in Germany used a digital wallet in some way...
November 21, 2024
Brazil is reshaping the global use of digital wallets, with consumers relying on them for bill payments and identity verification, unlike other countries, where they are mainly used for eCommerce....
September 05, 2024
Fraudsters, like consumers, love a good deal. And the gig economy, estimated to be worth half a trillion dollars in 2023 and employing 38% of the U.S. workforce, is becoming...
October 19, 2026
Proof and Circle Internet Group said Monday (Oct. 19) that they will demonstrate at Money20/20 how open identity and payment protocols can work together to enable businesses to trust transactions made by agents. The companies’ demo will include an artificial intelligence agent presenting a Proof verified credential over Proof’s open identity protocol, x401, and paying […]
October 18, 2026
Sam Altman’s iris-scanning project World is making what it calls its “first industry-specific push.” The company on Sunday (Oct. 18) announced World ID for banking and finance, designed to help...
May 06, 2025
Duna, a business identity platform founded by two Stripe veterans, has raised $12.1 million. The Dutch startup announced the seed funding Tuesday (May 6), noting that it’s happening as Duna...
March 12, 2025
Investment firm Corsair Capital has acquired a majority stake in German identity verification platform IDnow. The company announced the deal last week, and while no dollar amount was given, sources...
