Mobile Authentication news and trends

Today In Data: The Challenge Of Speeding Up Payments While Slowing Down Fraud
Today In Data // September 11, 2018

An awful lot of dark money moves round the world each year – between 2 and 5 percent of global GDP by UN estimates. And that figure could get bigger before it gets smaller, as payments and FIs and security experts are trying to figure out the increasingly digital world, and...

Entrust Datacard Upgrades Mobile Authentication
Mobile // August 24, 2018

Entrust Datacard, a provider of identity and secure transaction technology solutions, has announced it has upgraded capabilities for its Mobile Smart Credential solution. One of the upgrades includes Bluetooth functionality with automated login and logout support across platforms including Mac, Windows and virtual desktops. The solution...

Discover Mobile App Unlocks With FaceID On iPhone X
Mobile Applications // December 15, 2017

Discover has announced that cardmembers and Discover Bank customers who have an iPhone X can now use the Face ID technology to sign into the Discover Mobile app. Face ID on iPhone X uses the state-of-the-art TrueDepth camera system for a secure and private way...

Apple Tracker: Knowing Your Niche (Or Not)
Retail // August 24, 2017

Apple is still trying to change the world, but some of its plans simply weren’t meant to be (read: Apple driverless, gas-pedal-less, steering-wheel-less cars). Others, such as the rumored replacement of TouchID with facial biometric authentication, may come to fruition soon – possibly as soon...

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Entrust Datacard Upgrades Mobile Authentication

August 24, 2018
Entrust Datacard, a provider of identity and secure transaction technology solutions, has announced it has upgraded capabilities for its Mobile Smart Credential solution. One of the upgrades includes Bluetooth functionality with automated login and logout support across platforms including Mac, Windows and virtual desktops. The solution also connects seamlessly into unified endpoint management platforms so that […]

Discover Mobile App Unlocks With FaceID On iPhone X

December 15, 2017
Discover has announced that cardmembers and Discover Bank customers who have an iPhone X can now use the Face ID technology to sign into the Discover Mobile app. Face ID...

mSIGNIA Secures Digital Biometrics Patent

May 03, 2016
Digital biometric technology and authentication provider mSIGNIA announced on Monday (May 2) that it was issued U.S. Patent 9,294,448 covering digital biometric technology by the United States Patent and Trademark...