Digital ID and authentication are always vital topics for payments and commerce — but now, given recent developments, including in social media, they have taken on new importance. Facebook, for instance, is working to maintain, or even win back, the trust of consumers who were...
The recent past of digital identity and data security really won’t much resemble its future all that much, according to Tom Thimot, Socure’s newly minted CEO, and that is very good news for everyone. Because, he says, old-school models built out of static models will...
The Mueller indictments exposed the weak links that plague IDV in the U.S. — even highlighting that a rules-based system is flawed at best. To beat the bad guys at their game, the best defense is a robust offense that examines identities from both an...
When it comes to identity verification, the (possible) devil is in the details — and the details are in the documents. As financial services become ever more digital, the identity verification method employed by some firms may no longer be optimal. The comparison of photos to...
July 15, 2019
Few activities in the digital economy are as filled with friction, and as frustrating and risky for merchants, banks and other businesses, than the customer onboarding process. Every step presents a chance for the consumer to drop out before completing a transaction or task, and every loophole gives opportunity to online criminals. Besides that, there […]
February 21, 2018
The Mueller indictments exposed the weak links that plague IDV in the U.S. — even highlighting that a rules-based system is flawed at best. To beat the bad guys at...
September 11, 2017
When it comes to identity verification, the (possible) devil is in the details — and the details are in the documents. As financial services become ever more digital, the identity...
August 10, 2017
Fraud is constantly evolving, so why shouldn’t digital identity protection? The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently updated its Digital Identity Guidelines, to include authentication — and the scope...
September 11, 2018
Digital ID and authentication are always vital topics for payments and commerce — but now, given recent developments, including in social media, they have taken on new importance. Facebook, for instance, is working to maintain, or even win back, the trust of consumers who were shaken by the Cambridge Analytica data sharing scandal, or those […]
