Digital Identity

Digital Identity
New Data: Auto Dealers, Banks, Alt Lenders Are Leaning Into Digital ID Innovation
August 10, 2021

The Next Wave: The Business Adoption Of Digital Fraud Solutions explores the key drivers of and perceived benefits and obstacles to implementing digital identification and verification technologies. The report analyzes a survey of 307 auto dealers, banks, credit unions and alternative or peer-to-peer lenders and...

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To Move Into The Mainstream, DeFi Needs To Double Down On Digital IDs
July 30, 2021

Decentralized finance — DeFi for short — is taking its place among the buzzwords of 2021, where excitement (and depending on where you look, perhaps hype) comes in tandem with true tech-driven potential to disrupt the financial services status quo. Max Carnecchia, CEO of Mitek,...

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Biometrics Builds The Bridge Between The Physical, Digital World
July 12, 2021

“The link between the digital world and the physical world is going to be forged through biometrics.” That’s the assessment of IDEMIA Digital ID Partnership and Innovation Director Gregory Kuhlmey, who said biometrics will serve as the foundation to digital identities and thus to digital...

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New Report: Selfie IDs Check The Digital Security Box For 76 Pct Of Millennials
June 15, 2021

As hackers are becoming more prolific with cyberattacks on digital accounts, biometric authentication technologies such as fingerprint, voice and facial recognition have grown favorable for customer identification and verification. Not just banks, but businesses of all kinds are bolstering security and privacy protection to gain...

Digital Identity
PYMNTS Equifax Survey Report: 79 percent Of Businesses Will Forgo Some Growth For Increased Security
June 10, 2021

PYMNTS June 2021 report, The Next Wave: Business Adoption Of Digital Identity Protection, an Equifax collaboration, opens on a sobering statistic: 36 billion records were breached on social media sites alone last year. It’s a searchlight glimpse into how fraud always attends growth. Surveying over...

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NEW DATA: 79 Pct Of Lenders Prioritize Digital ID Security Ahead Of Acquiring New Customers
June 07, 2021

The increased use of digital services within the past year has come with an increased risk of security issues. Cybercrime is worsening as hackers plan attacks on a massive scale to steal usernames and passwords, with 36 billion records on social sites breached in 2020...

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Mitek Acquires ID R&D To Fight Identity Fraud
June 01, 2021

Digital identity verification company Mitek announced Tuesday (June 1) it has acquired ID R&D, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based voice and face biometrics and liveness detection firm, a move it says will help curtail the growing threat of identity fraud. As part of the deal, ID R&D...

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Douugh On Using AI To Power Smooth Onboarding And Verification For Digital-First Customers
May 26, 2021

Challenger banks live up to their moniker as “challenger” by using new tech to deliver a better and more convenient digital experience. In the Digital Identity Tracker, Andy Taylor, CEO of neobank Douugh, discusses how using artificial intelligence can help take the friction out of...

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Trulioo’s Cohen: Vaccine Validations Can Take Page From Paper Passports
May 19, 2021

By now, if you’re reading this in the United States, at least, you’ve likely got at least one jab of a coronavirus vaccine in you. Maybe the document is filled out, dog-eared, shoved away in a desk drawer, a piece of history best put behind...