January 29, 2015
Next in ID Verification: Behavioral Biometrics

The current height in identity verification on the Web is passwords, fingerprints and iris recognition. But the process may move out of the realm of the physical altogether. The U.S....

January 27, 2015
Why Mobile Needs A ‘No White Space’ Strategy

Imagine a world where mobile is king, commerce is queen, and context is God. These, says Srinivas Nidugondi, SVP at Mahindra Comviva, are what rule when consumer shopping behavior is...

January 21, 2015
Voice, Facial Recognition Coming To USAA Mobile Log-In

Biometric authentication apps for financial apps are expected to be all the rage by 2019, and USAA wants to be part of the trend. The Texas-based financial services company said that...

January 19, 2015
Can Banks Embrace Their Inner Uber?

2014 was an exciting year for payments, and digital solutions played an important role in rewriting the rules of product design and customer engagement. Did anyone have a better September...

January 13, 2015
How Mobile Shifts The Paradigm Of Payments Authentication

It’s hard to imagine life without the smartphone. Mobile devices are now being used to complete the shopping process online and in stores – and 94 percent of us actually...

January 08, 2015
Recap: CES 2015 Taps Into Device-Driven Consumer

The combination of mobile devices, apps and  the imagination of innovators delivers exciting new opportunities for consumers and commerce to be connected like never before. And the latest and greatest...

December 18, 2014
How Tokenization Will Transform The “Holy Trinity” Of Payments

  Customer experience. Security. Ubiquity. These, says Matt Barr, Group Head, US Emerging Payments at MasterCard, make up the “holy trinity” of payments. In a recent interview with MPD CEO...

December 16, 2014
Was 2014 The “Break Up” Year?

ebay and PayPal said they’d break apart. Apple Pay broke into the payments scene, cybercriminals and data breaches everywhere broke merchants hearts and consumers’ confidence and Kim Kardashian broke the...

December 11, 2014
Alipay Fingerprint Announcement Moves It Closer To An Apple Pay...

The prospect of an Apple Pay Alibaba deal got a lot more likely on Tuesday (Dec. 9) when Alibaba’s Alipay payments unit said that it will now allow users to...