identity verification

Amazon One Pay-by-Palm Technology Adds Age Verification
Amazon One Pay-by-Palm Technology Adds Age Verification
May 22, 2023  |  Amazon

Amazon has added age verification to its pay-by-palm technology. With this expansion of the capabilities of Amazon One, customers will be able to buy alcohol...

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Onfido Acquires Airside Mobile for Shareable Digital Identity Solutions
Onfido Acquires Airside Mobile for Shareable Digital Identity Solutions
May 22, 2023  |  Acquisitions

Onfido has acquired Airside Mobile to deliver shareable digital identity solutions. The acquisition will expand Onfido’s automated identity verification platform to include Airside Mobile’s shareable...

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Mastercard Launches Solution for Secure Digital Account Opening
Mastercard Launches Solution for Secure Digital Account Opening
May 11, 2023  |  Mastercard

Mastercard has launched a solution designed to help businesses implement secure digital account opening. The company’s enhanced Open Banking for Account Opening provides account owner...

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Worldcoin Launches Digital Wallet for Identity and Finance
Worldcoin Launches Digital Wallet for Identity and Finance
May 08, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Worldcoin has launched a digital wallet designed to expand the availability of digital identity and global finance. The new World App is designed for the...

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Stripe Now Powers Real-Time Card Payments on Microsoft Teams
Stripe Now Powers Real-Time Card Payments on Microsoft Teams
May 01, 2023  |  Payments Innovation

Businesses using Microsoft Teams can now accept payments with Stripe. With Stripe powering Teams Payments, meeting hosts can accept real-time card payments before, during or...

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Mastercard Unveils Standards to Verify Interactions Using Blockchain Networks
Mastercard Unveils Standards to Verify Interactions Using Blockchain Networks
April 28, 2023  |  Blockchain

Mastercard has unveiled standards and infrastructure that will help verify interactions using blockchain networks. The new Mastercard Crypto Credential is meant to ensure that financial...

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Smile Identity Acquires Appruve to Expand Identity Verification Across Africa
Smile Identity Acquires Appruve to Expand Identity Verification Across Africa
April 26, 2023  |  Acquisitions

Smile Identity has acquired Appruve to expand its digital identity verification solution across Africa. In addition to buying Appruve’s parent company, Inclusive Innovations, Smile Identity is working to finalize...

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Alacriti and Socure Team to Prevent Payment ID Fraud
Alacriti and Socure Team to Prevent Payment ID Fraud
April 13, 2023  |  Fraud Prevention

Payments FinTech Alacriti has teamed with Socure to prevent identity fraud in instant payments. “Instant payments require real-time fraud prevention, which is not something many...

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Paying for Verified Blue Checkmarks Could Hurt Brands and Retailers
Paying for Verified Blue Checkmarks Could Hurt Brands and Retailers
April 04, 2023  |  Retail

After acquiring Twitter for $44 billion in 2022, Elon Musk publicized the idea of paying for the coveted blue checkmark, which was met with mixed...

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