User Authentication news and trends

Capital One Eyes Blockchain For Authentication
Banking // August 20, 2018

Capital One, the national bank, filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last June to use blockchain for securing user authentication methods for banking security. According to Coinbase, which cited the patent that was submitted last June, Capital One is aiming to...

Consumers Want Biometrics – How Will Payments Respond?
Security & Fraud // January 02, 2018

With the holiday shopping season behind us, most shoppers can probably say with confidence that the worst part of the whole experience was trying to remember passwords for the eCommerce sites they shopped. It’s not just the holiday season, either. A recent study by Visa...

RSA: Biometrics Are The Sweet Spot Between Convenience And Security
Security & Fraud // July 12, 2017

Teach a man to phish and he’ll launch a phishing attempt every 30 seconds for the rest of his life. So what can businesses do to keep customers from biting, yet still provide a convenient platform for them to conduct digital payments and financial services?...

Interviews & Exclusives
Barclaycard Says Retailers Need Detect-and-Protect Mindset to Stop Online Fraud

March 08, 2023
Payment fraud is expected to jump from $28 billion globally in 2020 to $49 billion in 2030, according to analysts. Those figures, said Linda Weston, head of core product at Barclaycard Payments, point to the enormous threat online retailers are facing in the payments space, not to mention the added burden of ensuring optimal protection […]

RSA: Biometrics Are The Sweet Spot Between Convenience And Security

July 12, 2017
Teach a man to phish and he’ll launch a phishing attempt every 30 seconds for the rest of his life. So what can businesses do to keep customers from biting,...

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Capital One Eyes Blockchain For Authentication

August 20, 2018
Capital One, the national bank, filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last June to use blockchain for securing user authentication methods for banking security. According to Coinbase, which cited the patent that was submitted last June, Capital One is aiming to create a blockchain-based system that receives, stores and retrieves encrypted user authentication […]