digital identity

A digital identity is information on an entity used by computer systems to represent an external agent. That agent may be a person, organization, application, or device. ISO/IEC 24760-1 defines identity as "set of attributes related to an entity".

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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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AI Helps Banks and Merchants Fill Digital Payments Risk Management Gap
AI Helps Banks and Merchants Fill Digital Payments Risk Management Gap
April 13, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

Digital commerce has a data problem. Jeff Hallenbeck, head of financial partnerships at Forter, told PYMNTS that “data droughts” exist between issuers, payment service providers...

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NatWest Group and OneID Launch Embedded Digital ID Service
NatWest Group and OneID Launch Embedded Digital ID Service
March 20, 2023  |  Digital Identity

NatWest Group and OneID have partnered to launch a new digital ID service for businesses. The collaboration between the British banking and insurance company and...

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GIACT and Mastercard Team to Provide Secure Account Verification
GIACT and Mastercard Team to Provide Secure Account Verification
March 07, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

Mastercard and GIACT have joined forces to offer customers secure account verification. The partnership expands on GIACT digital identity and fraud solutions to allow “businesses...

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More Than Half of Bank Consumers Want Better Transaction Security
More Than Half of Bank Consumers Want Better Transaction Security
March 06, 2023  |  Authentication

As authentication technologies evolve and consumer awareness of security measures grows, retail banking customers demand more secure and user-friendly online identity verification. PYMNTS’ latest research...

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PYMNTS Intelligence: Technology Is Needed to Safeguard Faster Payments
PYMNTS Intelligence: Technology Is Needed to Safeguard Faster Payments
March 01, 2023  |  B2B Payments

Robust fraud prevention measures, having always been an important tool for businesses, are now a must. When payments took hours or days to go through, companies had more...

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Why Is It So Hard to Get Rid of Passwords?
Why Is It So Hard to Get Rid of Passwords?
February 27, 2023  |  Authentication

A multifaceted approach to digital identity can shore up eCommerce defenses against risk and fraudsters. And that multifaceted approach, Prove Chief Security Officer and Chief...

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Why Digital Identity is About More Than Fighting Fraud
Why Digital Identity is About More Than Fighting Fraud
February 21, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

Digital identity used to be something that people considered “just tick-the-boxes” technology.  But as Steve Durney, vice president of strategy at Prove, told PYMNTS, forward-thinking...

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PYMNTS Intelligence: Interest in Advanced Digital ID Growing to Address Convenience, Safety Concerns
PYMNTS Intelligence: Interest in Advanced Digital ID Growing to Address Convenience, Safety Concerns
February 14, 2023  |  Digital Identity

Consumers do not like waiting to access their accounts. According to PYMNTS’ research, nearly half of consumers have concerns about waiting a long time during identification...

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