Strong Customer Authentication

CyberSource: Helping Merchants Prepare For eCommerce ‘Mini Peaks’
CyberSource: Helping Merchants Prepare For eCommerce ‘Mini Peaks’
February 05, 2020  |  eCommerce

In retail, peak seasons can be as reliable as clockwork, dependable as — and even dictated by — spring, summer, fall and winter. Back to...

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Barclaycard On Keeping Transactions Frictionless Under SCA
Barclaycard On Keeping Transactions Frictionless Under SCA
November 07, 2019  |  Regulation

Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) is imperative to improving payment security — if EU regulators and financial institutions (FIs) could only agree on how to implement...

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How New Authentication And Privacy Regulations Affect Retail
How New Authentication And Privacy Regulations Affect Retail
October 17, 2019  |  Regulation

How are European Union (EU) merchants and payment providers faring one month post-strong customer authentication (SCA) implementation? According to a study by Barclaycard, some of...

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Deep Dive: Retailers Face Mobile Authentication Challenges Under SCA
Deep Dive: Retailers Face Mobile Authentication Challenges Under SCA
October 09, 2019  |  Regulation

SCA may have arrived on the payments scene, but questions remain regarding its exact authentication requirements. The overarching rule is simple enough: Consumers who make...

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Deep Dive: Biometrics And New Technologies In A Post-SCA World
Deep Dive: Biometrics And New Technologies In A Post-SCA World
September 16, 2019  |  Regulation

SCA in its simplest form requires that customers be identified through methods that fall into at least two of three categories: knowledge, possession or inherence....

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How SCA’s Deadline Is Impacting EU Merchants’ Authentication Approaches
How SCA’s Deadline Is Impacting EU Merchants’ Authentication Approaches
September 13, 2019  |  Regulation

The deadline to comply with SCA is Sept. 14, and European payment providers and merchants will have to either sink or swim. Unfortunately, the former...

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Diving Into Corporate Payments’ SCA Exemption
Diving Into Corporate Payments’ SCA Exemption
August 15, 2019  |  B2B Payments

PSD2 compliance challenges continue to roll in, with strong customer authentication (SCA) requirements headed merchants’ way next month. This month’s PYMNTS PSD2 Tracker explores the...

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Ekata CEO On The SCA Delay And The Future Of Authentication
Ekata CEO On The SCA Delay And The Future Of Authentication
August 14, 2019  |  Authentication

You may have felt it earlier today – a sigh of relief originating from certain parts of the digital payments and commerce industry, a reaction...

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How SCA Exemptions Are Affecting European eTailers
How SCA Exemptions Are Affecting European eTailers
August 12, 2019  |  Regulation

SCA requirements take effect on Sept. 14, meaning banks, issuers and merchants have just over a month to become compliant. Noncompliance could have a serious...

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