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Passwordless authentication: The future is here
Passwords suck! There, I said it. We've all heard it said many times before, but it’s worth repeating. The concept of gate-keeping access to digital services with a username and password may have been appropriate, and even good practice, in the early days of computing when a person might only have one or two logins to maintain. However, in today’s world where people have hundreds of accounts, they tend to re-use one password for multiple accounts or outsource the job to a password manager service. And even if you do manage to create a complex and unique password for each account, and remember it at the time of login, there is still the problem of data breaches, which are becoming all too common.
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The war on cybercrime
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- ALPA SOMAIYA
- Snippet: Today’s world is more interconnected than ever. Although this has its advantages, the increased connectivity brings with it an increased risk of theft, fraud and abuse. The more we rely on modern technology, the more vulnerable we are to cyber attacks resulting in mass data breaches, account takeover, and synthetic identity fraud.
Today’s world is more interconnected than ever. Although this has its advantages, the increased connectivity brings with it an increased risk of theft, fraud and abuse. The more we rely on modern technology, the more vulnerable we are to cyber attacks resulting in mass data breaches, account takeover, and synthetic identity fraud.
The explosive rise in mobile malware
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- Lelanie de Roubaix
- Snippet: Since one of the first known mobile viruses, Timofonica, was discovered in 2000, the mobile landscape has seen a staggering increase in both the number and the type of malware threats.
Since one of the first known mobile viruses, Timofonica, was discovered in 2000, the mobile landscape has seen a staggering increase in both the number and the type of malware threats.
What’s trending in digital payments fraud in the US?
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- Entersekt editor
- Snippet: As payments become more digitized, so do fraud schemes. Fraudsters always seem to stay just one step ahead of the industry’s relentless efforts to defeat them.
As payments become more digitized, so do fraud schemes. Fraudsters always seem to stay just one step ahead of the industry’s relentless efforts to defeat them.
Fintech booms in Atlanta
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- Lelanie de Roubaix
- Snippet: FinTech Atlanta, a coalition of companies and organizations working together to grow the city’s fintech ecosystem, aims to have Atlanta recognized as the global home of fintech by 2020. The metropolis already has an impressive track record in financial services.
FinTech Atlanta, a coalition of companies and organizations working together to grow the city’s fintech ecosystem, aims to have Atlanta recognized as the global home of fintech by 2020. The metropolis already has an impressive track record in financial services.
The problem with having mobile carriers in the digital security chain
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- Entersekt editor
- Snippet: Without carrier interoperability, it would be impossible to transmit calls or text messages between mobile phones on different networks, making SS7 a key component of the global communication ecosystem.
Without carrier interoperability, it would be impossible to transmit calls or text messages between mobile phones on different networks, making SS7 a key component of the global communication ecosystem.
Life after SMS OTP: what will be the next big thing in transaction security?
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- Clara Chennells
- Snippet: Remember VHS? The Sony Walkman? What about the dot matrix printer? These are things that were considered state-of-the-art in the 1980s – but are now only a fond memory.
Remember VHS? The Sony Walkman? What about the dot matrix printer? These are things that were considered state-of-the-art in the 1980s – but are now only a fond memory.
Entersekt’s Transakt solves more for banks than just PSD2 problems
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- Jonathan Knoll
- Snippet: As any and every bank and organization that deals with payments knows by now, the European Banking Authority’s regulatory technical standards (RTS) on strong customer authentication take effect in September 2019.
As any and every bank and organization that deals with payments knows by now, the European Banking Authority’s regulatory technical standards (RTS) on strong customer authentication take effect in September 2019.
Entersekt's 3-D Secure solution makes light work of e-commerce checkout
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- SHERIF SAMY
- Snippet: Cart abandonment one is of the biggest concerns for e-commerce merchants today. They are, after all, operating in a space where the customer holds the power to fill their shopping basket to the brim only to discard it at checkout if anything about the process doesn’t appeal them.
Cart abandonment one is of the biggest concerns for e-commerce merchants today. They are, after all, operating in a space where the customer holds the power to fill their shopping basket to the brim only to discard it at checkout if anything about the process doesn’t appeal them.
Mobile authentication: What happens when security and usability stop being mutually exclusive?
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- Entersekt editor
- Snippet: In digital banking, and more recently also in the mobile payments sphere, security and usability are commonly viewed as incompatible priorities. By implication, for security to be strong enough, it must also impose inconvenience on the user. At Entersekt, however, we prefer to ask: why do banks have to choose?
In digital banking, and more recently also in the mobile payments sphere, security and usability are commonly viewed as incompatible priorities. By implication, for security to be strong enough, it must also impose inconvenience on the user. At Entersekt, however, we prefer to ask: why do banks have to choose?
Digital fraud trends in the UK
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- Alan Goode
- Snippet: As we increasingly move our lives online, it is no surprise that fraud should be following us. The rise of ecommerce and digital banking has resulted in growing levels of fraud targeting these new business channels. In this blog post, London-based analyst Alan Goode investigates what is currently happening in the UK.
As we increasingly move our lives online, it is no surprise that fraud should be following us. The rise of ecommerce and digital banking has resulted in growing levels of fraud targeting these new business channels. In this blog post, London-based analyst Alan Goode investigates what is currently happening in the UK.
Entersekt is an innovator of customer-centric fintech solutions. Financial services providers and other enterprises rely on our patented mobile identity system to provide both security and the best in convenient new digital experiences to their customers, irrespective of the service channel. With us, they can concentrate on their innovation roadmap, while delivering intuitive, low-friction digital experiences to their customers.