Join the Community

22,596
Expert opinions
44,556
Total members
563
New members (last 30 days)
213
New opinions (last 30 days)
28,878
Total comments

Do digital wallets leave 3D Secure behind?

Visa's digital wallet seems to take a different path from 3D Secure. If it's "digital" I wonder if it's interoperable online and how might it work over Internet?

The digital wallet will store Visa and non-Visa payments accounts and support NFC through payWave, letting customers complete transactions online, with their mobile, on social networks and at the point-of-sale.

Customers use an e-mail address, alias or online ID and password for payments, instead of a billing address, account number and expiration date, making it more convenient and safer to use, says Visa.

Getting rid of the billing address and expiry date to corroborate identity is a great move (so long as the new system doesn't expose alternate personal information like e-mail address to thieves).

I'm interested to know what impact the digital wallet has on the rest of the backend payment processing system. One of the problems with 3D Secure and any number of other anti-fraud designs is they mess with the long standing Four Party model, often introducing new entities like authentication servers.  Perhaps the digital wallet is simply a new way of feeding PANs into the Acquiring side, with no deep changes required to merchant contracts and interfaces?

 

External

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author.

Join the Community

22,596
Expert opinions
44,556
Total members
563
New members (last 30 days)
213
New opinions (last 30 days)
28,878
Total comments

Trending

Anoop Melethil

Anoop Melethil Head of Marketing at Maveric Systems

AI powered Attribution Intelligence in Banking

Ivan Aleksandrov

Ivan Aleksandrov CSO | Core banking, BaaS, Fintech Advisory at Advapay

EU Payment and E-Money Licenses: 2024 Data and Three-Year Trends

Now Hiring