81 Results from 2019, /security
Retired Member
In my last article I tried to quickly define “digital identity” and point out important aspects to consider when implementing a national digital identity. I also looked to highlight just a few of the benefits that can be drawn from such a platform. One short article couldn’t possibly do this topic justice, so with this piece, I wanted to dig a bit...
12 February 2019 /security /retail Online Banking
There are two different ways to look at an individual’s digital identity. One way would be to consider the online personas we create on social media; often comparable to the real-world characters that we play, compiled of our actions, relationships, possessions, accomplishments, etc. The other kind of digital identities we create are used for onli...
12 February 2019 /security Online Banking
Janne Jutila Head of Business Alliances at Signicat AS
Dictum meum pactum “My word is my bond” was the motto for trading in London Stock Exchange since 18:th century. If you made a verbal agreement, you backed it up with your money. Something similar is conveyed in the proclamation by Dave Birch, a well-known UK payments specialist, in his book “Identity is the new money”, published in 2014. He sugge...
11 February 2019 /security /payments
Scott Cutler Director, at Fortinet
By Scott Cutler, Director, Sales - UK&I MAM at Fortinet For cybercriminals, a successful cyberattack has the potential to bring significant financial gain. Capitalising on the theft of information, whether credit card or banking data or the selling of personally identifiable information (PII) on the dark web, ultimately involves exploiting
30 January 2019 /security Financial Risk Management
Kevin Day CEO at HPD Software
Despite new technologies and processes aiming to help root out fraudulent activity, fraud continues to be a major issue for the asset-based finance (ABF) industry. Only last year UK-based invoice financing platform Urica was forced out of business by a one-off event occurring in France. For any financial institution lending money against invoices...
29 January 2019 /security /payments
Ketharaman Swaminathan Founder and CEO at GTM360 Marketing Solutions
A banker quit his job and started a new company. He applied for a debit card for his company’s bank account. Ram, as we'll call the ex-banker, completed the required forms, submitted his company's board resolution for the debit card and handed over copies of his company's incorporation certificate, articles of association, and all the other docume...
28 January 2019 /security /regulation
Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
There are a lot of scammers out there, and one of the things they do is create fake websites to try to trick you into giving them personal information. Here are some ways that you can determine if a website is fake or not: How Did I Get Here? Ask yourself how you got to the site. Did you click a link in an email? Email is the most effective ways s...
22 January 2019 /security
Patrick Bermingham CEO at Adflex
Start-ups and established companies alike are increasingly interested in the industrial internet of things (IIoT), but many are missing a trick when it comes to payments. Businesses face many challenges when designing and implementing their own IoT payments solutions, most notably serious security risks and a lack of interoperability - and just on...
17 January 2019 /security /payments Innovation in Financial Services
Sadra Boutorabi Product Marketing Director at GPayments
The internet and mobile economy have been going through a boom in the last few years. As a result, the online identity authentication industry is growing and evolving quickly. Effective identity verification continues to be one of the greatest challenges facing business owners, payment providers, and card issuers. There are simply more risks online...
15 January 2019 /security /payments Fintech
If you have a contactless card, you might have worries about skimming. A contactless card or “frictionless” or “tap and go” is a card that has technology in it that allows payment over secure wireless like Apple Pay, Android Pay etc. Basically, this is where a criminal literally digitally pickpockets you by scanning things like your debit card or ...
09 January 2019 /security
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