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Securing 442 Million Points Of Failure

PYMNTS

A large number and not the number of tweets sent out reminding you to vote today. That’s the number of bank accounts opened in the world each year — for which digital identity is important and for which mobile identity can help facilitate that formerly paper-laden process. billion global banking users. “As

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ThreatMetrix CEO: LexisNexis/RELX Buy Means “1+1=4” In Fraud Battle

PYMNTS

So, too, is digital identity – and so is the eternal battle against fraudsters. . In the quest for scale, for robust digital identities, for real-time actionable data, a U.K. information and analytics firm has agreed to buy digital identity company ThreatMetrix for $819 million. Payments is a business of scale.

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Navigating ID Verification For Business Credit

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Identity security is key when it comes to protecting financial information, and it can be devastating if sensitive documents from credit checks fall into the wrong hands, making authentication critical. When it took its current name in 2016, the company expanded its offerings to match businesses with different loan products.

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Amid Regulatory Changes, Eyes On Europe And China

PYMNTS

Welcome to the inaugural issue of the Regulatory Tracker , where from here on out we’ll keep an eye on the rules and regulations that govern who pays what, who pays who, and where, and when. At issue is whether the internet giant has been skewing search results to point toward that eponymous shopping service.

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Ex-NSA Director: ‘Cyberthreats As Bad As Ever’

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Keith Alexander — the former director of the NSA who served under presidents George W. Alexander, at PYMNTS’ Innovation Project 2016 last week at Harvard, gave a sobering reality check about the cybersecurity threats that could become an even scarier reality in the click of a button. One year later, in March 2016?

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Finovate Fall 2016 Live Blog – Day 2

William Mills

William Mills Agency will be live blogging at Finovate Fall 2016. Check back for new updates throughout the day. Check back for new updates throughout the day. An App Store for FinTech applications. I’ve seen these folks before, it’s pretty slick. Showing how someone can connect to other vendors for free for their clients. years old, U.S.

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Stitch Fix’s Second Act

PYMNTS

The share price “broke issue” and closed below its $15 IPO price. Founded in 2011, Stitch Fix was in the black by 2015 and became even more profitable in 2016, when revenue surged 113 percent. Stitch Fix’s recent initial public offering ( IPO ) didn’t quite live up to expectations. The target IPO price was $18 to $20 a share.

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