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Identity As A Service To The Rescue

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Social media platforms are infested with phonies, and not just your best friend’s irritating co-worker (although he totally is). This is about the fact that fake identities comprise 25 percent of new social media accounts created every day, and that 53 percent of all social media logins are fraudulent , according to a recent study.

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Samsung Pay: Getting Past Contextual Commerce Friction

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With the rapid proliferation of shoppable social media channels – as well as the explosion of wearables, smart speakers and other connected devices, along with advances in voice-activated AI – for a growing cohort of consumers, contextual is just how they do commerce. The customer wants all of that to go away,” North said.

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Deep Dive: How Securing Customer Onboarding Can Curb Negative Option Billing Subscription Creep

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Preventing fraud with seamless and secure onboarding solutions is key. The latter method works by sending a cardholder an email, advertising the next-generation Samsung or iPhone for just $1, for example. Consumers are advised to call billers or card providers directly to stop such charges. Data-Rich Defenses.

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Apple Pay Trending Up as Target, Other Retailers Add Payment Option

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Apple Pay was trending across social media today on news the payment option will soon be accepted at Target, Taco Bell and other major U.S. The company touted the service’s ease of use, security and speed at the register. According to Apple, 74 of the top 100 U.S. merchants now accept Apple Pay. But […].

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Digital ID: Balancing Convenience And Safety

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percent prefer methods like two-factor authentication (2FA), which is more secure. For many consumers, though, convenience trumps security. The electronic ID would be part of a digital wallet and could be used to replace plane tickets, loyalty cards and credit cards. What it won’t be used for is an ID card.

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Why Americans Are Slower To Adopt Mobile Payments

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Rose told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster recently: “We think, of course, Apple has taken — and Google and Samsung have followed suit — the right approach, and we look at the challenges that have adopted this phase. Some say it has to do with the EMV (chip card) implementation; others say it has to do with consumers’ insecurity about security issues.

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The Big Questions For Mobile In 2017

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The only things we can confidently say about this year, predictions-wise, is that we will spend less time watching political debates on TV and more time getting drawn into them on social media. Well, it seems fairly clear at this point that, on their own, mobile payments aren’t causing consumers to ditch their cards.

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