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Can Less Digital Security Actually Be More Secure?

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And that fact — shared by Cognito CEO Alain Meier during a recent PYMNTS interview centered around changes in digital ID – serves to show the weakness of knowledge-based authentication. “We Meier said there is serious pressure to move further away from knowledge-based authentication methods and even Social Security numbers.

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Authenticating Combines Verification Services To Prevent Identity Fraud

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Authenticating.com is working to combat identity fraud by combining different solutions to securely automate and outsource identity verification and fraud prevention as a service. billion in losses due to cybercrime, with various forms of identity fraud topping the list.

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How Banks Are Using AI, ML To Fight Account Opening Fraud

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This has become a larger problem for FIs as they must not only deal with protecting customers from fraud, but also guard against bad actors armed with 4.1 Account opening fraud is a favorite tactic among such cybercriminals, many of whom rely on these credentials to pose as legitimate customers. billion stolen credentials.

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Enforcing AML/KYC Compliance When Legal Precedent Does Not Apply

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What is new is the way in which the technology is being incorporated into businesses’ broader efforts to comply with relevant AML/KYC regulations to help mitigate identity theft and fraud and the legislation being adopted to support those technologies and govern the ways they are implemented.

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Jumio CTO Paints A Portrait Of ‘IDV Nirvana’

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The Pros and Cons of Standard Security Choices. Beyond the static password, there are a few methods that organizations have been implementing in recent years to try to stay ahead of the fraud problem. Plus, data breaches have left a lot of those security responses exposed. Then there’s two-factor authentication.

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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. government has strict standards regarding credit check regulations, and Nav’s investor and partner Experian sets its own expectations.

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Why Strong Digital Identity Verification Is Key To Meeting AML Requirements

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As banks and payments companies endeavor to meet anti-money laundering (AML) regulations to avoid hefty fines for non-compliance, easily identifying customers in the digital channel becomes paramount to their success. Clark said that because of this physical aspect of ID fraud, one of the biggest risk factors has become the human factor.

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