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A new standards battle is reshaping identity, data and payments

28 Jan 26 @ 21:43

A quiet but consequential standards war is emerging across identity, data and payments. After two decades defined by proprietary platforms and bespoke integrations, the global digital economy is confronting the... read more

A new front line in the global fight against payment fraud

16 Jan 26 @ 13:37

As global scam losses climb beyond $400bn annually, payment fraud is evolving faster than the controls designed to stop it. Against this backdrop, Scamnetic is repositioning its patented IDeveryone technology... read more

Agentic AI and Quantum Risk reshape the future of identity fraud

13 Jan 26 @ 14:04

AU10TIX has issued a stark warning to the global payments and digital identity ecosystem: fraud is no longer episodic, reactive or human-led. According to its Signals for 2026 special edition,... read more

The dark web’s discount identity market for bank biometrics

11 Dec 25 @ 15:58

The commodification of identity on the dark web is reshaping the economics of financial crime — and exposing the limits of biometric verification. New analysis from AMLTRIX, an open-source anti-money... read more

Apple rolls out digital ID in Wallet

17 Nov 25 @ 18:27

Apple has taken a significant step into the digital identity ecosystem with the launch of Digital ID, a passport-based credential that can be created and stored directly in Apple Wallet.... read more

Aptitude pilot launches to advance Europe’s digital identity future

24 Oct 25 @ 14:31

Europe’s ambitious digital identity programme has reached a critical milestone with the launch of Aptitude, one of the European Commission’s new Large-Scale Pilots (LSPs) for the EU Digital Identity Wallet... read more

SMEs show strong appetite for paid Digital Company ID services

10 Sep 25 @ 16:04

New research from the Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT) has revealed overwhelming demand among small and medium-sized enterprises for a Digital Company ID, with 85 per cent of... read more

Digital identity in payments: Building the trust backbone of a digital economy

20 Aug 25 @ 18:03

The concept of verifying identity has underpinned human civilisation for millennia, from Mesopotamian seals to ink signatures and passports. Today, as the payments industry undergoes rapid transformation, digital identity (DI)... read more

In a digital world, trust is everything – Here’s how to build it

04 Aug 25 @ 09:00

A new report from digital payments innovators Checkout.com reveals the trends shaping the future of payments – trends we cover in an earlier article. Checkout.com’s research has found that many markets world-wide are going... read more

H2 2025: Five global trends reshaping the future of banking

22 Jul 25 @ 12:43

As we pass the halfway point of 2025, the global banking and fintech sectors (as ever) find themselves in a state of transformation. The first two quarters have been punctuated... read more

Trust at the heart of emerging trends in global economy

18 Jul 25 @ 09:00

A  new report from Checkout.com outlines trends emerging as the global economy continues to digitalize – and argues that establishing trust between counterparties is at the heart of these trends.... read more

AI adoption risks deepening consumers’ digital trust deficit

09 Jul 25 @ 12:46

As businesses double down on AI to drive efficiency and growth, they face an emerging strategic challenge: consumer digital trust in how data is used is eroding – and fast.... read more

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Visa turns the card into an identity credential

12 May 26 @ 15:44

Visa has launched a new tap-based authentication technology that could reshape how banks verify customers in mobile banking environments. [caption id="atta... more

Emerging markets accelerate the shift to cashless payments

30 Apr 26 @ 18:03

Cashless payments are becoming an increasingly important marker of financial modernisation across emerging market and developing economies, with new data from t... more

Santander backs Ebury’s next phase with fresh funding

05 May 26 @ 16:52

Banco Santander has reinforced its commitment to Ebury after taking part in a funding round of about £550mn for the cross-border payments and trade finance fin... more