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Digital Identity

New Standards For Authenticating Digital Identity
 

Fraud is constantly evolving, so why shouldn’t digital ID authentication? The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently updated its Digital Identity Guidelines to include authentication — and the standards they recommend for government agencies go well beyond passwords (thank goodness) and even biometrics. Karen Webster checks in with Sunil Madhu, Socure CEO, and Paul Grassi, senior standards and technology advisor, NIST, to get a reality check on what will work, where the cloud and biometrics fits in and how it could impact the user experience.

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Industry Disruption

Hertz And Avis Eye Uber Impact, With Rough Road Ahead
 

The destruction of the rental car industry — there’s an app for that. Uber and Lyft are proving that they’re much more than just taxi industry disruptors — they’ve reinvented how consumers use (or don’t use) cars. That was pretty evident when Hertz and Avis reported earnings this week, too. Here’s a look at the prospects of an industry that may not have even seen the long arm of Uber and Lyft coming their way.
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Mobile Tracker

Samsung Takes The #1 Smartphone Spot — As The Apple Machine Spins Up
 

Samsung, according Kantar’s latest data, has managed to steal the market share crown back from Apple in the U.S. But Samsung’s big “8” redesign is out — while Apple’s “8” is yet to come. Will its launch tilt the balance of smartphone power in the U.S.?

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How To Live Forever In The Financial Services Space
 

Ever wonder how decisions to invest in new payments technologies were made well before anyone thought they’d be essential to doing business? UAE Exchange CEO, Promoth Manghat, tells Karen Webster why a remittances company that was founded in 1980 made big bets (and invested the money to back them up) in digital, new payments technologies and security decades before anyone even thought to ask.

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