CONNECT WITH US

Wearables

Samsung And HSBC Get ‘Phygital’ With Wearables

Samsung and HSBC’s newly launched pilot program is putting customized Gear S3 watches onto the wrists of employees at the bank's Fifth Avenue flagship location in New York. HSBC Bank USA Head of Innovation Jeremy Balkin says the partnership is the beginning of a longer collaboration, using technology to make banking a physical-digital experience.

Digital ID

Solving Digital ID Verification’s 'Existential Crisis'

There's a tug of war when it comes to digital identity verification — between the consumer experience and reducing fraud. Socure Co-founder Johnny Ayers tells PYMNTS that AI-based identity risk scoring can balance those demands by improving acceptance rates, cutting down on manual processes, slashing fraud and reducing false-positives.

Security & Risk

Why Using Rules Of Thumb To Predict Fraud Is A Fail

When it comes to account takeover (ATO) fraud, history matters — as in knowing where the bad guys lurk, how much they’ve made off with and where they may strike again. It’s about going deeper than just chargeback ratio. Sift Science VP Geoff Huang tells PYMNTS that real-time analytics and reporting can help firms move beyond myths about online fraud and make better decisions in the battle against ATO.

TRENDING: Tracking Customers Without Giving Them The Creeps

Using overhead cameras, scanners and weight sensors to track customers in-store may be the future of physical retail, but what starts as a way to collect data and sell more via seamless checkout can turn creepy for customers. In this month’s Intelligence of Things Tracker, Krishna Motukuri, CEO of Zippin, discusses how retailers can pair in-store IoT tech to offer easy, checkout-free experiences, while giving customers enough privacy to avoid the creep factor.

What's Hot

Apple CEO Calls On The US To Embrace EU-Type Privacy Laws

OCC Fines Capital One $100M Over AML Lapse

Number Of Unbanked Americans Plummets

Paytm Founder Targeted In Blackmail Scheme

Visa Invests In Brazil Payment Co Conductor

HSBC, Avant Team On Personal Loans

Uber Eats Aims For 70 Pct Of Food Delivery Market

Amazon Launches Amex SMB Card, New Prime Features For Biz

Helios And Matheson To Spin Off MoviePass

Bitcoin Daily: Oracle Unveils 'Blockchain Applications Cloud'; Coinbase And Circle Start 'CENTRE Consortium’

Best Of Yesterday 

TRENDING: Dynamic Rules And Global Authentication

What Retail Can Teach Banking About Consumers’ Digital Journeys