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The quest for secure, yet really quick and easy enrollment and login for bank accounts, has evaded banks for years, and its become more important than ever.
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Payfone joins Google, Verizon, and other players who would like to be the gatekeepers of consumers' digital personas. The newcomer to the banking industry hopes its relationships with the four major telecom providers will give it an edge.
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Banks could eliminate delays when setting new customers up with online or mobile banking if they could better verify their personal information during the sign-up process, according to new research from Experian Data Quality.
January 31
IDology, an Atlanta provider of fraud-prevention and identity verification, has made an equity investment in the mobile identity authentication provider Payfone.
Financial terms of the investment in New York-based Payfone were not disclosed, although IDology described it as “significant.”
As a result of the investment, IDology has integrated Payfone's software into its ExpectID Mobile identity-verification product. Payfone's service allows banks to
“Our decision to invest in Payfone’s business stems from our commitment to … deliver personal, secure and frictionless access to products and services,” John Dancu, IDology's chief executive, said in a Tuesday news release.
IDology provides identity-verification and fraud-prevention software for the financial-services industry, used in opening new accounts and strengthening the authentication process upon enrollment.
ExpectID Mobile aims to lower the account security risk associated with mobile devices and improve the mobile commerce experience.
Payfone’s technology will allow IDology to secure carrier data and utilize it to monitor account activity that could indicate potential account takeover. It also can establish a second factor of authentication, by binding identity to a mobile device.
The binding identity is confirmed when a customer logs in; higher levels of verification are only incorporated when necessary, IDology said.
