Tag "Identity"

The Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona is jam-packed with mobile innovations. Here, I would like to highlight those trends and innovations that stood out most, kicking it off with a much expected 'mobile gadget'.

The Nederlandse Loterij is the gambling organization in The Netherlands, known for the Staatsloterij, Lotto, Toto and scratch cards. All gambling games from the Nederlandse Loterij are intended for people aged 18 and older. On the 30th of May, the Nederlandse Loterij introduced iDIN (the online tool for safe and easy identification via the bank) to verify the age of online participants.

Albert Heijn launched an innovation in the Academic Medical Centre (Netherlands) in the field of high-speed shopping: Tap to go, with CM.com as partner for payments and identification. We spoke with Jan-Willem Dockheer, managing director of AH to go, about the future of the payment landscape and the innovative Tap to go.

You might have seen the images of Amazon Go, a futuristic grocery store where a vast array or sensors keep tabs on what items shoppers pick up in real-time. As a result, customers are able to buy food & drinks on the go, simply by taking products out of the shelves and leaving the store. No cash register. No employee. No queue. And no debit card. Albert Heijn now introduces high-speed shopping in The Netherlands: Tap to go. Comparable, but possibly more efficient and innovative when it comes to high speed shopping.

"On average, a customer spends 3 minutes and longer in an AH to go store. We can reduce that to 20 seconds", says AH to go. How? Thanks to the latest development in mobile payments: Tap to go. We spoke with Jan-Willem Dockheer, managing director of AH to go, about the future of the payment industry and the innovative Tap to go.

"Data is the key to success." But poor data protection opens doors for hackers. On top of that, companies must stick to more and more rules when it comes to data protection. However, good data protection is not as complicated and impossible as it sounds. That is why we want to denounce some ineradicable statements here. Fact or myth?

Online identification technology has drastically improved this year and will become even more important in the future. The main reason for online identification’s importance is not (only) reducing the growing threat of cybercrime. Identification also plays a key role in the customer experience. But, how do you collect the information you need whilst providing them with both the service and privacy they expect in 2018?

“NIST declares the age of SMS-based 2-factor authentication over, US government agency calls for the end of SMS authentication”.

The number of financial fraud cases continues to grow, as well as the number of regulations financial institutions and payments providers must abide by. Fraud prevention and data protection might therefore seem a great challenge. Now, Number Verifier based on HLR is here to make the fight against card cloning fraud and data theft easy as can be.

French YouTube star Michaël, alias MICODE, is a rising vlogger in France and an expert when it comes to hacking prevention and internet security. In the latest video on his YouTube channel, he talks about two-factor authentication and its value when securing online accounts.

Do you Google yourself often? It might be surprising how much information you find about yourself. There’s however probably more personal information available without you knowing it. And even worse: it’s being sold to third-parties.

Today is Safer Internet Day. Safer internet. That’s quite a goal, isn’t it? Surely, we can all agree that improving internet security is important. Especially now that the internet is tapping into more and more territories. But with all the online threats, the road to a safe internet comes with many challenges. What can you do to secure the safety of your data and that of your customers?

“Today, we see a rising number of fraud cases with and hacks through our mobile smartphones, something that was rarely seen some years ago. Until now. Our mobile phones have become an attractive target for criminals.”

Security company Kaspersky strongly advises everyone to change the password for their LinkedIn account and, if you haven’t already done so, activate two-factor authentication (2FA).

As a major messaging, payments and mobile engagement company CM Telecom have worked with the Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF) on co-founding and forming ‘The A2P Messaging Fraud Framework’. This framework sets out guidelines in how to prevent and fight fraud in the A2P messaging industry.