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posted by martyb on Tuesday July 16 2019, @02:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the biometrics-are-the-"account"-not-the-"password" dept.

Visa's vision for the future of payments is password-free

Visa believes the payment industry can move away from passwords in the next five years thanks to advancements in authentication and anti-fraud technologies that are already making "static" cardholder verification (CVM) methods such as signature and PINs optional.

With the ability of financial institutions and merchants to share 10 times more data with each other than ever before, and the growing sophistication of artificial intelligence (AI) that is making fraud detection faster and more accurate, Visa head of product Axel Boye-Moller believes that as this ecosystem evolves to be more secure, and AI and biometrics capabilities further mature, there is a future where legacy verification methods are eventually eliminated.

"Over the last few years as mobile technology has evolved, we're seeing increasingly biometrics included in mobile hardware -- that's really starting to take off as more and more banks and other providers start rolling out mobile payment solutions," Boye-Moller told ZDNet.

"But there's still a lot of ground to cover. Passwords can be incredibly frustrating. You forget them and they can be stolen."

[...] Additionally, Boye-Moller said as more payments are conducted via a mobile device, it becomes "very fiddly" to enter a password on smaller devices.

Increasingly, he added, there has been an explosion in the amount of connected devices that are accompanied by more online accounts and subscription-based payment requirements.

"We think biometrics is absolutely a critical part of that solution -- both convenient and secure," he said.

"The way they rolled out [mobile payments] standards is that every single transaction that is done or adopted is biometrically authenticated with a fingerprint or facial recognition."

While he said biometrics is part of the solution of moving to a password-free world, he believes it requires many other layers on top of that to drive more secure and convenient solutions.

"We believe that if we continue to collaborate strongly across industry we can we can reduce the current fraud rates by half by 2025," Boye-Moller added.


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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday July 16 2019, @12:54PM (2 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday July 16 2019, @12:54PM (#867527)

    The real question is: are these daily transactions for a $4 latte, or $250K wire transfers for a home purchase.

    We bought a boat recently for a little over the $10K threshold - and you might not believe the hoops that were required to execute that transfer of funds. Even when you work with a dealer who is used to greasing the skids for you, it's a lot, but individual to individual was absolutely ridiculous - we basically had to have a 4 way conference between the banks and the account holders to get it done.

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  • (Score: 2) by Snow on Tuesday July 16 2019, @04:56PM (1 child)

    by Snow (1601) on Tuesday July 16 2019, @04:56PM (#867605) Journal

    Why?

    I bought a 10K campervan last year and I just went to the bank, got a bank draft for 10K and walked out 10 mins later.

    • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday July 16 2019, @06:38PM

      by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday July 16 2019, @06:38PM (#867647)

      Seller wanted a wire transfer into his account - we could have written him a $17K check as easily, but he was committed to the wire transfer idea. Half way through he mentioned that it was a big pain the last time he did it, too.

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