Tag Archives: authentication

QR codes are everywhere because anyone can read them, anyone can use them, anyone can write them. This is in part because there is no security infrastructure. The result in China, where there ... [Continue reading]

I’ve been reading a lot of comment about the US EMV migration recently and there seems to be pretty universal condemnation of the process (some of it from me). In the UK, we had chip and PIN ... [Continue reading]

The latest CIFAS Fraudscape figures for the UK show identity theft up by half again in 2015. And there’s no end in sight.  I’m genuinely not sure whether the fraudsters are getting smarter or ... [Continue reading]

Earlier in the week I blogged about mobile banking security, and I said that in design terms it is best to ... [Continue reading]

I very rarely use Internet banking these days and it seems I’m not alone. Almost every interaction with my bank takes place through one of my mobile banking applications: my Barclays banking ... [Continue reading]

I’m sure you’ve all seen this story by now.

Thousands of iPhone 6 users claim they have been left holding almost worthless phones because Apple’s latest operating system ... [Continue reading]

Another article, this time in American Banker, questioning the rather odd trajectory of EMV in the USA. You’ll recall, I’m ... [Continue reading]

Kicking off the session on “Old vs. New P2P” at [Continue reading]

We hardly notice identity fraud any more. Every day the wires bring more tales of fraud, theft, mischief and mayhem. Our ... [Continue reading]

At a recent industry event, I overhead a discussion about paying contactlessly with Apple Pay that made it obvious to me ... [Continue reading]