Authentication

The payment industry is transforming rapidly with many interesting technologies emerging on a regular basis. Most of these solutions are disruptive and strongly impact the way companies and individuals communicate and interact. As a result, the payment ecosystem is also changing.

Globally, the situation is similar. In 2014, the European Central Bank (ECB) published a report that highlighted fraud trends: €1 in every €2.635 spent on credit and debit cards was lost to fraud. According to a recent report from Barclays, the United States contributes disproportionately to global credit card fraud, accounting for more than 47...

On 19 May 2015, the 21st Docflow conference and exhibition took place in Moscow on managing information, documents, and enterprise content, organised by the Russian software house ABBYY. More than 40 forums and panels brought together contributions from a diverse group of industry stakeholders, including the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, ...

One of the lesser known product verticals within the streaming media industry includes a subset of vendors who offer stream optimization technology. Even though their solutions differ greatly, the ultimate goal is to reduce the size of video bitrates without reducing quality. However, the key challenge they face is the lack of clarity, mostly as a ...

This market insight provides unit forecasts and market share estimates for the global Blu-ray media and devices market, which has been segmented in terms of Blu-ray players and Blu-ray media. Detailed market share breakdowns have been provided for both segments. Unit shipment forecasts are provided from 2013 to 2019, and are analyzed by region for ...

On 9 September 2014, the iPhone 6 and the long-anticipated Apple Watch were unveiled at Apple’s keynote address. The most surprising development, however, was Apple’s announcement of Apple Pay, a mobile wallet technology that enables contactless payment from an array of cards stored on a single iPhone.

Authentication establishes a bond of trust between an organization and the user who is requesting system access. Strong authentication refers to methods of authenticating users with a level of validation that is beyond that of simple username and password. The methods of strong authentication addressed in this report include Hardware One-Time Pass...

The value of transactions over mobile devices is predicted to grow exponentially over the next five years in Europe. The proliferation of tablets and smartphones are blurring the difference between the traditional online commerce and the mobile commerce markets. In-depth interviews with mobile network operators, card networks, financial institution...

A burgeoning demand for chip-based payment cards and electronic documents fuel the growth in the smart card market. Although the SIM card market is slowing down in terms of unit shipment and revenue, the migration to the EMV standard and the digitalisation of public services is resulting in a greater demand for smart cards in the payment industry a...