Authentication

The San Francisco bank isn't interested in making splashy investments in technology. At an investor day event Tuesday, Wells executives said they would focus on taking incremental steps to reduce costs and improve customer experiences.

Everyone agrees that electronic transactions should be as safe as possible, but a PIN mandate will not prevent online or mobile fraud.

The distributed ledger technology has an answer for updating every core function of the antiquated financial system.

Add HSBC to the list of banks offering Touch ID authentication services to mobile banking customers.

Deloitte is partnering with five blockchain companies as it seeks practical uses for the emerging technology in its consulting business.

Digital Identity Security Co., a startup, is building an encrypted messaging and identity management platform for the Commonwealth governments. The system would use distributed ledger technology, similar to bitcoin's blockchain.

Wells Fargo will soon roll out eyeprint verification for its commercial customers using its mobile banking platform.

Nearly half of bank data security incidents in 2015 involved compromised web applications, according to a closely watched annual report from Verizon released Tuesday.

JPMorgan Chase has added fingerprint authentication for customers on Android devices.

In the conclusion of a three-part interview, Ryan Singer, a blockchain-tech entrepreneur, explains why bankers should care about Washington's resurgent efforts to insert back doors into security systems.

Airbnb, the company that disrupted the hospitality industry as Uber did to taxis, is sidling up to the fintech space.

Blockchain technology could power the digital identity of the future, with banks serving as designated authenticators on behalf of their customers.

Ryan Singer, CEO of startup Blockchain Health, explains how blockchain, multisignature and device ID technologies could give consumers greater control over their personal information — in this case, medical data — in the second part of a three-part conversation.Part I: 'Everyone Is Less Secure Over Time'

The ability to program value exchanges without risk of censorship, moderation or theft gives smart contracts a leg up in servicing users who lack a mainstream banking association.

The U.K. bank's new business unit takes advantage of the massive amount of data it stores to offer a new array of products and services, including managing customers' digital identities.

Banks have to know a lot about their customers, who generally trust them to keep personal information secure. Who better to serve as digital identity providers in a post-password world?

Though the use of a digital identity may take years to go mainstream with consumers, BBVA Compass is thinking about the role that banks should play and taking steps toward being part of the solution.

Ryan Singer, CEO and cofounder of startup Blockchain Health, discusses the problems with the traditional "shared secrets" method of verifying identities, and the possibilities opened up by mobile computing devices.

The way we verify people are who they say they are must evolve to reflect new technologies like peer-to-peer platforms and the Internet of Things and the ways millennials live and work.

Around the world, technology companies, governments and even some banks are coming up with new, safer and easier ways for people to prove they are who they say they are. Generally the goal is to allow people to be authenticated once by a trusted identity provider (a role banks could play) rather than share sensitive information with countless third parties, as they do today. Here we highlight just a few of the many organizations innovating in this space.