Category: Member News
2025 Identity & Payments Summit Topics Revealed
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., December 11, 2024 – The Secure Technology Alliance is thrilled to announce the industry-defining topics that will be explored at the 2025 Identity & Payments Summit, set to take place February 24–26, 2025, in San Diego. The event will unite decision-makers from across the payments, identity and access sectors under the central…Identity & Access Forum Winter Market Snapshot: Emerging Mobile Driver’s License Use Cases, AI and the Evolution of Digital Identity
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., December 10, 2025—The Identity and Access Forum (IAF), an organization within the Secure Technology Alliance focused on advancing innovations in identity, physical, and logical access, today announced its winter market snapshot. It offers an in-depth look at the topics that are driving the industry forward. Insights included in the snapshot were gathered…
US Payments Forum Examines Role of Payment Account Reference (PAR) in New Resource
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., December 4, 2024 – Although Payment Account Reference (PAR) made its debut in 2016, it has been underutilized despite its potential benefits to the broader payments space. PAR is used to tie multiple tokens and reissued card numbers to one payment account number (PAN), which is especially important given the increased adoption…
Identity & Access Forum Resource Highlights the Importance of Digital Identity Security in Financial Services
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., November 12, 2024 – In today’s digital-first world, it is increasingly challenging to maintain trust and accountability. This is especially true for financial institutions, which have the critical job of providing secure transactions and interactions for their customers. In response, the Identity & Access Forum’s Banking & Financial Working Group has written…
US Payments Forum Explores Digital Transaction Data Elements and Impacts on Security and Fraud Prevention
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., October 23, 2024 – The payments industry has shifted toward mobile experiences, with the digital payments market projected to be worth more than $15 trillion by 2027 according to recent statistics. These transactions contain a wealth of information that is not available in traditional payments, including expansive and diverse data elements. The…
Identity & Access Forum Explores Differences Between Digital IDs and Digital Identities in Education Brief
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., October 14, 2024 – For billions of people across the globe, online interactions and digital transactions are an important part of everyday life. The anonymity of these exchanges has made trusting and verifying end users crucial to combat fraud and misuse, particularly when digital identities and digital identifiers (such as mobile driver’s…U.S. Payments Forum Fall Meeting to Examine the Evolution of Tokenization, Faster Payments and Emerging Fraud Tools
Payments leaders from Bank of America, PULSE Network and Mastercard will deliver keynotes REDWOOD CITY, Calif., September 25, 2024 – The U.S. Payments Forum is bringing together the industry’s top decision-makers for its upcoming Fall Member Meeting. Advancements in AI, real-time payments and online fraud are influencing the payment sector’s digital transformation. The meeting will…