Category: Press Releases

Identity & Payments Summit: Frictionless Futures: The Convergence of Payments, Identity & Trust

2026 Identity & Payments Summit Issues Call for Speakers

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., August 4, 2025- The Secure Technology Alliance, the premier cross-industry association in digital security, today issues its call for speakers for the 2026 Identity & Payments Summit. The highly anticipated event will take place from March 2 to 4, 2026, at the beautiful Westin Galleria in Houston, Texas. Now in its 16th…

Statement from the Identity & Access Forum Steering Committee on mDL Privacy

The Identity and Access Forum (IAF) of the Secure Technology Alliance reaffirms its commitment to advancing the adoption of privacy-enhancing, user-centric, and interoperable digital identity solutions, such as mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs). We strongly oppose all forms of surveillance within the digital identity ecosystem, whether by applications, wallet providers, government issuers, relying parties (RPs), or…

Secure Technology Alliance Named an Industry Catalyst for Championing Digital Identity Integrity in New Prism Project Report

Deepfake and Synthetic Identity Prism Report spotlights STA’s leadership in advancing secure digital identity infrastructure through collaboration and Mobile Driver’s License technology REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 12, 2025 — The Secure Technology Alliance (STA) has been recognized as a Catalyst organization in a landmark report by The Prism Project. The “Deepfake and Synthetic Identity Prism…

Secure Technology Alliance Announces Executive Committee For 2025-2026

Representatives from top industry organizations elected to lead the Alliance through a fast-evolving identity and payments landscape  REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 3, 2025 – The Secure Technology Alliance today announces its 2025 and 2026 Executive Committee. This group will determine the Alliance’s strategic direction for the coming year and lead its efforts to address the…

2025 Identity & Payments Summit Recap: Mobile Driver’s License Demos, Bracing for Quantum Computing, Payment and Transit Innovation

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 26, 2025 – The Secure Technology Alliance is celebrating the success of its Identity & Payments Summit. It brought together a record number of attendees to explore emerging security trends in today’s digital era and the way payments, access, transit and identity converge. More than 420 professionals from nearly 200 organizations…

2025 Identity & Payments Summit Agenda Explores New Frontier of Fraud Prevention, Digital Credentials, AI and Quantum Computing

Lineup includes speakers from MATTR, Visa, IDEMIA, LA Metro, Federal Reserve, American Express, Giesecke+Devrient, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and many more REDWOOD CITY, Calif., February 13, 2025 – The Secure Technology Alliance is thrilled to announce the agenda for the 2025 Identity & Payments Summit! The Summit is North America’s premier event…

US Payments Forum Announces 2025 Steering Committee

Representatives from top industry organizations will lead Forum priorities REDWOOD CITY, Calif., January 22, 2025 – The U.S. Payments Forum today announces its 2025 Steering Committee and officers, a cornerstone of the organization’s leadership. The group spearheads the Forum’s vital work addressing cross-industry challenges and enabling the timely adoption of emerging payment technologies. The committee…

U.S. Payments Forum Fall Market Snapshot: Tokenization, AI Integration, Payment Account Reference and Emerging Technology

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., December 12, 2024 – The U.S. Payments Forum brings together insights from the industry’s top organizations in its fall market snapshot. It offers perspectives on the technologies shaping the way we pay, including tokenization, artificial intelligence, Payment Account Reference (PAR) and SoftPOS. The information provided in the snapshot was gathered during the…