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Articles by Dave Orme
Fingerprint Biometrics: The Key To Brand Differentiation
Traditional payment card issuers are under pressure. Once secure and established, they are now challenged on all sides. The digital transformation of our world lets small, audacious brands set up and trade with ease. With mere clicks they fill the screen of any smartphone or monitor, tempting consumers with innovative digital services.
The Death of the PIN
Personal identification numbers (PINs) are everywhere. These numeric versions of the password have been at the heart of data security for decades, but time moves on and according to Dave Orme, SVP at IDEX Biometrics, it is becoming evident that the PIN is no longer fit for purpose. It is too insecure and leaving consumers exposed to fraud. Why bin the PIN? In a world that is increasingly reliant on technology to complete even the most security-sensitive tasks, PIN usage is ludicrously insecure.
Biometric authentication: Holding the key to card fraud prevention
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Giving the Finger to Fraud
Below Dave Orme, SVP, IDEX Biometrics, discusses the challenging landscape of payments and fraud, the fight against scammers and the obstacles the future will find in a cashless society. Clearing up the mess left behind by fraudsters is a serious challenge and sees financial institutions having to absorb the monetary and logistical damage of card payment fraud daily.
Commerce changes - and with it, POS expectations
Blink and you could miss it. Commerce is undergoing a massive transformation and becoming a hot-bed of rapid revolution. It’s where you see some of the most exciting new ideas come to fruition and incumbent providers failing to innovate being replaced by players embracing new technologies. The movement is driven by changing consumer behaviour and expectations that completely alter the payment environment and experience at a point of purchase.
The Internet of Payments - a new model
Today, more and more objects we use in our everyday lives are connected to the internet. No longer only a function of our laptops and smartphones, everything from household appliances to cars to watches are becoming “smart”, capable of communicating and carrying out independent actions on our behalf. As a result, the Internet of Things (IoT) is becoming more prevalent than ever. However, IoT can only reach its full potential by also being able conduct financial transactions.
Report: Fintech startups need to up their game in increasingly turbulent funding rounds
A new report has found that only one in 10 fintech startups succeed with seed/angel investment dropping by 57% between 2010 and 2017. In 2010 average seed funding was $6.84m, a figure that fell to just $3m despite total funding rising from $205.3m to $851m, reinforcing the growing competition in the fintech market.
Biometrics: Winning the battle against payment fraud
Card and payment fraud is a serious problem that is leaving financial institutions needing to pick up the financial and logistical damage left behind by fraudsters on an alarming scale. Whilst banks are left trying to manage the fall-out from fraudsters, consumers are also left feeling alarmed as they see payments, that they know they have not made, coming from their bank account.
An Internet of Things-connected future in prospect
The future is even closer than we think. The increasing pace of technological change means concepts formerly considered only abstract theories on a distant horizon are already nearly upon us. In particular, the Internet of Things (IoT) means the type and number of devices connected to the internet is proliferating at an astonishing rate.
PPRO Podcast: Are American Merchants Leaving Cash on the Table? American Cross-Border Analyses with PPRO’s Steve Villegas
In the inaugural episode of the PPRO Podcast, Niall Conn sits down with Steve Villegas, Vice President of Partner Management Atlanta, to discuss the American e-commerce market and cross-border growth with an eye towards APMs. For a more detailed look at the American cross-border e-commerce market look here. If you’d like to explore more countries with high e-commerce growth rates look here If you have any questions or comments, please send your emails to podcast@ppro.com
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