The American Bankers Association (ABA) and BITS, the technology policy division of The Financial Services Roundtable, are working to prepare the financial services industry for potential new financial generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) and have teamed with VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world, to serve as their exclusive registry operator.
Symantec has agreed a $1.28 billion cash deal to acquire VeriSign's identity and authentication business and a majority stake in the Californian security firm's Japanese business.
Google, PayPal, Equifax, VeriSign, Verizon, CA, and Booz Allen Hamilton have announced the formation of the Open Identity Exchange (OIX), a non-profit organisation dedicated to building trust in the exchange of online identity credentials across public and private sectors.
USAA, a leading financial services provider for members of the military community and their families, is giving its mobile users faster, more secure mobile logon access to their banking, insurance and investment accounts through its new quick logon and authentication security software.
Germany's Postbank has moved to boost security for customers who bank online using their iPhones by introducing VeriSign EV SSL certificates.
RSA, the Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC) and VeriSign (Nasdaq: VRSN), the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world, are working together to provide organizations with the mutual benefit of an expanded VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) Authentication Service through the availability of RSA SecurID two-factor authentication technology for more choice in one-time password (OTP) authentication.
American financial institutions should mine the untapped market of offline customers as a potential target audience for mobile banking and payment services, a survey commissioned by VeriSign suggests.
According to a survey commissioned by Internet security outfit VeriSign, one in eight of the UK's adult population have fallen victim to online ID fraud in the last year.
VeriSign Messaging and Mobile Media, a division of VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure for the networked world, today announced it has been selected by Wilmington Trust to provide text banking services to its clients.
Addison Avenue Federal Credit Union's newly formed eCommerce division is rolling out an exciting suite of groundbreaking new technology and online banking tools, deemed "e2," to better serve its membership.
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