(...) "For smaller retailers, facial recognition is likely to be more significant, enabling part of the automated payment experience" explains Ralf Gladis at Computop...
By Ralf Gladis, founding director, Computop
With regards to credit card payments, the possibility to transfer the Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) from the issuer to the merchant via 3DS 2.0 will become a reality with version 2.2. The card-issuing bank can be confident that the…
(...) Payment processing company Computop recently announced a biometric authentication solution that merchants can utilize under SCA. The offering allows merchants to run 2FA checks during payments. Merchants that adopt the technology can authenticate consumers through a number of smartphone-based…
Ralf Gladis - September 3, 2019 -
Technical advances in identification and authentication are finally establishing an alternative to the alarmingly insecure username-password combo.
Owing to the increasing amount of digitization in all areas of life, secure identification and authentication are…
by Ralf Gladis, Computop - It’s clear that cryptocurrency has a momentum that cannot be ignored, but with regard to Libra, other factors are involved that make this specific cryptocurrency something that raises significant red flags. Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency is positioned as a low-cost global…
By Ralf Gladis, CEO, Computop - Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency has been positioned as a low-cost global payments and financial services eco-system that will give people access to the “internet of money.” Twenty-eight of the world’s most prominent stakeholders in payments and commerce are involved…
By Ralf Gladis, founding director, Computop - By law payments are getting more complicated — at least in Europe. All EU countries decided to require more security for consumer payments. And increased security will take its toll on the customer's user experience. That doesn't sound like a good…
As the technologies are shaping consumer lifestyle and behaviour, there has been a cultural shift away from the conventional payment methods that have ruled the banking industry for a long time. (...) For instance, powered by cutting-edge technology, and an integrated payment process, Computop is on…
By Ralf Gladis - We’re ahead of the game here in the UK when it comes to payments, particularly contactless payments. We think little of swiping our cards, or our phones, across a reader as we access a train station, and is it just me, or do many of us now get a little irritated if we actually have…
Computop, the global payment processor, today announced that Europe’s leading online optician, Mister Spex, has selected the company’s highly secure POS terminals for the processing of all card payments across its national network of German stores. The CCV Pad card terminal from Computop is one of a…
