Who am I? Identity management and strong customer authentication

Who am I | Identity management and strong customer authentication | PayTechLaw

Identity management and strong customer authentication are the talk of the day. However, the terminology is more than confusing.

For example, customers need to be identified for the purposes of AML, they need to authorize a payment, and when authenticating themselves, it is checked whether they are actually the person they pretend to be.

I have created a cheat sheet (infographic) for you in order to shed some light on the topics “identify, authorise, authenticate“.

 

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