Determining Payment Decisions in the Fast-Changing Age of Mobile, Digital Currency

Digital currency is here. Consumers have demanded more choice in ways to pay merchants, move money to friends and access their accounts. Payment providers have done well to meet these expectations for immediacy and convenience in managing money. The convenience is great for account holders, but it requires financial institutions and merchants to apply fraud safeguards at the same speed, sometimes in less than a second. Each new accelerated service brings new risks.