Privacy-Preserving Verification: How KYC-Integrated Payment Systems Can Transform Commerce

November 21, 2025

Every time you show your ID to buy alcohol or prove you're a resident for a discount, you're revealing private info that the merchant to answer their simple yes/no question. Here's a thought: your bank already has this information through KYC processes. What if your payment device could simply confirm these facts during the payment itself without exposing any of your personal details?

PSD2: POS Consumer Scans are Still Remote

November 4, 2025

Whenever a payment is initiated via consumer scan, such as a mobile app scanning a QR code, the payment is considered "remote" according to PSD2 even when the consumer is physically at the merchant's location which is considered a "card present" context for card payments. As a result, certain regulatory considerations come into play, such as dynamic linkin of authorization codes.