
Category: Press Releases

US Payments Forum Announces 2025 Steering Committee
Representatives from top industry organizations will lead Forum priorities REDWOOD CITY, Calif., January 22, 2025 – The U.S. Payments Forum today announces its 2025 Steering Committee and officers, a cornerstone of the organization’s leadership. The group spearheads the Forum’s vital work addressing cross-industry challenges and enabling the timely adoption of emerging payment technologies. The committee…U.S. Payments Forum Fall Market Snapshot: Tokenization, AI Integration, Payment Account Reference and Emerging Technology
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., December 12, 2024 – The U.S. Payments Forum brings together insights from the industry’s top organizations in its fall market snapshot. It offers perspectives on the technologies shaping the way we pay, including tokenization, artificial intelligence, Payment Account Reference (PAR) and SoftPOS. The information provided in the snapshot was gathered during the…2025 Identity & Payments Summit Topics Revealed
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., December 11, 2024 – The Secure Technology Alliance is thrilled to announce the industry-defining topics that will be explored at the 2025 Identity & Payments Summit, set to take place February 24–26, 2025, in San Diego. The event will unite decision-makers from across the payments, identity and access sectors under the central…Identity & Access Forum Winter Market Snapshot: Emerging Mobile Driver’s License Use Cases, AI and the Evolution of Digital Identity
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., December 10, 2025—The Identity and Access Forum (IAF), an organization within the Secure Technology Alliance focused on advancing innovations in identity, physical, and logical access, today announced its winter market snapshot. It offers an in-depth look at the topics that are driving the industry forward. Insights included in the snapshot were gathered…
US Payments Forum Examines Role of Payment Account Reference (PAR) in New Resource
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., December 4, 2024 – Although Payment Account Reference (PAR) made its debut in 2016, it has been underutilized despite its potential benefits to the broader payments space. PAR is used to tie multiple tokens and reissued card numbers to one payment account number (PAN), which is especially important given the increased adoption…
Identity & Access Forum Resource Highlights the Importance of Digital Identity Security in Financial Services
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., November 12, 2024 – In today’s digital-first world, it is increasingly challenging to maintain trust and accountability. This is especially true for financial institutions, which have the critical job of providing secure transactions and interactions for their customers. In response, the Identity & Access Forum’s Banking & Financial Working Group has written…
US Payments Forum Explores Digital Transaction Data Elements and Impacts on Security and Fraud Prevention
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., October 23, 2024 – The payments industry has shifted toward mobile experiences, with the digital payments market projected to be worth more than $15 trillion by 2027 according to recent statistics. These transactions contain a wealth of information that is not available in traditional payments, including expansive and diverse data elements. The…