Overview
With Delegated Authentication, card networks enable merchants to control the entire cardholder experience. Issuers reduce costs while consumers can use biometrics for online shopping and passwords slowly fade away.
With Delegated Authentication, qualified merchants can use their own authentication process to approve purchases or pass the cardholder’s FIDO-based credential to the network for approval.
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