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authID Selected by Point of Sale Lender to Provide Fraud Prevention and Identity Assurance
New fintech customer win highlights authID’s growing leadership in biometric identity verification for consumer retail financing DENVER, Feb. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- authID (Nasdaq: AUID), a leading provider of biometric identity verification and authentication solutions, today announced that a U.S. point-of-sale lending and payment financing platform has selected authID to protect its merchant onboarding, consumer origination, and account access workflows from escalating identity fraud. Th
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