authentication

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They log in to the borrower’s account and request a password change, which will send a two-factor authentication code to the borrower.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

These include a one-hour lag at the payer's end in account-to-account transactions and additional authentication by a "trusted person" for high-value digital payments by vulnerable sections of society such as elderly people.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Individuals should update software, use password managers, enable two-factor authentication and try passkeys to boost their security.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

The process works much like two-factor authentication on a banking website.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026

From now on, wherever he went, he’d be closely trailed by a military aide carrying a forty-five-pound briefcase containing launch authentication codes and sophisticated communications devices, often referred to as the nuclear football.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama