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rity threats, data protection concerns and new PCI-DSS fueled by AI and ongoing remote work vulnerabilities.
4.0 requirements, tokenization is evolving with innova-
tions like vaultless tokenization, web-based provisioning PARTNERSHIPS
and biometric integration. While North America leads,
strong growth is also expected in Europe, Latin America
and Asia-Pacific. Widespread adoption depends on BlueStar signs two distribution agreement
raising awareness and easing migration for merchants. BlueStar Inc., a global distributor of B2B technology
Success hinges on demonstrating how tokenization solutions, recently announced strategic distribution
enhances compliance, security and efficiency across the agreements with NoviSign Digital Signage and VoCoVo,
payments ecosystem, ABI noted. expanding its offerings in digital signage and in-store

AU10TIX Q1 2025 report reveals new attack mode team communications. Through the partnership with
NoviSign, BlueStar's reseller network gains access to
AU10TIX's Q1 2025 Global Identity Fraud Report noted scalable, cloud-based signage software and hardware
a surge in repeaters, a new AI-fueled fraud tactic that designed for industries such as retail, healthcare, educa-
uses minor variations of synthetic identities to probe tion, and corporate environments. NoviSign supports
and bypass KYC defenses before launching mass attacks. major operating systems and devices, offering features
These attacks, often enabled by fraud-as-a-service tool- like drag-and-drop content creation, remote updates,
kits, rose 33 percent year-over-year. Repeaters mimic and third-party integrations.
real identities to evade detection and are nearly indis-
tinguishable when viewed individually. AU10TIX rec- Meanwhile, the VoCoVo agreement brings BlueStar's
ommends using the consortium validation approach 4,500+ North American resellers access to VoCoVo's
through which organizations cross-check identity data market-leading retail communication tools. BlueStar
to expose repeat use. The report also urges companies to will provide custom configuration, marketing support,
adopt behavioral tracking, integrate consortium signals, and technical assistance to accelerate VoCoVo's North
and audit for synthetic ID risks to defend against these American growth, supporting deployments in over 250
fast-evolving, industrial-scale threats. stores across multiple retail sectors.

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According to Deloitte's 2025 Summer Travel Survey,
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Ransomware attacks dropped 31 percent in April to 416
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actors remain active and highly targeted, NCC Group Napa Payments and Consulting
found. Retail was in the spotlight after high-profile UK
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