FIDO White Paper SCA Delegation to Merchants Or Wallet
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FIDO Alliance White Paper: FIDO for SCA Delegation to Merchants or Wallet Providers March 2021 Editors: Jonathan Grossar, Mastercard Alain Martin, Thales Melanie Maier, Entersekt Bernard Joly, OneSpan Felix Magedanz, Hanko Arshad Noor, StrongKey © 2021 FIDO Alliance. All rights reserved. FIDO for SCA Delegation to Merchants or Wallet Providers Abstract The authentication of consumers during remote transactions has undeniable benefits in terms of security and approval rates but raises concerns of transactions being abandoned by consumers, as those consumers are not always able to authenticate properly to their banks. Merchants and wallet providers have an existing relationship with consumers, and there is an opportunity to leverage authentication mechanisms established during that relationship to authenticate to remote transactions as a delegation of the bank’s authentication. This white paper reviews the different authentication mechanisms that can be used by merchants or wallet providers in the context of Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) Delegation and explains why FIDO is best positioned to meet the requirements from regulatory authorities, banks, merchants, or wallet providers. FIDO is an industry standard designed to authenticate consumers with a high level of security and privacy but with minimal friction, and the implementation of FIDO standards is scalable across multiple consumer devices and platforms, making FIDO the recommended solution for SCA Delegation. Audience This paper is intended for: • Merchants, Payment Service Providers, and wallet providers interested in implementing a FIDO solution to authenticate consumers as a delegation of a bank’s authentication. • Banks interested in understanding the benefits of FIDO in SCA Delegation, including how the implementation of FIDO meets their requirements. • Authentication solution providers interested in providing FIDO solutions to merchants or wallet providers. © 2021 FIDO Alliance. All rights reserved. Page 2 FIDO for SCA Delegation to Merchants or Wallet Providers Contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................5 Why SCA Delegation? ............................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Scope ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 2. Assumptions ................................................................................................................................................................................6 Types of Transactions Considered ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 Participants .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 3. Prerequisites for SCA Delegation .........................................................................................................................................7 Regulatory Requirements (PSD2 Markets) .................................................................................................................................... 7 3.1.1 Contractual Agreement...................................................................................................................................................................... 8 3.1.2 Security Level ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 3.1.3 Documentation and Testing ............................................................................................................................................................ 8 3.1.4 Dynamic Linking ................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 What is important for banks ................................................................................................................................................................. 8 3.2.1 Trust Models .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 3.2.2 Evidence provided to banks ............................................................................................................................................................ 9 3.2.3 Protocols to share evidence ............................................................................................................................................................. 9 What is important for merchants or wallet providers ............................................................................................................. 10 4. SCA Delegation Solutions ..................................................................................................................................................... 10 FIDO Solutions (two-factor) ................................................................................................................................................................ 10 Non-FIDO Authentication Solutions ................................................................................................................................................ 12 4.2.1 Non-FIDO Device Biometrics Solutions (one- or two-factor) .......................................................................................... 12 4.2.2 SMS OTP (one-factor) ....................................................................................................................................................................... 12 4.2.3 Passwords (one-factor) ................................................................................................................................................................... 13 4.2.4 Behavioral Biometrics (one-factor) ............................................................................................................................................ 13 5. Why FIDO for SCA Delegation? ........................................................................................................................................... 14 Enhanced User Experience .................................................................................................................................................................. 14 Compliance with PSD2 .......................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Full Interoperability with a Standard-based Solution ............................................................................................................. 14 Security ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 15 © 2021 FIDO Alliance. All rights reserved. Page 3 FIDO for SCA Delegation to Merchants or Wallet Providers Designed with Privacy in Mind .......................................................................................................................................................... 15 Deployment/scalability ........................................................................................................................................................................ 15 6. How to Implement FIDO in a Compliant Way ............................................................................................................... 16 Integration of FIDO Components ...................................................................................................................................................... 16 Initial Registration Process ................................................................................................................................................................. 16 6.2.1 Identification and Verification (ID&V) ...................................................................................................................................... 17 6.2.2 FIDO Authenticator Registration ................................................................................................................................................. 17 6.2.3 FIDO Authenticator Binding .......................................................................................................................................................... 17 Checkout Process ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 6.3.1 FIDO Credential Identification ...................................................................................................................................................... 17 6.3.2 Consumer Authentication