Santa Clara, Calif. -- Intel Capital, the investment arm of Santa Clara-based chipmaker Intel, has led a new $30 million round of funding for SecureKey Technologies, the Toronto-based company announced on Friday. The company said the capital will fund the commercial rollout of its online and mobile authentication tools. New investors Visa, MasterCard, Discover Financial Services, Rogers Venture Partners and TELUS also participated. Intel is currently working with SecureKey, which plans to deploy its tools in Intel Identity Protection Technology (IPT) beginning on Ultrabook devices later this year By embedding its technology in a variety of devices, SecureKey can enable "tap/click to pay" and "tap/click to authenticate" capabilities, and provide secure proxies to stored credentials in device or cloud-based digital wallets.
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