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Company update/identity
Visa Inc. (NYSE: V), a global leader in digital payments, and TECH5, an international provider of biometric and digital identity management technologies, today announced a long-term strategic collaboration to support the development and deployment of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) solutions globally.
11 September 2025
Company update/people
Keyo, a leader in palm-based identity for payments, check-in, ticketing, and ID, today announced the appointment of Rudy Dajie as Chief Executive Officer, effective August 26, 2025.
27 August 2025
News/security
Latvian fintech startup Handwave has raised $4.2 million in seed funding to launch its palm-based payment and identity platform in Europe and the US.
05 August 2025
Company update/security
BioCatch, which prevents financial crime by recognizing patterns in human behavior, today announced the launch of the latest edition of its behavior-based scam-fighting tool: BioCatch Scams360.
17 July 2025
Company update/ai
PayJunction, a leading tech-focused payments company, announced today an integration with Twilio (NYSE: TWLO), the customer engagement platform providing real-time personalized experiences, that enables businesses to easily automate and scale their phone payment operations.
08 July 2025
G-Knot, a pioneering biometrics technology company developing the world’s first finger vein crypto wallet, today announced the appointment of Wes Kaplan as the company’s CEO.
Company update/regulation
Clearspeed, the global leader in voice-based risk assessment technology, today announced it has secured $60 million in Series D funding, bringing the company’s total funding to $110 million.
26 June 2025
News/payments
Alipay has integrated QR code payments into augmented reality glasses from Chinese outfit Rockid to enable users to pay for products instore by looking at the label.
17 June 2025
OneSpan Inc. today announced the acquisition of Nok Nok Labs Inc., a leading provider of FIDO passwordless software authentication solutions. By joining forces with Nok Nok, OneSpan is driving the industry towards a more secure future, enabling customers to adopt a wide range of flexible, future-proof authentication options.
06 June 2025
Long read/Biometrics
Scott Hamilton Contributing Editor at Finextra Research
05 June 2025
A year after announcing its target of 100% e-commerce tokenisation across Europe, Mastercard reports it is almost halfway there.
04 June 2025
Fintech Autopay has rolled out a biometric palm-authentication payment system in Poland. Meanwhile, Chinese tech giant Tencent is eying Thailand as a launchpad for its own biometrics-based payments technology in Southeast Asia.
03 June 2025
News/startups
EBAday 2025 hosted 16 pioneering startups to present their proof of concepts to a panel of judges in Paris, France.
28 May 2025
The boss of a UK high street bank has told a panel of politicians that the possibility of a cyber attack "keeps me awake at night".
21 May 2025
Financial scams are on the rise globally, resulting in billions in financial losses for both financial institutions and the individual consumers they serve.
15 May 2025
BioCatch, which prevents financial crime by recognising patterns in human behavior, today announced the appointment of Andreas Dombret as a senior advisor.
14 May 2025
Fourthline, Europe’s leading identity services provider, has been selected by Revolut as a strategic partner following an extensive competitive RFP process.
07 May 2025
Checkout.com, a leading global digital payments company, today announced the launch of face authentication, an AI-powered extension to its Identity Verification (IDV) solution.
29 April 2025
Mitek Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MITK), a global leader in digital identity verification, fraud prevention, and biometrics, today announced the appointment of Garrett Gafke as Chief Operating Officer.
28 April 2025
News/crime
As real-time payments gain momentum, financial institutions are faced with attempting to deliver seamless digital payment experiences while also mitigating against sophisticated fraudsters. This year’s NextGen Nordics event at the Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm, Sweden, on 29 April 2025, will spotlight how the industry is redefining fraud prevention in the era of instant payments.
11 April 2025
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