Latest Biometrics News: Finextra Research

JP Morgan pilots biometric payments with US merchants

JP Morgan is set to pilot biometric payments with retailers in the US, enabling shoppers to make purchases by scanning their palms or faces.

23 March 2023

News/identity

Trust:Live 2023: Evolving digital identity, intelligence and innovation

This week, LexisNexis® Risk Solutions and Finextra Research held Trust:Live 2023, the exclusive in-person event for all fraud and identity decision makers focusing on the latest challenges in establishing trust to protect customers, defend brands, or meet the needs of evolving business models.

15 March 2023

News/regulation

Open finance prioritised in UK’s new Data Protection and Innovation Bill

The UK’s Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology has proposed a revised version of the Data Protection and Digital Innovation Bill.

10 March 2023

News/identity

Tony Blair and William Hague call for digital identity cards

Former British political party leaders Sir Tony Blair and Lord William Hague have heralded digital identity cards as part of the "technological revolution."

24 February 2023

News/identity

Plaid rolls out identity and KYC integration in Canada

Plaid has announced it will enable its identity verification and KYC solutions in Canada, to help users comply with Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) requirements.

17 February 2023

News/identity

LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Finextra Research partner for Trust:Live 2023

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions and Finextra Research will be hosting Trust:Live 2023, an exclusive in-person event for all fraud and identity decision makers that brings together industry leaders, experts and innovators to discuss the latest challenges in establishing trust to protect customers, defend brands, or meet the needs of evolving business models

31 January 2023

News/security

Ingenico and Fujitsu team on palm vein-based payments

Fujitsu has joined forces with Ingenico in an effort to bring its palm vein authentication technology for in-store payments into the mainstream.

18 January 2023

News/payments

PopID and Toshiba team on face payments

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions is integrating facial verification technology from PopID into its POS and self-service products.

17 January 2023

News/security

Sella Group pilots biometric fingerprint card

Italy's Sella Group is trialling a a biometric recognition credit card that allows people to make payments by using their fingerprint.

21 November 2022

News/crime

EBA publishes fraud taxonomy

The Euro Banking Association (EBA) has made its payment fraud taxonomy available to the public in a bid to curb the rising threats to the European payments system.

28 October 2022

News/startups

Griffin launches API-first BaaS platform Verify

London-based Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider Griffin has launched Verify, a customer onboarding product to assist fintechs manage crime risks and KYC and KYB automation.

07 September 2022

News/payments

SmilePay rolls out face payments in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan-based SmilePay has struck deals with two major food retailers in the country to let shoppers buy their groceries using their faces.

16 August 2022

News/security

Fidor Bank to test fingerprint cards

Fidor Bank in Germany is to pilot biometric payments cards from Zwipe in the second half of 2022.

14 June 2022

News/regulation

Stripe launches authentication feature for fast SCA checkout

Stripe has signed up Wise as the first user of a new biometric delegated authentication feature for strong customer authentication (SCA) transactions.

08 June 2022

News/security

Mastercard unveils Biometric Checkout Programme

Mastercard has established a technology framework to help set minimum standards for biometric payments at the checkout.

17 May 2022

News/identity

Identity verification provider ID-Pal launches in the UK

ID-Pal, the identity verification provider, has announced it is entering the UK market after six years of growth across Ireland, the US and the EU.

13 May 2022

News/identity

FinGo introduces vein ID-enabled vending machines

Biometric identity authentication firm FinGo has unveiled what it claims is the world's first vein ID-enabled vending machine, where customers can pay and prove their age for alcohol purchases through a scan of their finger.

28 April 2022

News/payments

Visa and PopID team on facial verification payments in the Middle East

Visa is working with consumer authentication service PopID to bring facial verification payments to the Middle East.

06 April 2022

News/people

Santander UK CIO joins biometric outfit iProov

Biometric face authentication technology company iProov has hired Miguel Traquina, Santander UK's chief information officer for operations and economic crime, as CIO

05 April 2022

News/payments

NextGen Nordics: Circular economy startup Loopfront sees 300% increase in users

Ahead of our NextGen Nordics conference on 27 April 2022, we will be putting together a weekly briefing of all the top stories that are emerging out of the region and setting the blueprint for payments innovation across Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

04 March 2022