Latest Biometrics News: Finextra Research

Company update/ai

Nuance introduces biometric gatekeeper

Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN), leader in conversational AI innovations, today announced Nuance Gatekeeper, the world’s most advanced biometrics solution for authenticating customers and enabling fraud detection.

02 October 2019

News/Biometrics

New York Mets introduces biometric payment kiosks

The New York Mets has installed AI and biometric powered self-checkout kiosks at its Citi Field stadium, enabling fans to pay for their brews and snacks using just a touch of their finger.

27 September 2019

Company update/Biometrics

Agora and Onfido partner for blockchain e-voting service

Today, Onfido announced a strategic partnership with Agora, a leading blockchain-based e-voting provider, to make secure and robust online voting a reality.

26 September 2019

Company update/security

PWC and Onfido joins with uPort for digital ID strategy

Onfido is excited to announce a partnership with uPort, a digital identity platform anchored on the Ethereum blockchain, and PwC, a leading professional services firm, to explore portability of consumer identities in the financial services sector in the United Kingdom and beyond.

26 September 2019

News/security

Sibos 2019: Cyber-attackers operate like serial killers

Riffing on the risks involved with thriving in a hyper-connected world, Sibos 2019 in London explores the dangers of cyber attacks and how they can have a contagion effect across broader financial systems and impact financial stability.

25 September 2019

News/Biometrics

Emirates NBD opens app-only business bank

Emirates NBD is following the successful roll out of its millennial-focused digital banking offshoot Liv. with an equivalent mobile-only offering for small businesses.

25 September 2019

Company update/Biometrics

Icici Bank UK debuts digital account opening facility

ICICI Bank UK PLC has announced the launch of a digital account opening facility that allows customers to open a personal current account instantly using the Bank’s mobile application.

24 September 2019

News/security

Lloyds sets the Rat on fraudsters

Lloyds Bank has rolled out a fraud prevention system, dubbed 'the Rat', that uses behavioural analysis to spot crooks and freeze them out of victims' accounts before they can make off with any money.

24 September 2019

News/security

Cyber-crime best tackled by international co-operation

Joining day two of the World Conference of Banking Institutes, Ian Dyson - Commissioner of the City of London Police addresses the challenges of cyber-crime in this period of digital disruption. In addition to the uncertainty surrounding Brexit and the potential no-deal outcome, the question of balancing privacy with data protection remains a critical priority for financial institutions in 2019.

18 September 2019

Company update/security

United Trust Bank implements facial recognition for mortgage customers

United Trust Bank has launched an electronic ‘facial recognition’ ID verification service through a bespoke smartphone App aimed at saving its mortgage introducers and customers time and money.

11 September 2019

News/Biometrics

Deutsche Bank dives into 'Blue Water Fintech Space'

Deutsche Bank is looking to tap into China's burgeoning startup and innovation ecosystem with the opening of its first innovation hub, 'Blue Water Fintech Space', in Shanghai.

11 September 2019

News/payments

Amazon to let Whole Foods shoppers pay with a wave

Amazon is testing biometric technology that will let Whole Foods shoppers pay for their groceries by waving their hands, according to the New York Post.

05 September 2019

Company update/retail

Fiserv launches interactive branch kiosk

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, is enabling banks and credit unions to transform the branch experience with convenient self-service options for account holders.

04 September 2019

Company update/Biometrics

National Bank of Bahrain installs biometrically protect bulk cash deposit machines in client offices

National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) today announced the continued enhancement of its service and value proposition for its Business Clients with the launch of new, state-of-the-art, high-speed large Cash Deposit Machines (CDM) in Bahrain.

27 August 2019

News/Biometrics

Telia and OP bank run public demo of payments by face

Finnish telco Telia and local bank OP Financial have been showcasing the potential of 5G to deliver payments by face, installing the technology in an ice cream truck in Helsinki's Vallila neighbourhood.

22 August 2019

Company update/security

Citi launches biometric authentication for institutional clients in Latin America

Citi’s institutional clients can now use fingerprint or facial recognition to securely access CitiDirect BE® Mobile in Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay.

21 August 2019

Company update/Biometrics

BBVA will offer digital customer onboarding everywhere it operates by the end of 2019

The digital onboarding process based on biometric identification technologies, which is already available in Spain, will now reach other countries thanks to the reuse of globally designed components.

20 August 2019

News/ai

The Future of AI: Applications for banking business transformation

While artificial intelligence has established itself as a disruptive technology for decades, AI is at the peak of the hype cycle now and banks have started to apply this technology to transform traditional models of businesses.

16 August 2019

Company update/payments

Fingopay partners with All Work & Social for biometric payments

All Work & Social, the operating company behind XYZ Work and the recently launched XYZ Social in Spinningfields, has partnered with biometric payments provider, Fingopay.

16 August 2019

News/Biometrics

White hat hackers expose huge biometric security breach

Privacy researchers at vpnmentor have uncovered a huge data breach in security platform Biostar 2, a centralised biometric access control system used by UK police forces and major banks.

14 August 2019