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Nordea to use biometrics to protect customer data assets

Nordea is implementing biometric authentication from Veridium for employees handling confidential customer data.

07 February 2018

Nuance hits voice biometric milestones

Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that its voice biometrics solution has hit a milestone for adoption of its authentication and fraud-prevention platform that is unsurpassed in the industry with over 300 million consumers making more than five billion successful voice authentications yearly using Nuance biometrics technology.

31 January 2018

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Canada to test biometrics and blockchain for international travellers

The Government of Canada will collaborate with the World Economic Forum and partners to test emerging digital technologies and their application to air travel.

31 January 2018

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Western Union opens Indian tech centre

Western Union has opened a technology centre in Pune, India, employing more than 1000 staffers working on areas such as robotics, machine learning and biometrics.

30 January 2018

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Pindrop unveils deep voice machine learning tech

Pindrop, the pioneer in voice security and authentication, today announced their proprietary Deep VoiceTM biometric engine, which utilizes the latest deep neural network technology for speaker recognition, to passively identify legitimate and fraudulent callers, solely by voice.

25 January 2018

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VSoft embraces biometrics for Arya digital banking platform

Arya, an intelligent, open architecture digital services platform for both personal and business account holders, today announced the addition of fingerprint authentication for mobile devices and facial recognition for iPhone users to its fully integrated digital banking platform.

23 January 2018

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Mastercard makes European biometrics push for online payments

From next April, online shoppers across Europe will be able to use biometrics, such as fingerprints or facial recognition, to identify themselves at the checkout when they pay with Mastercard.

23 January 2018

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Visa and Fingerprints team with Mountain America Credit Union on biometric payment cards

Fingerprints today announced that its touch sensor is being used in the first US-based pilot of a new dual-interface (chip- and contactless-enabled) payment card with Mountain America Credit Union.

15 January 2018

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Precise Biometrics addresses fingerprint recognition in smart cards

Precise Biometrics’ algorithm solution for fingerprint recognition in smart cards, Precise BioMatch Embedded, has through the cooperation with Fingerprint Cards been deployed in the first market trial of dual-interface biometric payment cards in the USA, which is carried out by Visa and Mountain America Credit Union.

15 January 2018

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Canadians ready for biometrics - Visa survey

A new Visa survey of 1,000 Canadians exploring awareness and perceptions of biometric authentication confirms that consumers continue to have a strong interest in new biometric technologies that make their lives easier.

12 January 2018

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Cybersecurity outfit Sequrest teams up with Banking Systems

Sequrest, the cyber security specialist has announced that it has been selected for a strategic partnership with Banking Systems Ltd of Panama.

10 January 2018

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Yes Bank to offer ATM withdrawals using Aadhaar ID and biometric authentication

Nearby Technologies has partnered with YES BANK, India’s 5th largest private sector bank and worked closely with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch a card less and PIN-less Aadhaar ATM service.

08 January 2018

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JCB to test 'world's most accurate' biometric authentication system

Japanese card brand JCB is running trials of a combined biometric palm print and vein identification system which claims a false acceptance rate of only one in one billion transactions.

05 January 2018

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Bank of Cyprus to issue fingerprint payment cards

Bank of Cyprus is to issue a biometric EMV card which uses fingerprint recognition instead of a PIN code to authenticate the cardholder.

04 January 2018

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Consumers ready to say goodbye to passwords - Visa survey

A new Visa survey of 1,000 Americans exploring awareness and perceptions of biometric authentication confirms that consumers continue to have a strong interest in new biometric technologies that make their lives easier.

15 December 2017

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Discover adds Face ID support

Discover announced today that cardmembers and Discover Bank customers who own an iPhone X can take advantage of Face ID to sign in to the Discover Mobile app.

14 December 2017

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NatWest introduces Face ID for mobile app log-in

NatWest customers who have an Iphone X are now able to use facial recognition technology to log into their mobile banking app.

13 December 2017

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Japan's Aeon Bank turns to Mofiria for biometric ATMs and teller windows

Aeon Bank Ltd., a Japanese new style bank, has announced that they had introduced a whole new biometrics authentication system to their ATMs and teller windows, which allows the customers to do any bank transactions without using a bank card nor entering PIN number.

08 December 2017

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BBVA-backed Covault launches digital ID protection app

A digital ID startup backed by BBVA has launched a mobile app that uses biometrics and private key technology to help users securely store, share and verify their identities and documents.

06 December 2017

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BS/2 and VisionLabs partner on ATM video surveillance

BS/2, a Lithuanian banking technology company and VisionLabs, one of the global leaders in face recognition have announced today a strategic partnership in creating the product line of interbank services for contactless identification that will greatly increase security and eliminate the risks connected to fraudulent or unlawful activities when operating self-service terminals.

01 December 2017