Latest Biometrics News: Finextra Research

MasterCard to spend heavily on biometrics and cyber protection

MasterCard says it will invest an additional $20 million in cyber-security measures this year, including biometric protection for mobile apps, and early warning alerts on potential threat vectors.

13 February 2015

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Digital Insight to offer EyePrint ID for password-free mobile banking

Digital Insight, an NCR company and leader in digital banking solutions, announced it has entered into an agreement with EyeVerify Inc. to offer Digital Insight customers EyePrint ID™ for a password-free mobile banking experience.

11 February 2015

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Finovate Europe 2015 - Day 1 roundup

Crowdfunding, bitcoin, identity and security, and, of course, personal finance management dominated the first day of Finovate Europe in London. Finextra watched the demos, followed the tweets and spoke to the players. Here's what caught our eye.

10 February 2015

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Xoom adopts Apple's Touch ID for fingerprint log-in

Xoom Corporation (NASDAQ: XOOM), a leading digital money transfer provider, today announced that it will incorporate Apple's Touch ID technology into their mobile money transfers application.

23 January 2015

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USAA to roll out voice and facial authentication for mobile log-in

Texas-based USAA is to offer consumers the option of using voice and facial recognition technologies to log into their accounts over mobile devices.

20 January 2015

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Nok Nok Labs closes $8.2 million round

Nok Nok Labs, an innovator in modern authentication and a founding member of the FIDO Alliance, today announced the closing of $8.25 million in a Series C financing.

09 December 2014

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Westpac to debut fingerprint access for mobile banking

Customers of Westpac will soon be able to call up access to their bank applications on Apple and Samsung mobile devices by logging in with a fingerprint.

05 December 2014

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Fujitsu combines biometrics with Chip and PIN for multa-factor authentication device

Fujitsu today introduces the latest in a long line of human centric innovations based on the company’s ground-breaking biometric authentication technology that uses the unique pattern of veins in the human hand to verify identity.

19 November 2014

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Venmo now lets users log in with bank ID and Touch ID

We’re excited to share with you a few new features we’ve been working on to continue to make Venmo an easy, secure, and fun way to pay people.

18 November 2014

Company update/Biometrics

HyprKey preps launch of three-factor security biometrics payments platform

HyprKey, the Silicon Alley fintech and cybersecurity startup, announced today that it will soon launch Phase 1 of its biometric mobile payments platform.

10 November 2014

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Money20/20: Tip.ly launches mobile tipping app with facial recognition

Tip.ly, the world’s first peer-to-peer mobile payment application developed using facial recognition and location-based technologies, officially launched today at the 2014 Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas.

04 November 2014

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Crossmatch and DigitalPersona launch joint branding

The new Crossmatch™ debuted today at CARTES 2014 in Paris. A result of the April 2014 merger of Cross Match Technologies® and DigitalPersona®, the company introduced its new brand identity that clearly reflects elements of both predecessor organizations.

04 November 2014

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Costa Rican credit union taps face recognition tech for m-banking authentication

Coopeservidores, one of the largest credit unions in Costa Rica, is adding facial recognition technology from FacePhi Biometrics to its mobile banking app.

31 October 2014

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MasterCard looks to bust contactless transaction limits with fingerprint cards

MasterCard has partnered with Norwegian firm Zwipe to launch a contactless payment card with built-in fingerprint sensor.

17 October 2014

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Japanese messaging outfit Line moves into payments

Japanese messaging giant Line has become the latest social media player to enter the payments market, unveiling a service for both online and in-store transactions.

13 October 2014

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Tangerine brings biometrics to mobile banking

Canadian digital bank Tangerine is revamping its mobile app to enable customers to log in using Apple's Touch ID technology and issue commands through speech.

01 October 2014

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Isbank implements TouchID for mobile banking on the iPhone

Turkey's Isbank has enabled Apple's TouchID fingerprint log-in for mobile banking on the iPhone.

29 September 2014

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MasterCard envisions biometric future

MasterCard is claiming a 98% success rate for pilot trials of a biometric verification system combining both voice and facial recognition.

18 September 2014

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Simple adds support for TouchID and Android Wear

US neo-bank Simple has added support for Apple's TouchID and Android-powered wearable devices, as it bids to reclaim its credentials as an innovator in financial services following complaints from customers about buggy software issues on its platform.

18 September 2014

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TransferWise makes push for the mainstream with TV ad mocking banks

With an overhauled website and mobile app to show off, London-based currency exchange startup TransferWise has stepped up its assault on the banking industry in its first TV ad.

17 September 2014