Latest Biometrics News: Finextra Research

PayPal exec wants to replace passwords with injectable chips

People may only just be coming round to the idea of using their fingerprints to authenticate themselves, but a PayPal executive is already looking ahead to a time when we embed and ingest devices that identify us at the point-of-sale.

20 April 2015

Company update/Biometrics

Former Man Group CEO Peter Clarke joins Essentia Analytics board

Essentia Analytics today announces the appointment of Peter Clarke, former CEO of Man Group, and Charles D. Ellis, Founder of Greenwich Associates and noted investment writer, to its Board of Directors.

17 April 2015

Company update/Biometrics

Early Warning partners BioCatch to add behavioural analytics to digital authentication

Early Warning, a trusted leader in fraud prevention and risk management, announced today a strategic alliance with BioCatch, a global leader in behavioral biometrics, authentication and malware detection.

15 April 2015

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Alibaba unveils 'smile-to-pay' tech

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is developing facial recognition technology that enables mobile shoppers to replace their passwords with selfies.

16 March 2015

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Halifax trials heartbeat authentication technology

Halifax is trialling technology which can authenticate user identities by analysing their unique heartbeat rhythm.

13 March 2015

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OCBC Bank uses Apple Touch ID for account balance access

Singapore's OCBC Bank is enlisting Apple's Touch ID technology to let customers check their account balances with the press of a finger.

11 March 2015

Company update/Biometrics

BioCatch pitches behavioural biometrics to detect new acount fraud

BioCatch, the global leader in Behavioral Biometrics™, Authentication and Malware Detection, announced today the launch of its New Account Fraud Detection solution which detects fraud in new user accounts in the retail banking, eCommerce and payments industries.

06 March 2015

Company update/Biometrics

Qualcomm launches 3D fingerprint scanning for mobile authentication

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI), a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), is extending its mobile security leadership with the launch of Qualcomm® Snapdragon Sense ID 3D Fingerprint Technology, the mobile industry’s first 3D fingerprint authentication technology based on ultrasonic technology.

03 March 2015

Company update/Biometrics

ZTE launches retina-scanning smartphone

ZTE, a leading global mobile device maker, today announced at the Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona that a new flagship device, the ZTE Grand S3, will be launched with a pioneering eye-based biometric solution from EyeVerify.

03 March 2015

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CaixaBank adds voice command option to mobile app

In what it claims is a European first, Spain's CaixaBank has launched a mobile app that responds to voice commands.

27 February 2015

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Finextra Leadership: Tangerine's direct banking pioneer

As chief information officer at Canadian direct bank Tangerine, Charaka Kithulegoda is at the forefront of the drive to take financial services mobile. He talks to Finextra about how technology is changing the banking landscape.

23 February 2015

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RBS and NatWest to use Apple's fingerprint ID for mobile log-in

RBS and NatWest have introduced Apple's Touch ID for fingerprint log-in to mobile apps on the iPhone.

18 February 2015

News/Biometrics

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

Company update/Biometrics

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

News/Biometrics

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

Company update/Biometrics

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

Company update/Biometrics

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

Company update/Biometrics

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