Biometrics

429 articles tagged with this keyword

All articles with this keyword
Apply Cancel
One in four would share DNA with their bank to secure personal information

/Biometrics

One in four would share DNA with their bank to secure personal information

Most people who use mobile banking apps want to tap biometrics, rather than passwords, to access their accounts, according to research from Oz telco Telstra which also shows that a quarter of respondents would even share their DNA with their banks if it boosted security and ease of access.

Vodafone Turkey secures mobile wallet with eye verification tech

/Biometrics

Vodafone Turkey secures mobile wallet with eye verification tech

Vodafone's Turkish arm is using technology from EyeVerify to enable customers to open its mobile wallet simply by looking at their handsets.

Chinese firm unveils facial recognition ATM

/Biometrics

Chinese firm unveils facial recognition ATM

Engineers in China have developed what is thought to be the world's first cash machine to ditch PINs in favour of facial recognition technology.

Icici rolls out voice recognition tech

/Biometrics

Icici rolls out voice recognition tech

India's Icici Bank is introducing voice recognition technology at its call centres, enabling customers to authenticate themselves simply by speaking.

Fujitsu handset uses iris scanning for mobile payments authentication

/Biometrics

Fujitsu handset uses iris scanning for mobile payments authentication

Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo and handset maker Fujitsu have unveiled a smartphone that authenticates users for mobile payments by scanning their irises.

PayPal exec wants to replace passwords with injectable chips

/Biometrics

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.

Alibaba unveils 'smile-to-pay' tech

/Biometrics

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.

Halifax trials heartbeat authentication technology

/Biometrics

Halifax trials heartbeat authentication technology

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

OCBC Bank uses Apple Touch ID for account balance access

/Biometrics

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.

CaixaBank adds voice command option to mobile app

/Biometrics

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.

Finextra Leadership: Tangerine's direct banking pioneer

/Biometrics

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.

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

/Biometrics

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.

MasterCard to spend heavily on biometrics and cyber protection

/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.

Finovate Europe 2015 - Day 1 roundup

/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.

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

/Biometrics

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.

Westpac to debut fingerprint access for mobile banking

/Biometrics

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.

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

/Biometrics

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.

MasterCard looks to bust contactless transaction limits with fingerprint cards

/Biometrics

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.

Japanese messaging outfit Line moves into payments

/Biometrics

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.

Tangerine brings biometrics to mobile banking

/Biometrics

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.

Welcome to Finextra. We use cookies to help us to deliver our services. You may change your preferences at our Cookie Centre.

Please read our Privacy Policy.

Accept