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Fingopay adopts Cardstream's Open payment network

Fingopay, the biometric payment solution using VeinID technology, has today announced the adoption of Cardstream’s Open Payment Network to support its growth and expansion in the UK.

05 June 2019

News/ai

Money 20/20 Europe 2019: The interplay of AI, cloud, blockchain and quantum computing

On the final day of Money 20/20 Europe 2019 in Amsterdam, Jesse McWaters, financial innovation lead at the World Economic Forum starts the day discussing the interplay of AI, cloud, blockchain and quantum computing, and what happens when it all collides.

05 June 2019

News/Biometrics

Payment firms raise fears over EU security rules

A lack of preparedness for the EU's new regulations on authentication could cost Europe's online economy more than €50bn according to a number of payment processors and e-commerce merchants.

04 June 2019

Company update/security

Next Biometrics CEO Ritu Favre to resign

NEXT Biometrics Group ASA (Oslo Bors: NEXT) announces that Ritu Favre will resign from the position of chief executive officer, effective July 28, 2019 in best mutual consent to pursue another professional opportunity.

28 May 2019

Company update/security

Next Biometrics and Newland to deliver biometric POS

NEXT Biometrics (Oslo Bors: NEXT), a global leader in fingerprint sensor technology, announces that it has entered into a supply agreement with Fujian Newland Payment Technology Co., Ltd. (Newland).

16 May 2019

News/Biometrics

Brits wary of new banking tech, despite high demand

Brits expect their banks to deliver the latest technology to them but are less likely to rush to use it, suggests a survey from ING.

15 May 2019

News/devops

Microsoft Build 2019: What stands out for fintech developers?

Thousands of developers, software engineers and students gathered at Microsoft Build 2019 to learn about the latest advances across technologies critical to the future of banking, such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, the Internet of Things and Mixed Reality for cloud or edge computing.

10 May 2019

News/Biometrics

DBS retrains call centre staff for digital future

Singapore's DBS has retrained more than 500 call centre employees for the digital age, creating new roles in areas such as social media, voice biometrics and live chat.

08 May 2019

News/Biometrics

Mastercard trials biometric cards in Mexico

Mastercard is teaming up with prepaid specialist Edenred and the Mexican state of Sonora to trial the use of cards with embedded fingerprint sensors for benefit programme disbursement.

07 May 2019

Company update/Biometrics

TagNitecrest begins manufacture of biometric payment cards in the UK

North West based, plastic card manufacturer, Nitecrest Group, are pioneering new Biometrics technology creating some of the first wave of fingerprint activated payment cards.

01 May 2019

Company update/security

DBS to ditch physical tokens for corporate log-in

DBS Bank today announced that it will be providing a higher level of security and a better user experience to more than 200,000 of its corporate and SME customers on DBS IDEAL, the bank’s online banking platform for corporate and SME customers.

29 April 2019

Company update/security

Santander introduces voice and phone ID authentication for UK phone banking

Santander has today announced plans to offer telephone banking customers the option to verify their identity through an innovative combination of ‘Phone ID’ and biometric ‘Voice ID’ technology, making its authentication process simpler and more secure than ever.

26 April 2019

Company update/security

NatWest begins customer pilot of biometric card

The first biometric fingerprint card issued by a UK bank enters circulation today. As part of a national trial NatWest is piloting cutting edge, biometric fingerprint technology with 200 customers.

24 April 2019

Company update/security

Citi introduces biometric authentication for business clients in Asia Pacific

Citi’s institutional clients in China, India, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam can now use fingerprint or facial recognition to access their CitiDirect BE® Mobile App, Citi’s award-winning digital banking platform for institutions on mobile.

18 April 2019

Company update/security

EMVCo, Fido Alliance and W3C form web payments interest group

The FIDO Alliance, EMVCo, and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announced today the creation of a new Interest Group for organizations to collaborate on a vision for Web payment security and interoperability.

17 April 2019

News/devops

Stripe buys Touchtech ahead of new EU online authentication rules

Stripe is gearing up for new EU-wide ecommerce transaction authentication rules by buying Irish biometrics specialist Touchtech Payments. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

17 April 2019

Company update/security

NatWest introduces biometric approval for business payments

NatWest has today announced the launch of a new biometric payment approval feature, which allows business and commercial banking customers to make payments of any size through their Bankline Mobile app using Face ID or Touch ID, without the need for a card reader – a UK banking first.

16 April 2019

Company update/Biometrics

Sberbank to acquire controlling interest in biometrics firm Speech Technology Center

Sberbank, Gazprombank and Digital Horizon announce that Sberbank has agreed to acquire a 51% stake in Speech Technology Center (STC) from Gazprombank. Digital

12 April 2019

News/Biometrics

Banks have been the catalyst for Nordic digital identity success

In conversation with Finextra Research, Arkwright’s Frank Wunderlich and Signicat’s John Erik Setsaas discuss their new report which highlights how the Nordic region can now act as a blueprint for digital identity success and how banks are crucial for this positive result.

09 April 2019

Company update/security

EquensWorldline adds fingerprints and FaceID to authentication options

equensWorldline, subsidiary of Worldline [Euronext: WLN], European leader in the payments and transactional services industry, has expanded its Trusted Authentication solution by adding fingerprint and faceID security options.

03 April 2019