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Japan Racing Association rolls out Fujitsu biometric-enabled cashless betting machines

Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Frontech Limited today announced that their jointly developed biometric-enabled cashless betting machines will be put to use by the Japan Racing Association (JRA).

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Fido Alliance introduces biometric certification programme

Biometric user verification has become a popular way to replace passwords and PINs, but the lack of an industry-defined programme to validate performance claims has led to concerns over variances in the accuracy and reliability of these solutions.

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IDnow ships next gen identity verification-as-a-service platform

IDnow, nominated to the 2018 FinTech50 list of hottest European start-ups, today launched the next generation of its identity verification-as-a-service platform that will enable companies to verify the identities of more than 7 billion potential customers online, easily and securely, in compliance with regulatory Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements across Europe and beyond.

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Zwipe and Silone join forces for biometrics card project

Biometric technology company Zwipe and Silone CardTech, a VISA, Mastercard, China UnionPay and JCB certified card manufacturer based in Shenzhen, China have announced a partnership to launch battery-less dual-interface biometric payment cards with banks and loyalty programs in China.

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Sthaler partners with CP Plus to launch Fingopay across NHS trusts

Biometrics payments and ID verification business Sthaler has partnered with CP Plus, one of the UK’s leading car park providers, to develop a world-first parking technology that will increase security for ID verification and payment authentication at hospital parking sites.

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Seattle Seahawks introduce fingerprint payments with Clear

CLEAR, the company using biometrics to build a connected, secure and frictionless world, announces three new initiatives in Seattle enabling fans of the Seahawks, Sounders FC and Mariners to move through security quickly and to purchase concessions with the tap of a finger

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Aeon and Fujitsu pilot palm vein biometric payments

Aeon Financial Services is teaming up with Fujitsu to trial a biometric system that lets Japanese shoppers pay for their groceries with their hands.

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LendInvest and Onfido form ‘selfie’ partnership to speed up Buy-to-Let ID checks

LendInvest, the UK’s largest marketplace platform for mortgages, and Onfido, the leading identity verification provider, have announced a partnership that will further streamline LendInvest’s digital application process for its Buy-to-Let (BTL) product.

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Mastercard: Biometric payments to take centre stage under PSD2

Mastercard is forecasting a bright future for biometric technology, as new rules on strong customer authentication under PSD2 come into force across Europe.

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EBA warns banks on being too passive or proactive on fintech

As they seek to steer a course through the new fintech environment, financial services firms must beware the risks to their business models of both being too passive and too gung-ho in their embrace of new technologies, says a European Banking Authority report.

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BofA Merrill introduces biometric log-ins for corporate mobile users

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has added fingerprint and facial recognition technology alongside an embedded token to enable quick access to payment approvals for corporate users of its CashPro mobile application.

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Veridium wins DFS grant to bring FS services to the unbanked

Veridium, a leader in strong authentication solutions using biometrics instead of passwords and tokens, today announced it has won a $150,000 grant from Digital Financial Services Lab (DFS), supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to bring universal and affordable financial services to emerging countries across the globe.

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Czech bank introduces voice biometrics for call centre customer authentication

The Czech Republic's largest bank, Česká spořitelna, has rolled out voice biometrics technology from Nuance Communications, enabling customers to identify themselves to call centre staff simply by speaking.

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Dah Sing Bank rolls out mobile biometric authentication system

Tradelink and Daon announced today the deployment of a fingerprint and facial authentication solution for Dah Sing Bank (DSB), a leading financial services group in Hong Kong and one of Tradelink’s repeat bank customers.

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Precise Biometrics collaborates with NXP on biometric smart cards

Precise Biometrics, a leader in fingerprint software and NXP Semiconductors collaborate to integrate Precise BioMatch Card in NXP’s contactless biometric smart cards.

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Fido Allaince to test authentication in 3D-Secure

EMVCo, the global technical body that manages the EMV Specifications, and the FIDO Alliance, an industry consortium developing open, interoperable authentication standards, have expanded their collaboration to include a work item to define in detail how EMV 3-D Secure (3DS) messages may be used to pass FIDO authenticator attestation data and signatures in a manner that is both scalable and interoperable across the EMV payments ecosystem.

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Finda Systems to test facial recognition tech under MAS PoC scheme

Finda System (Asia) Pte Ltd (Finda), a fintech company offering Know-Your-Customer (KYC) solutions to the banking sector, today announced receiving grant from Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) through the central bank’s FSTI (Financial Sector Technology and Innovation) Proof of Concept (POC) Scheme.

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India's MoneyOnMobile launches biometric ATM product

MoneyOnMobile, Inc. (OTCQB: MOMT), one of India's largest mobile phone-based payment networks, announced the launch of a new biometric-based ATM cash-out solution.

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Ant Financial provides tech for China Everbright Bank transformation programme

Ant Financial Services Group (“Ant Financial”) has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China Everbright Bank Co., Ltd (“China Everbright Bank”) and Everbright Technology Co., Ltd. (“Everbright Technology”), a fintech subsidiary of China Everbright Group, to facilitate China Everbright Bank’s digital transformation.

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FNB lets customers open accounts with selfies

South Africa's FNB has revamped its mobile services, enabling consumers and businesses to open accounts within minutes by taking selfies.