Latest Biometrics News: Finextra Research

Company update/security

Checkout.com first PSP to offer Google Pay biometric authentication to merchants

Checkout.com, a leading global digital payments provider, today announced it is the first payment provider to partner with Google Pay to bring its biometric-based secure payment authentication service to merchants.

08 August 2024

News/payments

JP Morgan preps more biometric payment pilots

JP Morgan is teaming up with vendor PopID to trial pay-by-face biometric payments with merchants across the US.

07 August 2024

Company update/security

Fingerprints supports Valid in roll out of biometric payment cards in Brazil

Fingerprint Cards AB (Fingerprints) and Valid, the global payment technology provider and integrator of secure solutions for identification, mobile and payment ecosystems, have partnered in developing a biometric payment card for the Brazilian market.

27 June 2024

Long read/Biometrics

Hamish Monk Senior Reporter at Finextra

How to verify a digital identity

18 June 2024

Company update/security

Idex Biometrics books production order from Beautiful Card Corporation

IDEX Biometrics has received a production order from Beautiful Card Corporation (BCC), in support of bank launches in Asia.

18 June 2024

News/ai

Finextra launches NextGen:AI, a new event defining AI's future in financial services

Join Finextra in London on 26th November 2024 to challenge the perception of AI and its role in financial services.

14 June 2024

Finextra TV/payments

IP Regulation, VoP and Interoperability: Preparing for the October 2025 Deadline

FinextraTV and Banfico’s CEO Kannan Rasappan explore all the current moving pieces of the puzzle for payments service providers in the EEA region, dive deep into the biggest challenges ahead of compliance with the incoming instant payments regulation in October 2025 and how Verification of Payee will impact this. VoP must also be considered as a fraud and financial crime mitigator, and the conversation turns to how cross border payments could open the door to potential scams and how banks must stop operating in siloes to prevent them. Banfico is running an upcoming webinar to delve deeper into these topics with other key players in the VOP landscape.

12 June 2024

Company update/payments

Moneyhub introduces account verification service

Moneyhub, the market-leading data and payments platform, has today announced the introduction of its account verification service. Powered by Open Banking, Moneyhub Account Verification enables better payment security utilising bank level security controls (including PSD2 SCA) and biometrics.

07 June 2024

Company update/security

IProov first to score Fido Alliance certification for face biometrics

iProov, a leading provider of science-based biometric identity solutions, announces today its Dynamic Liveness Solution, the science powering the iProov Biometric Solution Suite’s Remote Onboarding and Authentication solutions, is the first to achieve the new global certification on face biometric identity verification from the FIDO Alliance.

06 June 2024

Company update/payments

Mastercard launches biometric checkout programme in Uruguay

Mastercard today announced the expansion of its global Biometric Checkout Program in Latin America (LAC). With partners Ingenico, Fulcrum Biometrics, Fujitsu Frontech, and Scanntech, Mastercard has launched an innovative in-store biometric payment experience at Tienda Inglesa’s Red Expres in Uruguay.

03 June 2024

Company update/identity

Fido Alliance introduces Face Verification Certification for remote biometrics

The FIDO Alliance announced today the launch of the first globally available certification program to test and certify the performance of remote biometric identity verification technology when verifying a user against a trusted identity document for accuracy, liveness, and bias.

29 May 2024

News/payments

Google Pay lets customers ditch CVVs for biometrics

Google Pay has received a revamp to make it easier for shoppers to see card benefits, use BNPL on more sites, and ditch CVV codes in favour of biometrics at checkout.

23 May 2024

Company update/security

Zwipe collaborates with Ermes srl to distribute biometric sccess cards in Italy

Ermes srl, one of the leaders in providing solutions for the identification and security of people, has signed a distribution agreement with Zwipe, a pioneer and world leader in the development of biometric technology on cards for identification, access control and payment.

21 May 2024

News/regulation

Australia passes Digital ID Bill

The Australian Government has passed the Digital ID Bill 2024 and Digital ID (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2024.

17 May 2024

Company update/security

Money Carer, Tag Systems & Fingerprints deliver biometric payment card for vulnerable people

Money Carer, a UK-based national social enterprise focused on providing secure money management services for vulnerable people, has partnered with global card manufacturer Tag Systems and world-leading biometrics company Fingerprint Cards AB (Fingerprints™).

13 May 2024

News/identity

Permira to take majority stake in BioCatch

PE firm Permira is buying a majority position in BioCatch in a deal that values the Israeli behavioural biometrics company at $1.3 billion.

03 May 2024

News/retail

Bank of Ireland to equip call centres with single customer view and voice biometrics

Bank of Ireland is spending €34 million to overhaul its call centre operations, providing operators with a single customer view and introducing voice biometrics for added security.

01 May 2024

News/identity

NextGen Nordics 2024: Can behavioural biometrics fix fraud?

Moderating her second panel of the day - Fraud prevention and AML: the need for behavioural biometrics in this instant age - Finextra’s senior reporter Niamh Curran spoke to Megan Heald, senior project manager at NICE Actimize, John Sam-Kubam, senior vice president at Crown Agents Bank, Beju Shah, head of Nordic centre at the Bank of International Settlements, and Robert Woods, director international market planning and financial services SME at LexisNexis® Risk Solutions.

25 April 2024