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Company update/Biometrics
Answering the market’s growing demand for increased convenience and security associated with biometric technology, National Bank of Kuwait and Mastercard announced two pioneering biometric solutions designed to improve online and in-store shopping at a press conference held at NBK Head.
16 May 2018
News/Biometrics
FNB is to roll out 50 new banking kiosks that validate a customer's identity with the touch of a thumb at locations across South Africa.
09 May 2018
MatchMove, one of the world’s fastest growing and most disruptive fintech companies, today unveiled the latest feature in its proprietary Banking Wallet OSTM using facial biometric technology to instantly verify user identity. By seamlessly incorporating biometric verification,
03 May 2018
Mastercard is looking to boost the popularity of its biometric cards by letting users register their fingerprints from the comfort of their own homes.
02 May 2018
Currency Matters, the foreign currency exchange and payment service that enables businesses to trade cost effectively overseas has added biometric facial verification from Selified to quickly verify new customers worldwide.
26 April 2018
AimBrain, the Biometric Identity as-a-Service platform, has today raised the bar in user authentication by introducing optional audio and lip synchronisation into its facial authentication module to create AimFace//LipSync.
25 April 2018
Nordic payments processor Nets has begun tests of finger-vein payments with students and visitors at the Copenhagen Business Scool.
24 April 2018
Arvato Financial Solutions invests in Israeli behavioral biometrics pioneer SecuredTouch in a joint effort to ensure greater security and user experience for digital transactions
23 April 2018
JPMorgan Chase is to begin using individuals’ unique voiceprints to identify customers who are calling to inquire about their credit card accounts.
20 April 2018
Japanese card issuer JCB is conducting trails of contactless cards with an embedded fingerprint sensor to replace PIN button pushing for higher-value purchases at the check out.
18 April 2018
Onfido, a leading AI-powered identity verification provider, today announces the appointment of David Clarke as Chief Financial Officer to help the company achieve operational excellence as it continues its global expansion.
17 April 2018
Digital security world leader Gemalto and biometric technology company Zwipe have partnered with areeba, a financial and payment technology company in the Middle East and Africa, with the support of Unilux Cards, to pilot the first battery-less dual interface biometric payment card (chip- and contactless-enabled) in the Middle East with Visa.
16 April 2018
Ingenico Group (Euronext: FR0000125346 – ING), the global leader in seamless payment, today announced the launch of the Move/2500 B, a portable terminal combining the convenience of fingerprint authentication with the security of the latest PCI standards.
Visa Inc. (NYSE: V), today announced the results from a survey of 500 consumers in the UAE that explores awareness and perceptions of biometric authentication, which finds consumers have a strong interest in biometric technologies that make their lives easier.
28 March 2018
The Fido Alliance, the 250+ member association developing specifications and certification programs for simpler, stronger authentication, announced today the expansion of its certification program to include multi-level security evaluations for authenticators such as physical security keys and biometrics in mobile devices and PCs.
20 March 2018
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced that it has been selected by Dai Nippon Printing (DNP), a financial solutions provider in Japan, to make mobile banking transactions easier to use.
Singaporeans are interested in using biometric methods to verify identity (97 per cent) and make payments (96 per cent), recognising that biometrics are faster, easier and more secure than traditional passwords, according to a recent Visa survey on biometric authentication for payments.
BBVA is testing a facial recognition system at its inhouse cafetaria that is capable of recognising users and their orders and charging their cards as part of a strategy to render checkouts and payments 'invisible'.
19 March 2018
Today, Yoti announced that it will be working within the FCA sandbox with Worry+Peace, an insurtech startup.
13 March 2018
BioCatch, a global leader in behavioral biometrics, announced today that it has closed a $30 million financing round, cementing its growth plan and vision to redefine digital identity and enable renewed trust in online interactions.
12 March 2018
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