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Redrock Biometrics joins Wells Fargo accelerator

Redrock Biometrics, an innovator in biometric solutions, today announced commercial availability of PalmIDTM, the first market-ready, and secure, palm-based biometric authentication solution.

23 October 2017

Company update/Biometrics

Precise Biometrics upgrades BioMatch sensors

In the run up to Money 20/20 in Las Vegas, Precise Biometrics announces a powerful and efficient upgrade of its market-leading fingerprint solution for smart cards that will lower total product costs, supporting the growth of biometric payment cards.

20 October 2017

Company update/Biometrics

Visa rolls out ID Intelligence platform to display third party authentication tools

Visa (NYSE:V) today announced Visa ID Intelligence, a platform that allows issuers, acquirers and merchants to quickly adopt emerging authentication technologies and create more secure and convenient ways for consumers to shop, pay and bank on their connected devices.

19 October 2017

Company update/Biometrics

Daon brings biometrics to Visa ID Intelligence scheme

Daon, an innovator of authentication and identity assurance solutions worldwide, announced today that it has been selected by Visa, the global payments technology company, to provide biometric services for the Visa ID Intelligence platform.

19 October 2017

News/Biometrics

OCBC business customers can now ask Siri to make B2B payments

Singapore's OCBC Bank has integrated its business mobile banking app with Apple's Siri for use in voice-controlled funds transfers and account balance enquiries.

04 October 2017

News/Biometrics

Brits give thumbs up to in-store biometrics

Nearly two thirds of Brits want to be able to use a biometric scan to authorise payments in-store, according to a WorldPay survey.

22 September 2017

News/Biometrics

Brunel Uni students get a glimpse of the future with finger payments

Students arriving for Freshers' Week at Brunel University in London UK will be able to pay for goods at campus convenience store Costcutters with a touch of their finger at a Fingopay terminal installed by biometrics outfit Sthaler.

20 September 2017

News/Biometrics

HSBC switches on selfie payments in China

HSBC customers in China can now make payments with a selfie, thanks to the introduction of facial recognition technology in the bank's mobile app.

18 September 2017

News/Biometrics

iPhone X gets Face ID for Apple Pay

Apple has ditched Touch ID for Face ID in its new iPhone X, enabling users to authenticate themselves - including for Apple Pay and apps that support the feature - simply by looking at their handsets.

12 September 2017

Company update/Biometrics

ANZ rolls out Voice ID for mobile payments

ANZ will today be the first Australian bank to roll out Voice ID technology on mobile banking enabling customers to complete higher value transactions conveniently and securely.

08 September 2017

News/Biometrics

Aussie banks unveil new fintech features

Two Australian banks unveiled updates to their banking services with ANZ Bank launching a voice-based identity service for mobile banking and National Australia Bank (NAB) debuting a chatbot for its business banking service.

04 September 2017

Company update/Biometrics

DBS launches Digibank in Indonesia

DBS Bank, a leading bank in Asia, today officially unveiled digibank by DBS (digibank), a groundbreaking mobile-led bank, in Indonesia.

31 August 2017

Company update/Biometrics

Mitek adds NFC to MobileVerify

Mitek (NASDAQ: MITK, www.miteksystems.com), a global leader in mobile capture and identity verification software solutions, today announced the addition of near-field communication (NFC) capability to its Mobile Verify solution.

09 August 2017

News/Biometrics

Citi taps into Cornell Tech talent

Citi is teaming up with Cornell University, leasing space at the Ivy League school's engineering campus in order to engage with students and faculty on areas such as blockchain and machine learning.

24 July 2017

News/Biometrics

The eyes have it: TSB brings iris scanning to mobile app

TSB is claiming a European first by introducing iris scanning to its mobile banking app, eradicating the need to remember lengthy IDs or passwords.

20 July 2017

Company update/Biometrics

Jumio adds eyeball tracking to Netverify

Jumio, the creator of Netverify Trusted Identity as a Service (TIaaS), today announced the addition of eyeball tracking to Netverify’s biometrics capabilities.

18 July 2017

News/Biometrics

Self-service kiosk vendor hit by hackers

US firm Avanti Markets says that nearly 2000 of its self-service payment kiosks have been infected with malware, putting customers' card data at risk.

12 July 2017

News/Biometrics

SAP Financial Services Forum, London - Day 2 live blog

Welcome to Finextra's live coverage from Day 2 of the SAP Financial Services Forum in London. The theme for this event is 'winning in the digital moment'. The agenda will examine how technologies such as AI, machine learning, analytics, blockchain, open APIs and the cloud can be best leveraged to deliver truly digitised financial services.

05 July 2017

Company update/Biometrics

Fit Pay adds payment capabilities to Token biometric ring

Fit Pay, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of NXT-ID, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXTD) and a provider of payment, credential management, and authentication platform services, today announced that is providing payment capabilities for, Token, a biometric identity ring that streamlines the process of authentication throughout your day.

29 June 2017

News/Biometrics

Nets experiments with finger payments at Idea Lab

Nordic payments processor Nets is working with UK biometric company Sthaler to trial the use of finger vein recognition technology to authenticate users at the point-of-sale.

28 June 2017