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MePIN introduces biometric authentication for CNP transactions

MePIN / Meontrust Inc, the forerunner in Strong Customer Authentication user experience, introduced additional biometric authentication options to it's MePIN Universal Authentication platform.

13 February 2017

News/Biometrics

Emirates NBD to roll-out biometrically-enabled 'Cockpit' dashboard to all branches

Emirates NBD has connected 14 different siloed applications to provide branch staff with a 360-degree single view of all customer relationships, combined with biometric digital signatures for paperless transactions and data-driven insights.

06 February 2017

Company update/Biometrics

Yapı Kredi enlists EyeVerify for eye biometrics-based mobile logins

Yapı Kredi, the first national private bank of Turkey co-owned by Koç Holding, one of the biggest conglomerates of Turkey, and UniCredit, the largest banking group of Europe, is the first bank in Europe to use Eyeprint ID for mobile login, and the first bank across the globe to offer Eyeprint ID for mobile banking login and cardless cash withdrawals.

31 January 2017

News/Biometrics

FingoPay unveiled at London music venue

The UK's first implementation of finger vein biometrics for authenticating user payments has taken place at a music venue in London.

31 January 2017

Company update/Biometrics

Fingerprint Cards’ board member Lars Söderfjell taken into custody

The Swedish Economic Crime Authority has today taken Fingerprint Cards’ member of the Board Lars Söderfjell into custody for alleged market abuse in conjunction with the company’s profit warning in December 2016.

23 January 2017

News/Biometrics

China's Ant Financial goes global in bid for two billion users in 10 years

Ant Financial, the payments unit of Chinese Web giant Alibaba, is looking into the use of blockchain technology as it sets its sights on boosting its user numbers to two billion people within the next decade.

20 January 2017

News/Biometrics

Al Rahji installs fingerprint readers for instant card issuance

Saudi Arabia's Al Rajhi Bank has introduced biometric fingerprint readers for instant issuance of customer debit cards across its branch network.

19 January 2017

News/Biometrics

Yapı Kredi introduces eye scanning for app logins

In what it claims is a European first, Turkish digital bank Yapı Kredi is to start letting customers log into their mobile accounts by scanning their eyes.

18 January 2017

Company update/Biometrics

Fujitsu ports palm vein authentication to tablets and mobile devices

Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. has announced development of the world's first slide-style palm vein authentication technology. This technology is compact enough to be equipped to future tablets and other handheld mobile devices.

13 January 2017

News/Biometrics

Spanish fintech accelerator calls for international applicants

A Spanish bank-backed fintech incubator and accelerator is inviting startups from Europe and Latin America to apply for four-month programme at its base in Valencia.

16 December 2016

News/Biometrics

Sumitomo Financial Group trials facial recognition tech

Sumitomo Financial Group is testing facial recognition technology from NEC on purchases made by employees at its banking and cards operations.

14 December 2016

Company update/Biometrics

First National Bank adds touch ID to FNB Direct mobile banking app

First National Bank of Pennsylvania, the largest subsidiary of F.N.B. Corporation (FNB), today announced the addition of Touch ID® fingerprint-based authentication to its FNB Direct mobile banking app.

13 December 2016

Company update/Biometrics

Precise Biometrics to acquire the business of NexID Biometrics

Precise Biometrics, a leader in fingerprint software, has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of NexID Biometrics, a specialist in spoof mitigation and liveness detection solutions for the biometric authentication industry, for 32 million SEK in cash.

13 December 2016

News/Biometrics

Citi fintech unit taps agile methodologies to craft new mobile app

Citibank is rolling out a new mobile app that combines banking, wealth management and money movement features on a single biometrically-secured application.

08 December 2016

Company update/Biometrics

Former HSBC fintech head joins biometric authentication outfit Veridium as CEO

Veridium, a leader in biometrics-based authentication technology, today announced the appointment of new CEO James Stickland.

07 December 2016

News/Biometrics

Leumi Card turns to behavioural biometrics for app user authentication

The credit card unit of Israel's Bank Leumi is ditching passwords in its mobile app in favour of behavioural biometrics from local startup SecuredTouch.

22 November 2016

News/Biometrics

Mobile bank Bunq implements handprint bio-capture

Dutch mobile-only bank bunq is securing customer log-in with a biometric form factor that requires customers to present four fingerprints to access their data.

18 November 2016

News/Biometrics

NatWest trials BioCatch behavioural biometrics

NatWest has been trialling technology from BioCatch, an Israeli startup that uses behavioural biometrics to authenticate visitors to websites.

17 November 2016

News/Biometrics

Visa looks to kill passwords with multiple biometric authentication options

Visa is stepping up its efforts to kill off the password, teaming up with BioConnect to bring multiple biometric authentication options to a single app.

14 November 2016

Company update/Biometrics

Samsung to license Precise Biometric's tech for fingerprint sensing on mobile

Precise Biometrics, a leader in fingerprint software, has entered into a commercial software license and distribution agreement with Samsung’s System LSI Business, a division within Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., for the licensing of Precise Biometrics’ algorithm solution for fingerprint recognition in mobile devices, Precise BioMatch Mobile.

08 November 2016