Latest Biometrics News: Finextra Research

Fed staffers put a downer on mobile payments party

While the crowds at Mobile World Congress in Barcleona lap up the latest innovations in mobile payments and biometric security, party-pooping staff at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta have cast a more sober eye over the potential for mass-market uptake of new-fangled payment methods.

23 February 2016

Company update/Biometrics

WeChat mobile payments gets fingerprint recognition with Qualcomm

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., is the first company to support hardware-backed biometric fingerprint authentication for Tencent’s WeChat mobile payment service.

23 February 2016

Company update/Biometrics

Morpho and Visa collaborate on biometric authentication

Morpho (Safran), a global leader in identity and security solutions, today announced it will work with Visa to showcase new ways to pay using technologies such as biometric recognition.

23 February 2016

News/Biometrics

Following Dutch thumbs up, MasterCard preps major selfie payments roll out

As MasterCard prepares to bring facial recognition payment services to the UK, US and Canada, research shows that the Dutch prefer selfies to passwords for online shopping authentication.

22 February 2016

Company update/Biometrics

Gemalto introduces biometric security platform

Gemalto, Fingerprint Cards, Precise Biometrics and STMicroelectronics introduce the first end-to-end security architecture for biometric fingerprint authentication at Mobile World Congress 2016, offering OEMs the opportunity to easily deploy this consumer-friendly feature in the latest generation of wearable and consumer electronics devices.

22 February 2016

Company update/Biometrics

Fujitsu launches biometrically-protected smart tablet

Fujitsu’s most secure 2 in 1 device is launched today.

22 February 2016

Company update/Biometrics

First Tech FCU to introduce biometric protection following positive trial results

This past fall, First Tech Federal Credit Union, the nation’s leading credit union serving employees and family members of America’s technology sector, in cooperation with MasterCard, was one of two global partners to help MasterCard test biometrics payment authentication using the MasterCard Identity Check™ mobile app.

19 February 2016

Company update/Biometrics

Morpho delivers GSMA Mobile Connect solution with Fido certified facial recognition

Morpho (Safran) today announced that is has integrated its GSMA Mobile Connect-based solution with FIDO* (Fast Identity Online) Alliance certified biometric authentication to achieve even greater convenience and control of secure credentials for the end customer and to ensure the required level of assurance for the mobile network operator and its service provider partners.

19 February 2016

News/Biometrics

HSBC to roll out voice and Touch ID to 15 million UK customers

Customers of HSBC and first direct in the UK will no longer need to reel off a list of passwords and security questions when calling or logging in to mobile banking as the bank prepares for the roll out of voice and fingerprint recognition.

19 February 2016

Company update/Biometrics

Samsung SDS to use Morpho’s facial recognition technology for online authentication

Morpho (Safran), a world leader in biometrics, today announced that Samsung SDS will implement its online authentication solution based on facial recognition technology.

18 February 2016

Company update/Biometrics

Precise Biometrics signs license agreement with Fingerprint Cards for smart cards

Precise Biometrics, the leader in fingerprint software, expands the licensing agreement with Fingerprint Cards to include Precise BioMatch Embedded for smart cards.

17 February 2016

Company update/Biometrics

Fifth Third gives thumbs up to Touch ID

Fifth Third Bank announced today the addition of Touch ID biometric capabilities to its mobile banking app for the iPhone.

04 February 2016

Company update/Biometrics

TeleSign partners with BehavioSec to unite behavioral biometrics and mobile indentity

TeleSign, the leader in mobile identity solutions, today announced a new partnership with BehavioSec, the leading provider of behavioral biometric solutions for multi-layered authentication and verification.

20 January 2016

News/Biometrics

Costa Rican bank to roll out facial recognition technology

Banco Nacional of Costa Rica is to authenticate clients logging in to mobile banking with face recognition technology from Spanish biometrics company FacePhi.

12 January 2016

News/Biometrics

Atom Bank to launch with face and voice biometrics

UK digital challenger bank Atom is to use face and voice biometrics as core credentials for customers logging in to banking apps.

16 December 2015

News/Biometrics

Banks to up spending on payments

Banks across the world are set to significantly increase spending on new payment technology in 2016, according to a study by analyst house Ovum.

16 December 2015

News/Biometrics

Worldpay tests pay with your finger technology

Using technology from UK-based biometric startup Sthaler, hundreds of Worldpay employees are trying out a new way to pay - with a scan of their finger.

11 November 2015

News/Biometrics

Biometrics backers push case for password-free payments

Passwords could soon be a thing of the past according to speakers at this week's Money 20/20 event in Las Vegas.

30 October 2015

News/Biometrics

India and Bangladesh play unlikely starring role at Money 20/20

Financial inclusion featured high on the agenda of the opening sessions at Money 20/20 in Las Vegas. Initiatives from Asia were highlighted as showing best practice in solving identity issues.

26 October 2015

Company update/Biometrics

Biometrics payment startup Zwipe raises $5m

Zwipe, which launched the world’s first fingerprint authenticated payment card on 17 October last year, today announced that it has raised $5 million in equity from Photon Future Ltd.

13 October 2015