Latest Biometrics News: Finextra Research

Discover cafe introduces biometric payments

Employees of card scheme Discover can now pay for their purchases in the company cafeteria at the touch of a finger using technology from biometric outfit Pay By Touch.

27 April 2005

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Pay By Touch poaches BofA's Hollowood for IT security role

San Franciso-based biometric payments company Pay By Touch has appointed Bank of America's Larry Hollowood as its chief security officer.

22 April 2005

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Rapidata Services adds biometric security to Bacs bureau service

UK direct debit payment processor Rapidata Services is using technology from Eiger Systems to add biometric security controls to its Bacs bureau service.

22 March 2005

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More banks turning to biometric authentication

US-based Bio-Key has secured a contract with an un-named bank for its finger-based biometric identification system, Web-key. The deal follows a number of recent implementations of biometric technology by financial services firms as part of the fight against fraud.

10 December 2004

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Pay By Touch to acquire online payments firm ATM Direct

San Franciso-based Pay By Touch has signed an agreement to acquire ATM Direct, a provider of online payment authentication technology. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

29 November 2004

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NCR unveils anti-skimming device; teams with Bancafe for biometric ATMs

ATM manufacturer NCR has launched Fraudulent Device Inhibitor, an anti-fraud device designed to prevent card skimming at cash machines.

19 November 2004

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Reserve Bank of Malawi rolls out Sagem fingerprint recognition technology

The Reserve Bank of Malawi is installing a fingerprint recognition system developed by French technology firm, Sagem.

07 October 2004