Mastercard’s Biometric Checkout Program arrives in Europe
Mastercard is rolling out its biometric retail payments for the first time in Europe. The company will be piloting its…
Articles By Masha Borak
Masha Borak is a technology journalist. Her work has appeared in Wired, Business Insider, Rest of World, and other media outlets. Previously she reported for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. Reach out to her at masha@biometricupdate.com.
Biometric technology buyers are facing an assessment conundrum: Idemia
The market for biometric identification technology has grown rapidly in the past several years with buyers increasingly forced to choose…
Smell the future: Machine olfaction is paving the way for digitizing odors
Machine learning has paved the way for voice and facial recognition but researchers are still struggling to quantify the elusive…
As UK sets date for general elections, criticism piles on voter ID requirement
The UK’s first national election to require a photo ID document has finally set its date to July 4th. But…
Will we be able to travel with the EUDI wallet?
Experts discuss how the European Union Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet will be used to cross borders and how to protect…
Linux’s OpenWallet Foundation launches forum to drive digital wallet interoperability
The OpenWallet Foundation (OWF) has launched a new framework for collaboration between governments, standards bodies and companies called the OpenWallet…
SenseTime eyes generative AI as revenue alternative to facial recognition
Chinese artificial intelligence firm SenseTime, known for its facial recognition technology, is zooming in on another source of income –…
Gen works with Accenture on digital ID for employee onboarding
Last year, Gen Digital, the company behind cybersecurity solutions such as Norton, Avast and Avira, quietly launched a digital identity…
EU’s blockchain moves under new consortium
The European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI), which the European Commission describes as Europe’s first blockchain infrastructure for public services, is…
Socure examines US$100B first-party fraud problem
First-party fraud is costing financial institutions and merchants in the U.S. more than US$100 billion per year, according to the…
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