Financial services solutions provider Access Softek has recently unveiled two separate biometrics partnerships. The first one, with Enacomm, will see…
Financial Services
Biometrics are used in financial services to aid in the flow of money from account opening through payments and transfers. This includes biometric payment cards, point-of-sale and payments systems, transaction processing and other payment technologies, as well as onboarding and regulatory checks, and mobile wallet applications.
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