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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.

 

Iris biometrics deployed by PayEye for retail payments, GalvanEyes for financial services

Polish computer retail chain Komputronik has announced a new biometrics partnership with PayEye, a provider of iris recognition solutions. As…

 

Thales continues biometric card R&D in France, approved by Mastercard for quantum security

Thales is developing biometric bank cards and working on eSIM technnologies at a French research facility in La Ciotat launched…

 

Palm biometric payments grow with launch on WeChat, Amazon One expansion

Tencent’s super-app WeChat has added a new “Palm Payment” applet to enable users to pay using palm biometrics, Tech Planet…

 

Distribution deal with payments provider to supply BioCatch behavioral biometrics in ANZ

BioCatch has been selected by payments provider Indue to protect financial institutions, retailers and non-profits in Australia and New Zealand…

 

VeriFast raises $3.5M amid digital financial services growth

Digital processes are increasingly relevant to banking consumers of all ages, according to a new report. ID verification vendor IDnow,…

 

Digital ID verifier finds US consumers want better security and faster remote onboarding

Six in 10 consumers surveyed have “dueling demands for data privacy and personalization” that begin with the remote onboarding process….

 

World Bank execs see digital public infrastructure as catalyst for financial inclusion

Three top executives of the World Bank have argued that efforts made to facilitate digital payments during the peak of…

 

Zwipe books largest single quarterly order for biometric payment cards, expects more to follow

Zwipe has received a commercial order of its technology to enable smart card manufacturers to produce biometric payment cards from…

 

An account at the end of each finger: OVE Touch & Go biometrics sidestep payment cards

Assign a bank account or payment card to each fingertip to then pay in person with a just a fingerprint…

 

New spec pushed to speed evolution of biometric cards and mobile payments

EMVCo, which writes and manages voluntary Europay-Mastercard–Visa specifications for secure and interoperable card-based payments systems worldwide, has published a draft…

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