New partnerships, face and iris biometric payment systems for PopID and PayEye
PopID has entered a new partnership with SoftBank’s subsidiary Japan Computer Vision (JCV) and Wendy’s First Kitchen (WFK) in Japan,…
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.
VerifyMe Nigeria plans regional expansion as biometrics startup IdentityPass raises $360K
VerifyMe Nigeria says it grew by ten times from 2020 to 2021, and has been growing by at least 40…
Daimler Mobility and Visa partner on biometrics for in-car payments
Daimler Mobility and Visa have entered a new partnership to work on biometrics-powered ‘native’ in-car payments for Mercedes-Benz vehicles. The…
Support for innovation, regulatory pressure spur biometric payments expansion
A new partnership, solution and regulatory rule indicate the expansion of biometric authentication for payments, with Liquid Avatar, India’s Wibmo…
Neuro-ID secures $35M for real-time behavior analysis expansion in Series B
Behavioral analytics specialist Neuro-ID has secured $35 million in Series B to acquire talent expand globally for its services for large-scale…
Idex receives production order for biometric payment cards amid steps towards rollouts
Idex Biometrics has received a high volume order for the production of its TrustedBio fingerprint sensors, and Zwipe says the…
Business version of FIDO-certified digital ID card released by CompoSecure and Nok Nok
CompoSecure has released a new, FIDO-certified digital ID card developed under its partnership with Nok Nok Labs and designed to…
Biometric KYC for financial services extended with FacePhi, Shufti Pro, Vouched deals
The digital identity verification and know your customer (KYC) sector continues to flourish in part due to the effects of…
WEF cites stats showing how digital IDs can accelerate national economies
A new World Economic Forum white paper finds reason to believe that digital ID programs will be decisive in modernized…
Idemia’s next-generation biometric payment card receives full Mastercard, Visa certification
Idemia’s second-generation biometric card platform F.CODE is now fully certified by both Mastercard and Visa, setting up high-volume market deployments…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection