Humaniq and Coinfirm partner to improve trust in financial inclusion technology
Fintech firm Humaniq and Blockchain company Coinfirm have announced a partnership to provide advanced security and transparency for financial inclusion…
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.
Visa launches biometrics-focused security roadmap
Visa has published a “Future of Security Roadmap” which emphasizes the use of biometrics, particularly with a mobile device, in…
Online fraud during holiday shopping period down in 2017
Online fraud during the holiday shopping period from Black Friday to Cyber Monday fell by 33 percent, and for 2017…
VisionLabs and BS/2 partner for interbank facial recognition services
VisionLabs and Lithuanian banking technology company BS/2 have announced a strategic partnership to create a line of interbank services for…
HooYu technologies to verify customer identity for challenger bank Countingup
HooYu has partnered with challenger bank Countingup to verify customer identity in the account opening process. Countingup is an UK…
Is this the end of the PIN code and password?
This is a guest post by Xavier Larduinat, Head of Banking and Payment Innovation at Gemalto. We’ve all struggled to…
Acuity forecasts one trillion cloud-based biometric transactions by 2022
More than one trillion transactions will be authenticated with biometrics in the cloud by 2022, supported by 5.5 billion biometrically-enabled…
AEON Bank trials Mofiria-developed biometric authentication system
Japan’s AEON Bank is trialing a biometrics authentication system developed by Mofiria Corporation at its ATMs and teller windows, allowing…
Applied Recognition face recognition solution to aid in preventing digital coin theft
Blockchain Acuity has integrated Applied Recognition’s FaceLocate technology into its custom and existing blockchain solutions. The service, ‘Access Acuity’, offers…
EU unveils plans to make customer authentication more secure
The European Commission announced new rules under the Payment Services Directive (PSD2) this week that require payment service providers to…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection