Expert says South Africa ahead on biometric uptake
South Africa is ahead on biometric uptake. That pronouncement emerged from a briefing for financial sector representatives conducted in Johannesburg…
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.
EyeVerify Closes the Lid on A $1.4M Seed Capital Round
EyeVerify, an eye vein biometrics software company, recently announced the closing of a $1.4 million seed funding round. The company’s…
Biometric security now available for SAP
Secugen fingerprint readers now work in combination with bioLock software from Realtime North America Inc., to provide a biometric identity…
Biometrics to bring proper IDs to India
The Unique Identity program of the Indian Government has, so far, been able to successfully enroll about 200 million citizens. …
Biometric Verification Mandatory for Nigeria Bank Customers
A new “know-your-customers” exercise will commence by the Central Bank of Nigeria on September 1, 2012. The exercise aims to adopt…
Smart Card, Fingerprint Reader Launched for iPhone
Precise Biometrics recently unveiled its Tactivo product. The Tactivo is a smart card and fingerprint reader designed for the iPhone….
Spanish Hotel to use Fingerprint Payment System
The Ushuaia Ibiza Beach Hotel in Spain has begun a trial of PayTouch, the world’s first fingerprint payment system. Instead…
Iris Id Technology From Morpho Ranks Most Accurate In NIST Test
Morpho Trust USAcame out the overall winner by beating out the competition in a series of tests conducted by the…
West African Micro Credit Bank Chooses M2SYS Fingerprint Biometrics
To sustain customer trust in the banking system, ASMAB is adapting the M2SYS Hybrid Biometric Platform technology that uses fingerprint…
NFC phones, tablets with fingerprint security expected later this year
Authentec has designed a new fingerprint sensor called AES2750 that will be used by near field communication (NFC) phone and…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Understanding MOSIP
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection