Biometric payment card system pushing financial inclusion in Botswana
More than 75,000 food voucher beneficiaries in Botswana are said to have seamlessly completed digital purchases at local stores thanks…
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.
5 ways fraud is reinventing itself in 2025
By Bess Farrell, Senior Product Manager, GBG Our online spaces are changing. Fast. Web and app traffic is surging, online…
Visa sees expanding role of digital ID and passkeys, launches Click to Pay in Hong Kong
Visa with ZA Bank is launching Click to Pay in Hong Kong, with eleven more markets to follow, as it…
BioCatch adds Argentine banks to trust network for real-time threat assessment and data exchange
BioCatch’s interbank intelligence network for real-time information sharing with the aim of enhancing fraud prevention in the financial sector has…
Vietnam urges corporate banking customers to complete biometric verification as deadline looms
Vietnam is making biometric verification integral to corporate banking. From July 1 corporate bank customers will only be allowed to…
The next five years of DPI in Indonesia will reshape lives: IFIS 2025 panel
Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s biggest country geographically, economically and by population. It is a developing country but it is experiencing…
Spike in first party fraud could presage raging storm of generative AI
The latest version of LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ annual Cybercrime Report shows what a release calls “a significant swing in the…
Digital ID, payments providers are trying to solve eIDAS ambiguities
The EU has been busy building a regulatory foundation for its European Digital Identity (EUDI), which will be offered to…
GLEIF to integrate its vLEI into Finternet Lab’s tools
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) is planning to integrate its verifiable Legal Entity Identifier (vLEI) credentials into Finternet…
Biometric verification securing, slowing cash transfer program in Nigeria
The Nigerian government is handing out cash to 2.3 million households under a scheme that relies on biometric verification. It’s…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Understanding MOSIP
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection