Visa, Mastercard roll out secure, seamless payment system for South Africa
Hassles involved in online merchant payments in South Africa, usually from step-up challenge, will soon be reduced as two payment…
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India okays 22 financial entities to perform Aadhaar biometric authentication
Twenty-two financial institutions have been granted the right to perform authentication using the Aadhaar biometric ID, in line with stipulations…
Telpo gains Indonesia trademark to set up next step of international expansion
Telpo has completed registration of a trademark in Indonesia to give customers in the market assurance confidence in the authenticity…
Spain fines Mobile World Congress 200,000 euros for facial recognition use
One of the largest technology fairs in the world is facing a fine for using remote biometric tech in violation…
Biometric authentication stepping into the spotlight with new on-device tools
Biometrics and passkeys for passwordless authentication made up two of the most-read articles on Biometric Update over the past week,…
OCR Labs gets age verification certification; euConsent pushes for ‘live operation’
Age verification just keeps getting hotter, at least from the government side. This year, the French government mandated that people…
London food bank rolling out face biometrics app for store purchases
A London food bank is expanding its use of face biometrics to facilitate the distribution of food to its customers…
Having slayed Samsung in patent dispute, biometrics firm targets Google, Microsoft
A little-known company has filed two infringement lawsuits one each for Google and Microsoft claiming they stole intellectual property underlying…
Regula, Contactable and ID Secure join forces for KYC to fight fraud in Africa
Regula has been selected to provide identity document recognition for a solution developed by South Africa-based Contactable in partnership with…
Groups creates ‘survival’ digital wallets for those in US recovering from disaster
A mission-specific blockchain wallet – for people who have survived a disaster — has been launched with funding from the…
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