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Biometric authentication for mobile payments to skyrocket 10X to $2.5T by 2024

Biometric authentication will be used in $2.5 trillion in mobile payments by 2024, an increase of nearly 1,000 percent from…

 

Financials launch biometric and digital ID tech from Signicat, Keesing, Fortress Identity, FacePhi

The bank account verification service offered by SurePay has been integrated with Signicat’s Digital Identity Platform to allow financial institutions…

 

FIDO, Equifax push for passwordless, biometric authentication to prevent data breaches

At the recent World Economic Forum Cybersecurity Summit in Geneva, CNN spoke about going passwordless, biometrics and cybersecurity with Andrew…

 

DHS plans mandatory airport facial biometric scans for U.S. travelers

U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants to broaden the use of biometric facial recognition technology to check all visitors entering…

 

Rank One updates SDK for enhanced facial recognition accuracy and speed

Rank One Computing has announced an update to its ROC face recognition SDK which it says substantially improves accuracy, with…

 

Kaspersky introduces fake fingerprint ring to highlight biometric data security issues

To get around the theoretical problem of irrevocable biometric data being hacked, Kaspersky has teamed up with a jewelry designer…

 

SAFR exec on global opportunities and responsibilities of facial biometrics

SAFR has come a long way from its genesis as a project to build a facial recognition feature for a…

 

Biometrics and the future of payment transactions

This is a guest post by Lynne Jeffery, Head of Public Safety Solutions at NEC New Zealand. Biometric technology is…

 

Samsung considers dropping ultrasonic fingerprint scanners in future releases

Samsung’s Galaxy S11 series might not come with ultrasonic biometric fingerprint scanners, following the major blow Galaxy S10 series took…

 

Hackers target biometric selfie and ID document check popularity with new phishing attacks

The rapid rise in popularity of identity verification services based on biometric selfie and ID document checks has given rise…

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