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Mastercard Biometrics News
Biometrics to monitor tuberculosis cases, FBI criminal history monitoring pilot & more top stories
Here’s a recap of the most popular biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate this past week. Airport facial authentication…
| Jul 5, 2015 | Biometrics bill sees backlash, Windows 10, Apple patents, fingerprint technology & more top storiesHere’s a recap of the most popular biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week. Windows 10 Microsoft’s… |
| Jul 1, 2015 | MasterCard to pilot facial recognition for online purchasesMasterCard will launch a small pilot program this fall in which the credit card giant will start approving online purchases… |
| May 4, 2015 | MasterCard to introduce biometrics, tokenization in European cards this yearMastercard recently announced at the Risk to Reward 2015 conference in London that it will be launching biometrics and tokenisation… |
| Mar 6, 2015 | MasterCard, First Tech FCU to pilot biometric identification programFirst Tech Federal Credit Union and MasterCard will introduced a pilot program later this year that enables First Tech FCU… |
| Feb 24, 2015 | Mastercard discusses its plan to bring biometrics into the mainstreamIn an interview with PYMNTS, Cheryl Guerin, MasterCard’s EVP and group head of global products & solutions, discussed how the… |
| Feb 13, 2015 | Mastercard, Visa to implement new cybersecurity measures and biometricsCredit card companies Mastercard and Visa are both implementing new cybersecurity measures to ensure that hacked credit card data will… |
| Jan 26, 2015 | Fintech start-ups compete for enrollment in MasterCard Start Path programMasterCard is set to hold its fourth Innovation Award event in Israel February 16-17, where the best fintech start-ups will… |
| Dec 6, 2014 | Most popular biometrics news updates for week ending December 7Here’s a recap of most popular biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week. Biometrics Week in Review:… |
| Dec 3, 2014 | MasterCard to issue new contactless credit cards with integrated Zwipe fingerprint sensor in UKMastercard will soon issue new credit cards that include an integrated biometric sensor and the Zwipe secure biometric authentication technology… |
| Nov 23, 2014 | Most popular biometrics news updates for week ending November 23Here’s a recap of most popular biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week. Biometrics Week in Review:… |
| Nov 14, 2014 | MasterCard aims to replace passwords with biometrics for payments: reportGiven the prevalence of fingerprint-scanning smartphones, MasterCard has made plans to allow consumers to use biometric authentication instead of passwords… |
| Nov 4, 2014 | Bionym, RBC, Mastercard testing payments using biometric wristbandBionym, the company behind the Nymi Band authentication wristband, is preparing to test heartbeat-authenticated payments in Canada before the end… |
| Oct 17, 2014 | Mastercard, Zwipe unveil fingerprint authenticated contactless payment cardMastercard has partnered with Zwipe to launch what it claims to be the world’s first fingerprint authenticated payment card, according… |
| Oct 8, 2014 | IDC says banks should not stop using traditional passwords despite biometric identificationAn IDC analyst says that despite implementing new biometric identification technologies to authorize financial payments, banks should not stop using… |
| Oct 5, 2014 | Top biometrics news stories, week ending October 5Here’s a recap of most popular and noteworthy biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week. Biometrics Week… |
| Sep 29, 2014 | Nigerian ID card with branded Mastercard logo draws backlashThe Nigerian government’s decision to brand its new electronic national identity card with MasterCard’s logo has drawn a significant backlash… |
| Sep 28, 2014 | Top biometrics news stories, week ending September 28Here’s a recap of most popular and noteworthy biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week. Biometrics Week… |
| Sep 21, 2014 | Top biometrics news stories, week ending September 21Here’s a recap of most popular and noteworthy biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week. Biometrics Week… |
| Sep 19, 2014 | MasterCard biometric verification system achieves 98% success rate in pilotMasterCard said that its biometric verification system, which combines both voice and facial recognition, has achieved a 98% success rate… |
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Knowledge and recognition: new wave biometrics
This is a guest post by Ajay Bhalla, President, Cyber & Intelligence at Mastercard. How do we know someone is…
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