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Mastercard Biometrics News
Telecoms in Belgium and Kuwait adopt biometric identity verification
Onfido and Accura Scan have each signed up telecom providers to use their selfie biometrics for identity verification. New tools…
| Mar 6, 2023 | Optus, Mastercard extend strategic partnership with digital identity toolOptus and Mastercard have extended their strategic partnership to provide Optus customers with a secure way to prove their identity…. |
| Mar 1, 2023 | Partners join forces to enhance digital payment experience with biometricsA pair of partnerships have been formed to bring biometrics to payments, one in Asia Pacific and another in the… |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Expanding digital ID, credit system positions Mastercard as commodity broker to the poorMastercard is expanding its Community Pass scheme to India where it plans to enroll agricultural workers with digital ID via… |
| Jan 6, 2023 | Digital wallets and biometrics to replace traditional payments in UK: Mastercard surveyRoughly half (51 percent) of people in the UK believe physical wallets will become less relevant as digital ways to… |
| Dec 16, 2022 | Mastercard Africa digital ID scheme to benefit from $50M of DFC funding to its partnersMastercard’s Community Pass is set for a boost as the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) seeks to support investments… |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Identity in digital payment schemes: city, state, nation or – for India – the globeDigital identity and broader digital ecosystems and government stacks are emerging to serve various functions at the local and national… |
| Nov 3, 2022 | Mastercard expands Farm Pass digital ID platform across APAC to improve agrifinanceMastercard is taking its Farm Pass digital platform to more farmers in the Asia Pacific region as part of its… |
| Oct 22, 2022 | Biometrics play starring role in ambitious plans for Mastercard and FIDO AllianceA new specification for biometric payment cards has been met by Thales and G+D to the approval of Mastercard, which… |
| Oct 20, 2022 | Mastercard digital identity network plans detailed at Authenticate 2022“My business is actually responsible for building a new network for Mastercard: the identity network,” Mastercard SVP of Digital Identity… |
| Oct 18, 2022 | Mastercard introduces crypto trading platform with biometrics for banksMastercard has unveiled the availability of its new platform of crypto trading tools for financial institutions. Crypto Source, the new… |
| Oct 17, 2022 | Thales continues biometric card R&D in France, approved by Mastercard for quantum securityThales is developing biometric bank cards and working on eSIM technnologies at a French research facility in La Ciotat launched… |
| Sep 22, 2022 | Tag gets Mastercard OK, deploys Zwipe’s biometric pay platformPayment card maker Tag Systems has Mastercard’s approval to deploy biometric products using Zwipe’s Pay platform. The partnership of Tag… |
| Aug 26, 2022 | Biometric payments win for convenience and security, privacy concerns remain: MastercardNew research published by Mastercard on Thursday as part of its second annual New Payments Index (NPI) sheds light on… |
| Aug 25, 2022 | Mastercard follows Visa, approves Zwipe Pay platform for biometric cardsNorway-based Zwipe’s biometric payment card platform has passed a raft of Mastercard tests to win a key certification from the… |
| Aug 15, 2022 | SmilePay launches face biometrics payments in Azerbaijan following Mastercard partnershipAzerbaijan-based startup SmilePay is launching its face recognition biometric payments system at two food retailers in the country. Bravo Supermarket… |
| Jul 26, 2022 | Xydus, Mastercard gain digital ID trust accreditations in UK, AustraliaFrom October 1, 2022, enterprise identity provider Xydus, through its Identity Management platform, will be able to offer ID verification… |
| Jul 8, 2022 | SoftBank-owned JCV offers SenseTime face biometrics for payments to Visa, MastercardSoftBank-owned firm Japan Computer Vision Corp (JCV) is offering its face biometric technologies for authenticating payment, backed by SenseTime, to… |
| Jun 29, 2022 | Mastercard secures Australian Trusted Digital Identity Framework accreditationMastercard has successfully secured the first of three accreditation roles under the Trusted Digital Identity Framework (TDIF) in Australia. Matt… |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Ethiopia uses Mastercard platform to launch biometric digital health passThe Ethiopia Ministry of Health, Mastercard, Gavi, and JSI (John Snow, Inc) have partnered on a digital, portable health pass… |
Mastercard Industry Insights
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…
| Is Mastercard bridging the gap from passwords to biometrics? |
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