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Biometric payment card competition heats up; Idemia, Thales vie for Egypt contract
The latest spate of biometric payment card releases includes an aspirational card by Mastercard in Morocco, the first corporate biometric…
| Mar 10, 2022 | Thailand’s NDID partners with Mastercard to connect digital IDs internationallyNational Digital ID (NDID), both Thailand’s national digital identity platform for financial institutions and a private company, announces that following… |
| Jan 17, 2022 | Brazilian facial recognition payment startup joins Mastercard accelerator programPayface, an up and coming facial recognition payment firm in Brazil has been selected among eight other companies for the… |
| Jan 10, 2022 | Fingerprint Cards biometric module passes strengthened Mastercard security requirementsMastercard has approved the second-generation T-Shape biometric sensor module from Fingerprint Cards to its updated security compliance requirements, which the sensor… |
| Dec 22, 2021 | Are biometrics providers using smart cities to advance digital ID?Biometrics providers and other large private entities are supplying technologies to smart city projects to create and use digital IDs,… |
| Dec 20, 2021 | Mastercard, Thales and FPC supply biometric payment card launch in PolandBank Pocztowy in Poland is the latest to begin issuing biometric payment cards to its customers, following a trial conducted… |
| Dec 10, 2021 | Different airport biometrics adoption models at DFW, SeychellesDallas Fort Worth (DFW) continues to pioneer digital ID and biometric approaches to improve the passenger experience and site management…. |
| Dec 9, 2021 | Mastercard launches biometric credit card in Jordan with Thales, FPC technologyMastercard has partnered with Jordan Kuwait Bank to launch Jordan’s first biometric payment card and the first World Elite brand card… |
| Dec 1, 2021 | Governments step up digital identity for public services, digital economy participationDigital identity apps and wallets for government services are expanding around the world, with Mastercard services going live in North… |
| Nov 29, 2021 | Cross-border digital ID is coming: Mastercard plans to supply infrastructureNational identity representatives from the APAC region discussed their preparations for borderless digital identity and interoperability at the Singapore Fintech… |
| Nov 25, 2021 | Biometric, computer vision payment systems vie for places in marketA number of experts and stakeholders in the digital identity and biometrics space are looking at new forms of payment… |
| Nov 16, 2021 | CyberLink’s face biometrics solution passes iBeta ISO liveness detection testCyberLink has announced that its FaceMe facial recognition technology obtained a perfect score in an iBeta Quality Assurance liveness detection test,… |
| Nov 10, 2021 | Mastercard partners on Brazilian student digital ID to support remote examsMastercard has launched a digital identity partnership to secure the legitimacy of academic examination results in Brazil. The partnership between Mastercard,… |
| Nov 9, 2021 | Support for innovation, regulatory pressure spur biometric payments expansionA new partnership, solution and regulatory rule indicate the expansion of biometric authentication for payments, with Liquid Avatar, India’s Wibmo… |
| Nov 3, 2021 | Idemia’s next-generation biometric payment card receives full Mastercard, Visa certificationIdemia’s second-generation biometric card platform F.CODE is now fully certified by both Mastercard and Visa, setting up high-volume market deployments… |
| Sep 28, 2021 | Australia accredits eftpos for digital identity exchangeEftpos has announced that its ConnectID digital identity solution business has earned accreditation from the Australian government as the first… |
| Sep 17, 2021 | Trust Stamp tokenized biometrics for Mastercard financial inclusion initiativeMastercard has chosen Trust Stamp to provide biometric privacy technology for its African financial inclusion initiative with Paycode. The Mastercard… |
| Sep 10, 2021 | Mastercard partnership to capture biometrics of 30 million AfricansA joint venture by Mastercard’s Community Pass and its partner Paycode aims to capture the biometrics of 30 million individuals… |
| Aug 17, 2021 | Biometric payment cards advance with Zwipe Middle East pilot, Crédit Agricole September launchZwipe and its regional partner Middle East Payment Services (MEPS) have announced the launch of a pilot of biometric payment cards… |
| Jul 21, 2021 | Consumer digital identities need more privacy protections, says Mastercard ExecExecutive Vice President of New Digital Infrastructure and Fintech at Mastercard, Robert Schukai, laid out a need for better privacy… |
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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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