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Digital ID’s privacy by design moment may come from immunity passport standards
A coalition of organizations from different sectors has been convened to establish a framework for vaccination passports and digital health…
| Dec 9, 2020 | How to replicate digital ID successes explored in ID4Africa 2020 Marathon of Innovations Day 1Examples of biometrics-backed government digital ID systems for service delivery that have yielded benefits for people in countries in Africa… |
| Dec 8, 2020 | Mastercard releases biometric payment card FAQ, Sentry shows off access control cardMastercard has produced an FAQ to answer a dozen frequently-asked questions about biometric cards, as it pitches issuers and prepares the… |
| Dec 2, 2020 | Market ready for biometric payment cards, but enrollment challenges remain: APSCA panelistsThe technology for biometric payment cards is nearly ready, but the ecosystem is still maturing, and how enrollment will work… |
| Dec 1, 2020 | Mastercard, Thales and Idemia promote biometric payment cards’ easy enrollmentCompanies developing biometric payment cards are hard at work exploring their benefits, potential alternative uses, and their enrollment processes in… |
| Nov 17, 2020 | Mastercard biometric digital identity service selected by Australian telecom for all channelsMastercard has partnered with Australian telecom Optus to integrate the payments company’s biometrically-secured digital identity service ‘ID’ with its mobile, voice,… |
| Nov 11, 2020 | Mastercard admits mobile and biometric fintechs to Start Path acceleratorMastercard has revealed ten startups that will join its Start Path program to develop innovative solutions related to financial inclusion,… |
| Oct 21, 2020 | Signzy raises $5.4M to expand biometric video KYC platform capabilities, global reachSignzy has raised $5.4 million in a funding round led by Arkam Ventures and Mastercard to help scale its biometric video… |
| Oct 21, 2020 | Biometric payment cards from Mastercard and Idemia to be trialed in Q4Mastercard and Idemia have partnered to launch their first joint pilot of a biometric payment card in Asia for fingerprint-enabled in-store purchases,… |
| Oct 16, 2020 | World Bank competition seeking digital ID projects for the most vulnerable nears endWorld Bank initiative ID4D next week will announce winners of a competition to solve digital ID inclusivity problems experienced by… |
| Oct 13, 2020 | Mastercard rolls out Signzy’s biometric video KYC amid booming ID doc and selfie check marketID document and facial biometric checks for online services and transactions are part of a surge in the adoption of… |
| Sep 17, 2020 | Biometrics will help make higher purchase limits permanent amid cashless push: Mastercard execBiometric authentication will allow contactless digital payment limits to be kept higher than would otherwise be possible, a Mastercard executive said… |
| Sep 2, 2020 | Entersekt integrates NuData Security’s behavioral biometrics for real-time fraud preventionEntersekt has upgraded its platform with behavioral biometrics analytics technology from Mastercard subsidiary NuData Security for real-time risk scoring, frictionless… |
| Aug 10, 2020 | Philippines pilots pre-registration for biometric national ID program as private digital ID systems growA pilot project to collect all information other than biometrics needed for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) national ID program… |
| Jul 6, 2020 | Trust Stamp integrating biometric hash solution with Mastercard on children’s vaccine record systemDigital identity capabilities from Trust Stamp are now being integrated with Mastercard’s Wellness Pass solution, which it will launch in cooperation… |
| Jul 3, 2020 | Mastercard biometric payment cards leader Bob Reany to head NuData SecurityBiometric payments security expert Bob Reany is taking over leadership of NuData Security, replacing CEO Christopher Bailey at the Mastercard… |
| Jul 1, 2020 | Will COVID-19 birth global digital IDs? It’s a nice dream…It is best not to expect the COVID-19 pandemic to push world governments to create interoperable digital identities, even though… |
| May 27, 2020 | Behavioral and passive biometrics argued as key to secure online user experience by BioCatch and NuDataBehavioral and passive biometrics are the means for businesses to rescue online user experiences from the friction used to secure… |
| May 22, 2020 | Mastercard joins ID2020 Alliance to advance digital identity as a fundamental human rightMastercard has joined the ID2020 Alliance to further the organizations’ collaborative efforts on user-managed, privacy-protected and portable digital identity solutions. The… |
| May 20, 2020 | Knowledge and recognition: new wave biometricsThis is a guest post by Ajay Bhalla, President, Cyber & Intelligence at Mastercard. How do we know someone is… |
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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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