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Visa Inc. is an American multinational payment card services corporation that facilitates electronic funds transfers throughout the world, most commonly through Visa-branded credit cards, debit cards and prepaid cards. Visa offers digital products and services based on biometrics and passkeys, as it aims to address rapid changes in AI and digital identity technology.
Visa Biometrics News
‘200% rise’ in voice scams in APAC as gangs pivot to call centers
There has been a 200 percent surge in voice scams from 2022 to 2023 in the APAC region according to…
| May 8, 2023 | Visa, Mastercard roll out secure, seamless payment system for South AfricaHassles involved in online merchant payments in South Africa, usually from step-up challenge, will soon be reduced as two payment… |
| Feb 7, 2023 | EU Digital Identity Wallet pilots pull in big names, but questions emergeMore companies announce their commitment to working together on pilots to test use-cases of the EU Digital Identity Wallet. Meanwhile,… |
| Jan 24, 2023 | Middle East bank launches PopID and Visa biometric payment serviceQatar commercial bank QNB Group has switched on its biometric payment services based on technology from U.S. face verifier PopID… |
| Dec 21, 2022 | Biometric payment cards from Zwipe and Indian manufacturer approved by VisaVisa has granted card manufacturer KL Hi-Tech a Letter of Approval (LoA) for its biometric payment cards built with the… |
| Nov 22, 2022 | Visa, FIFA, PopID bring face biometrics payment to the World CupVisa has partnered with FIFA and PopID to deliver contactless biometric payments at official World Cup venues including eight stadiums… |
| Nov 4, 2022 | Idex and UK issuer plan biometric payment card rollout for early 2023Idex Biometrics has teamed up with a UK issuer of EMV payment cards serving banks and fintechs in the UK,… |
| Oct 5, 2022 | Advance.AI integrates Visa credit-scoring service to onboard SE Asia’s unbankedSingapore-based AI and digital identity verification provider Advance.AI has integrated credit scoring capabilities from Visa to help it address unbanked… |
| Aug 9, 2022 | OIX unveils Identity Trust Conference 2022 details, VISA and Sopra Steria as gold sponsorsThe Open Identity Exchange (OIX) has announced that Sopra Steria and Visa will be Gold Sponsors of the Identity Trust… |
| 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 1, 2022 | Fingerprint Cards, Zwipe announce expansions of biometric payment card reachFingerprint Cards has unveiled a partnership with Taiwanese card manufacturer Beautiful Card Corporation (BCC) to grow its global presence in… |
| Apr 6, 2022 | Face biometrics for payments continue advance with PopID-Visa partnershipPopID has recently entered a new collaboration with Visa to launch its PopPay face biometrics-powered payments solution in the Middle… |
| Mar 25, 2022 | Visa approves Zwipe Pay platform, biometric cards approved worldwideVisa has issued a Letter of Approval for the Zwipe Pay platform for biometric payments cards. Zwipe’s customers can now… |
| Nov 19, 2021 | Idex accelerates biometric payment cards time to marketMatch-on-card biometric user verification for card payments seems to be going from strength to strength. Lebanon and Iraq are the… |
| Nov 10, 2021 | Daimler Mobility and Visa partner on biometrics for in-car paymentsDaimler Mobility and Visa have entered a new partnership to work on biometrics-powered ‘native’ in-car payments for Mercedes-Benz vehicles. The… |
| 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… |
| Oct 8, 2021 | Visa selects Callsign to deliver behavioral biometrics, device intelligenceVisa has recently announced the selection of Callsign as its main behavioral biometric and device fingerprinting solutions provider. The new… |
| Oct 1, 2021 | Visa vulnerability in Apple Pay allows biometrics bypass for fraudulent paymentsUK scientists found a vulnerability in the Express Transit mode for iPhones which allowed them to fool iPhones via a… |
| Sep 20, 2021 | iDenfy, Veriff, IDmission reveal selfie biometrics partnershipsA trio of identity verification and selfie biometrics providers have each announced new partnerships. iDenfy has begun a collaboration with… |
| Jun 24, 2021 | Biometric payments on the rise, with face, iris, and fingerprint recognition deploymentsSeveral companies have released new biometric payment platforms or unveiled new projects and data this week. Veritran unveiled a new… |
Visa Industry Insights
Entering the passkey era of identity in payments
By Matt Charpentier, Vice President, Global Head of Authentication, Identity and Tap, Visa Picture this: every time you make an…
