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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
First commercial biometric payment cards issued in France to be powered by Thales and Fingerprint Cards
BNP Paribas is expected to launch a new biometric bank card this fall in significant numbers, according to Le Parisien,…
| Jun 15, 2020 | Behavioral biometrics and facial recognition to secure more bank accounts with FICO report showing attitude shiftFar more people in Britain are happy providing biometrics to banks for security purposes (71 percent) than are content with… |
| Jan 20, 2020 | Amazon considers palm biometrics for touchless in-store payments, tests terminal transactions with VisaAmazon is working on linking users’ hands to credit card information to enable palm biometric payments at checkout terminals, reports… |
| Jan 6, 2020 | Consumers prefer biometric authentication to traditional passwords, Visa saysAlmost 70 percent of U.S. shoppers did not go through with an online purchase because they either forgot the password,… |
| Dec 4, 2019 | UK pilot of fingerprint biometric payment fob from G+D and Visa beginsRoyal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is trialing a fingerprint biometric fob for authenticating payments by its customers in the UK,… |
| Nov 20, 2019 | First commercial biometric credit card in Switzerland issued through FPC, Gemalto, Visa partnershipSwiss Corner Bank has launched a biometric credit card in partnership with Visa, Gemalto and Fingerprint Cards, which is the… |
| Aug 2, 2019 | Payments, travel, and facial recognition top this week’s biometrics and digital ID newsBiometrics, and in particular facial recognition, for payments and travel dominated the most-read stories on Biometric Update for the past… |
| Jul 25, 2019 | Visa plans biometric and other cashless payments innovations ahead of Tokyo OlympicsVisa is preparing to provide innovative payment technologies including biometrics for athletes, visitors and citizens in the run-up to the… |
| Jul 19, 2019 | This week in biometrics and identification technologyAviation security featured prominently among the headlines in the biometrics industry this week, with new pilots rolling out at airports… |
| May 30, 2019 | Fortress Identity to provide biometrics for Visa transactions under LATAM partnershipFortress Identity and Visa have reached an agreement to collaborate on protecting Visa cardholders in Latin America and the Caribbean… |
| Mar 17, 2019 | Visa report suggests facial recognition key to mass transit evolutionFacial recognition is a key technology for the future of mass transportation, with potential uses for safety in urban environments,… |
| Jan 8, 2019 | Biometrics coming to car dashboards through Visa and SiriusXM partnershipVisa and SiriusXM Connected Vehicle Services have announced a partnership to develop a new in-vehicle payment solution secured by biometric… |
| Nov 30, 2018 | Zwipe reveals Middle East biometric card trials, hires smartcard industry expertZwipe announced that ten banks across the Middle East have begun pilots of Visa biometric payment cards featuring its unique… |
| Oct 15, 2018 | Visa piloting payment innovations to enhance the Olympic experienceAt a recent media event in Beijing, Visa shared its plans for three Olympic Games-inspired payment moments conceived and designed… |
| May 14, 2018 | Visa launches New Zealand security roadmap as country’s supermarkets implement facial recognitionNew Zealand is the latest country with a huge majority of consumers expressing a preference for biometric payment authentication over… |
| Apr 16, 2018 | MEA fintech firm to launch biometric Visa cards with Gemalto, Zwipe and FPC techFintech company areeba is introducing a contactless biometric Visa card from Gemalto to the Middle East region in a pilot… |
| Mar 29, 2018 | 4 out of 5 UAE consumers would switch payment card provider for biometricsNot only do 98 percent of consumers in the United Arab Emirates want to use biometrics to make payments in… |
| Feb 13, 2018 | Kona I selected as card supplier for Visa biometric payments card pilotMore details have emerged regarding the role of Kona I as a supplier for Visa’s biometric payment cards pilot project…. |
| Jan 15, 2018 | Visa announces pilot for biometric payment cardsVisa has announced pilot projects for a new EMV dual-interface biometric payment card with chip and contactless transaction capabilities in… |
| Jan 10, 2018 | Canadian consumer ready to replace passwords with biometrics: surveyAn overwhelming majority of Canadian consumers (85 percent) is interested in using biometrics to verify their identity or make a… |
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…
