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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
This week in biometrics and identification technology
Aviation 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… |
| Dec 18, 2017 | Visa survey shows consumers are ready for biometricsConsumers are ready to give up passwords for biometrics, according to survey results from Visa which show 86 percent are… |
| Dec 6, 2017 | Visa launches biometrics-focused security roadmapVisa has published a “Future of Security Roadmap” which emphasizes the use of biometrics, particularly with a mobile device, in… |
| Oct 19, 2017 | Daon to provide biometric authentication services for Visa platformDaon has been selected by Visa to provide biometric services for the credit issuer’s Visa ID Intelligence platform. The platform… |
| Aug 29, 2017 | Visa outlines plan to push Australian banks to adopt biometric authenticationVisa has unveiled a four-year plan to push Australian banks to build infrastructure and implement policies to adopt biometrics authenticated… |
| Jul 20, 2017 | Visa study finds Australians prefer biometrics over PINs for payment authenticationVisa released its sponsored YouGov study that found that Australians are slowly accepting the idea of making payments via Internet… |
| May 23, 2017 | Lawsuit alleges Apple Pay violates patents related to biometricsDevice security company Universal Secure Registry (USR) filed a lawsuit in a Delaware Federal District Court Sunday against Apple and… |
| May 10, 2017 | Visa research reveals more consumers adopting biometric solutionsCredit card firm Visa recently released new research which shows that biometrics are reaching mainstream use as retailers and consumers… |
| Apr 26, 2017 | Visa testing behavioral biometrics for use in future social paymentsVisa is testing and refining a range of behavioral biometric technologies including voice recognition and ambient authentication, in preparation for… |
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…
