Biometrics evolution in payments enabled by contactless advances: Infineon executives
The idea to use fingerprint biometrics to enhance the security of payment cards has a longer history than many people…
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Consumer comfort with biometrics for banking rises; companies pitch public and financial services
Consumers are ready to use biometrics for card payments, Fingerprint Cards says, and the company is talking directly to them in…
Contactless biometrics hit fever pitch and fingerprint payment cards reach milestone
The top biometrics and digital ID stories this week were dominated by fingerprints for contactless payments and facial recognition for…
Zwipe signs up major Italian manufacturer for biometric payment cards
Italy’s largest smart card manufacturer is the latest biometric payment card partner for Zwipe as it brings its Zwipe Pay ONE…
Zwipe biometric payment card partnership in Brazil reaches manufacturing
Zwipe and Brazilian smart card manufacturer Thomas Greg and Sons do Brasil (TGS) have extended their partnership to start manufacturing…
Biometrics at the network edge grow in prominence for smart city and healthcare applications
Biometrics at the network edge accounted for two of our top stories this week on Biometric Update, with Nvidia launching a…
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,…
Thales, Idex Biometrics and SmartMetric see biometric payment cards opportunity in contactless spike
Biometric technology providers continue to prepare for the mass adoption of fingerprint-enabled payment cards, and taking a recent spike in…
FIME’s testing and consultancy service expands with Cetecom U.S. payment business purchase
FIME has expanded its payments testing and consultancy offering by purchasing the payment activities of Cetecom in the U.S., adding…
Zwipe and Watchdata partner to produce biometric payment cards and wearables for multiple regions
Zwipe has partnered with smartcard manufacturer Watchdata Technologies to develop and launch contactless biometric payment cards and wearables for banks in…
