Biometric payment card competition heats up; Idemia, Thales vie for Egypt contract
The latest spate of biometric payment card releases includes an aspirational card by Mastercard in Morocco, the first corporate biometric…
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Zwipe welcomes former Idemia executive, biometric cards partner gets production approval
Zwipe has appointed biometric card expert Patrice Meilland as its new chief strategy and product officer. Meilland will be in…
Fraport AG selects Zwipe biometric access card solution to strengthen airport security
Norway-based Zwipe‘s biometric access control solution is one of two selected by Fraport AG for the airport operator’s ‘Biometrics@Controllane’ project,…
Visa approves Zwipe Pay platform, biometric cards approved worldwide
Visa has issued a Letter of Approval for the Zwipe Pay platform for biometric payments cards. Zwipe’s customers can now…
Alternative approaches to mobile device biometrics on the rise
Good news-bad news for Samsung in one of the most-read stories on Biometric Update this week, with an ultrasonic under-display…
Côte d’Ivoire final push for biometric registration as third national ID extension deadline approaches
Biometric registration centers on buses, in churches and overseas missions are being deployed to help as many Ivorians as possible…
Idex Biometrics signs up Japanese payment card integrator, Zwipe inks manufacturer, issuer deals
A leading Japan-based global payment card integrator has selected the TrustedBio turnkey reference design from Idex Biometrics to work towards production…
NIPOST plans biometrics, agency banking system to push Nigeria financial inclusion
The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) is making contributions to the country’s financial inclusion efforts in the form a biometric registration…
High volumes emerging from long-tail fingerprint biometrics projects
Fingerprint biometrics are prominent among the top stories of the week on Biometric Update, between an interview with Idex Biometrics,…
Strength in partners and a maturing biometric payment cards ecosystem
The ramp up to widespread mass market adoption of biometric payment cards will take substantially less than the time it…
