Payments, travel, and facial recognition top this week’s biometrics and digital ID news
Biometrics, and in particular facial recognition, for payments and travel dominated the most-read stories on Biometric Update for the past…
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Visa plans biometric and other cashless payments innovations ahead of Tokyo Olympics
Visa is preparing to provide innovative payment technologies including biometrics for athletes, visitors and citizens in the run-up to the…
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…
Fortress Identity to provide biometrics for Visa transactions under LATAM partnership
Fortress Identity and Visa have reached an agreement to collaborate on protecting Visa cardholders in Latin America and the Caribbean…
Visa report suggests facial recognition key to mass transit evolution
Facial recognition is a key technology for the future of mass transportation, with potential uses for safety in urban environments,…
Biometrics coming to car dashboards through Visa and SiriusXM partnership
Visa and SiriusXM Connected Vehicle Services have announced a partnership to develop a new in-vehicle payment solution secured by biometric…
Zwipe reveals Middle East biometric card trials, hires smartcard industry expert
Zwipe announced that ten banks across the Middle East have begun pilots of Visa biometric payment cards featuring its unique…
Visa piloting payment innovations to enhance the Olympic experience
At a recent media event in Beijing, Visa shared its plans for three Olympic Games-inspired payment moments conceived and designed…
Visa launches New Zealand security roadmap as country’s supermarkets implement facial recognition
New Zealand is the latest country with a huge majority of consumers expressing a preference for biometric payment authentication over…
MEA fintech firm to launch biometric Visa cards with Gemalto, Zwipe and FPC tech
Fintech company areeba is introducing a contactless biometric Visa card from Gemalto to the Middle East region in a pilot…
