Visa looking for partners to integrate biometrics in payment process
Visa is currently scouting for industry partners to research ways in which it can integrate biometrics to authenticate payments, according…
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Mastercard, Visa to implement new cybersecurity measures and biometrics
Credit card companies Mastercard and Visa are both implementing new cybersecurity measures to ensure that hacked credit card data will…
Survey says young people ready to replace passwords with biometrics
A new survey commissioned by Visa Europe reveals that 76% of 16- to 24-year-olds are ready to replace passwords with…
MasterCard aims to replace passwords with biometrics for payments: report
Given the prevalence of fingerprint-scanning smartphones, MasterCard has made plans to allow consumers to use biometric authentication instead of passwords…
Financial institutions are embracing biometrics … but with due caution
More than 25 banks are registered to attend an upcoming seminar discussing biometric technology and implementations in the European financial…
Mobile commerce next killer app for biometrics
Mobile commerce is emerging as the next killer application for biometrics. Previously, Biometrics Research Group, Inc. accurately predicted that biometrics…
Top biometrics news stories, week of July 20
Biometrics Week in Review: VISA Europe, NEC technology, Samsung rumors, NIST testing, Imagus, CrimTrac, US intelligence budget, facial recognition research,…
Top biometrics news stories, week of July 13
Biometrics Week in Review: biometric visa for South Africa tourism, FiDELYS smartwatch, VISA Europe considers biometrics, biometric intelligence lab, travel…
Visa Europe considers biometric authentication for payment
In his latest blog post, Visa Europe director of new payment propositions Jonathan Vaux attributes the increase in the popularity…
Russia looks to biometrics for foreign visa applications
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has proposed a process of capturing fingerprint biometrics for people applying for entry visas, starting this summer….
