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Finland to pilot digital identity network that lets citizens store credentials in their choice of digital wallet

By Tom Phillips • 14 September 2022 • Updated 14 September 2022

Finland is to develop and pilot an interoperable digital identity network that will enable users to securely authenticate their identity and share personal data such as professional qualifications across a wide range of use cases using ID documents and credentials stored in a digital wallet... More

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Vipps, MobilePay and Pivo to merge and launch single digital wallet across Scandinavia

By Tom Phillips • 30 June 2021 • Updated 3 November 2023

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Bank-owned Nordic mobile payment providers Vipps in Norway, MobilePay in Denmark and Pivo in Finland are to merge and will create a single digital wallet that consumers can use in all three countries, as well as for cross-border payments... More

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OP Financial to pilot biometric payment card in Finland

By Tom Phillips • 23 November 2020 • Updated 23 November 2020

Finland’s OP Financial Group is to pilot a biometric payment card that will allow users to authenticate payments over the contactless transaction limit with their fingerprint rather than with a PIN... More

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OP Financial tests face recognition for payments in stores

By Sarah Clark • 19 September 2018 • Updated 19 September 2018

OP Financial Group first in Finland to pilot facial recognition payments — OP Financial Group — “The technology compares the customer’s face to a face map captured on camera. After the customer’s face has been identified, the payment itself is simple: no mobile phone, payment card, cash or other traditional payment method will be needed.”

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Finnish banks add HCE payments to Pivo mobile wallet

By Rian Boden • 16 March 2015

Finland’s largest financial services group is to add support for HCE payments to the mobile wallet app it introduced two years ago... More

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Vipps, MobilePay and Pivo to merge and launch single digital wallet across Scandinavia

OP Financial to pilot biometric payment card in Finland

OP Financial tests face recognition for payments in stores

Finnish banks add HCE payments to Pivo mobile wallet