India’s Yes Bank has partnered with Lastmile.mobi to develop a biometric point-of-sale terminal using iris scanning technology... More
Biometrics
Apple blood vessel biometric patent
Apple is developing a biometric sensor that determines the wearer’s identity by the arrangement of blood vessels in their body... More
Mastercard brings biometric authentication to 12 European countries
European consumers can now validate online purchases with their fingerprint or face using Mastercard’s biometric authentication service... More
Japanese government to trial biometrics
The government of Japan is to begin piloting a biometric authentication-based payments service next month that will enable travelers to make purchases using their fingerprint... More
Study shows growing appetite for mobile payments and biometrics
Nearly two fifths of Western European consumers (38%) are ready to pay using their smartphones while more than 70% of those in Africa and the Middle East are prepared to do so, research by Mastercard reveals... More
Samsung adds biometrics to mobile transactions
Samsung’s IT service arm Samsung SDS has teamed up with vision and voice technology provider Sensory to offer embedded biometric recognition technologies to banks and enterprise customers that will also enable authentication and completion of mobile transactions... More
250 products are now Fido certified
Some 250 products from global technology leaders are now Fido certified, the Fido Alliance has revealed... More
Mobiquity Wallet brings iOS voice command money transfers
PARTNER NEWS: Customers using mobile financial solutions firm Mahindra Comviva’s Mobiquity Wallet for iOS will now be able to send and request payments via a straightforward voice command. The feature forms part of the latest version of the digital wallet platform that leverages Apple’s iOS 10 operating system... More
Visa reveals growing Euro interest in biometric authentication
More than three in five European consumers (62%) believe using biometric forms of payment authentication will be faster and easier than passwords and PINs, research by Visa reveals, with 42% believing that the procedure could completely eliminate the need for multiple passwords and PIN codes... More
Japanese firms team with NTT and Daon for biometric venture
Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation have signed an agreement with NTT Data and biometrics provider Daon for the commercialisation of services that will offer individual identification platforms utilizing several different types of biometric authentication... More
Japanese bank to roll out palm vein ID
Customers of Japan’s Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank will soon be able to access services by using their palms for authentication... More
Ant Financial acquires EyeVerify
Alipay parent company Ant Financial has acquired biometric provider EyeVerify... More
HSBC offers selfie security checks
Customers of UK bank HSBC can now complete ID security checks by scanning their face using a mobile phone... More
Xiaomi launches Mi Pay NFC mobile payments
Chinese handset maker Xiaomi has launched its Mi Pay NFC-based mobile payments service in its domestic market. More
Huawei Pay goes live in China
Handset maker Huawei has announced the launch of its Huawei Pay NFC-based mobile payment service in China, in collaboration with bankcard association China UnionPay and support from 25 of the country’s banks... More
Apple to offer iPhone with FeliCa NFC payments in Japan
Apple is planning to launch an iPhone in Japan equipped with Sony FeliCa NFC technology to allow owners to make payments for travel and other services... More
Japanese bank eyes facial recognition
Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) is exploring the use of a facial authentication system for customers to make payments... More
Qatari bank to launch biometric ATMs
Customers of the Commercial Bank of Qatar will soon have the chance to withdraw cash from ATMs via biometric scanning... More
Samsung Pay to get iris authentication with Galaxy Note 7
Samsung Pay users will soon be able to secure purchases by scanning their eyes with the Galaxy Note 7, the latest addition to the Korean phone-maker’s pen-oriented line up. More
Biometric banking to top $4bn by 2021
Global revenues for biometric banking technologies are expected to top US$4bn by 2021, ABI Research has revealed... More