Customers of Atom Bank will be able to access their mobile banking app using face and voice recognition when the online banking startup launches in 2016... More
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Deutsche Bank trials multi-factor authentication
Customers of Deutsche Bank are testing technology which verifies their identity by the way they handle and hold their mobile device... More
Developers unveil electronic tattoos for payments and healthcare
Creative studio Chaotic Moon has demonstrated a concept it calls Tech Tats, tattoo-like formations of components and conductive paint that create an electronic circuit which adheres to the wearer’s skin. The temporary tattoos include a microprocessor and the company envisages them performing tasks such as health monitoring or making payments. More
Samsung Pay to be added to lower-end devices
Samsung is to add Samsung Pay NFC payments functionality and fingerprint scanners to its mid- and low-end handsets, Korea Herald reports... More
Synaptics takes biometrics to cars
Drivers may soon be able to use their fingerprint to unlock their vehicle doors, cockpit and mirror adjustments, ignition, entertainment preferences and theft prevention system using biometrics provider Synaptics’ Natural ID fingerprint sensors... More
UK banks warn against storing multiple fingerprints on iPhones
UK banks have reportedly warned Apple Pay users that if they store other people’s fingerprints on their iPhones, they will be treated as if they have failed to keep their personal details safe... More
Zwipe raises $5m for fingerprint cards
Zwipe, maker of a contactless payment card that includes an integrated fingerprint sensor, has raised US$5m in funding from Photon Future... More
Tangerine tests facial recognition
Scotiabank-owned direct bank Tangerine is reportedly experimenting with facial recognition technology on mobile devices... More
Fingerprint sensor shipments to reach 1bn units by 2020
Shipments of fingerprint sensors for smartphones are expected to reach 1bn units by 2020, representing a 17% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), according to ABI Research... More
Nexus Imprint brings fingerprint sensor support to Android M
Google has unveiled Nexus Imprint, a system that brings fingerprint sensor support to its latest phones and the upcoming Android 6.0 Marshmallow mobile operating system. It will enable the entire app ecosystem to make use of fingerprint recognition and will also work with Android Pay to authenticate an in-store payment, says the company. More
Absa Bank to pilot new Visa biometric chip card spec
South Africa’s Absa Bank is to be the first to develop a proof of concept trial of a new Visa specification that will enable the use of biometrics to verify EMV chip card transactions... More
Google launches Android Pay in the US
Google has begun rolling out its Android Pay mobile payment platform across the US today. In-store NFC mobile payments using the system will be possible at more than one million locations within the next few days, with in-app payments and loyalty expected later this year. More
High value contactless payments available across Europe in 2017
Consumers will be able to make contactless transactions for high value payments above the current limit at all contactless terminals across Europe by 2017, MasterCard has announced... More
India biometrics market to grow 35% by 2020
India’s biometrics market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 35% from 2015 through 2020, according to TechSci Research... More
Half of Brits expect to replace cash with new technologies
More than a quarter of UK consumers (27%) think they will be making payments using wearable devices including watches and wristbands within 10 years, 22% think they will be regularly using their fingerprint to make those payments and 7% think they will use a microchip embedded in their body, research from Lloyds Bank reveals... More
MasterCard begins Selfie Pay trials
MasterCard is testing a ‘Selfie Pay’ service in the Netherlands with International Card Services and Dutch bank ABN Amro... More
US to get Samsung Pay in September
Samsung Pay will launch in Korea on 20 August and in the US on 28 September, the handset maker confirmed as it announced two new flagship devices in New York yesterday... More
Korean card issuers cleared for biometrics
Korean card issuers will adopt biometric recognition solutions from September following clearing from the Financial Services Commission... More
Three in four consumers interested in using alternatives to passwords online
One in six consumers find usernames and passwords “cumbersome” and 77% are interested in using alternatives to protect their security on the internet, research from Accenture reveals... More
US consumers put trust in biometrics
Some 41% of US consumers have a “high level” of comfort when logging in to a website or mobile app using a thumbprint or face/eye scan, research from Gigya finds... More