'What you lookin' at?' Eyeball tracking adds new layer of security to bio ID

July 20, 2017

Jumio, the creator of Netverify Trusted Identity as a Service, has added eyeball tracking to Netverify biometrics capabilities. In addition to conducting a…

Americans surprisingly accepting of biometric ID, study finds

July 12, 2017

Not so long ago, it was widely assumed that Americans would never take to fingerprint ID, given their general distrust of anything even vaguely Big…

BBVA teams with tech startup to form bio ID company

June 22, 2017

BBVA and tech startup Das-Nano have signed a foundation agreement forming Veridas, a technology company specializing in biometrics.

NCR, Bahraini payments provider partner to enable transactions at the touch of a finger

May 31, 2017

Eazy Financial Services B.S.C., a Bahraini financial technology company, will introduce the region's first biometric payment network. The system, powered…

US consumers warming up to biometric security

May 5, 2017

It's long-accepted wisdom that the American masses will resist biometric identification as an intrusion into their privacy. However, the uptake of AppleID and…

MasterCard tests biometric EMV card

April 21, 2017

MasterCard has unveiled what it is calling the "next generation biometric card," combining chip technology with biometrics to verify the cardholder's identity…

Report IDs iris recognition as major growth market, ATMs as major user

March 21, 2017

A new report from Tractica, a market intelligence firm, forecasts that, driven largely by the growth of consumer use cases, the iris recognition market will…

'Alexa, is my checking account overdrawn again?'

March 7, 2017

D3 Banking, a provider of digital solutions to replace online and mobile banking products, has introduced intelligent voice banking using Amazon's virtual…

Passwords are out, 'persistent identity' is in

January 17, 2017

A new research report from Mercator Advisory Group, Biometrics: A New Wrinkle Changes the Authentication Landscape, looks at the fundamentals of biometrics and…

New guide offers information, advice on biometrics for ATMs

October 24, 2016

The ATM Industry Association has published a new industry guide, "ATM Biometric Security."

Report: Consumers are embracing biometric ID; banks should, too

October 24, 2016

As a result of advancements in mobile phone technology, consumers have come to embrace biometrics as a means of secure authentication.

Partnership to provide biometric ATM access for India's underbanked

October 19, 2016

Ujjivan Financial Services Ltd., a pan-Indian microfinance institution in the process of becoming a small finance bank, has announced that it will provide ATMs…

Could biometrics be the key to better customer relationships?

There are far more effective solutions than a 50-year-old, four-digit PIN for protecting ATM cardholder accounts; and they can be effective at improving the…

Biometric ATM authentication not immune to skimming, Kaspersky says

October 5, 2016

Kaspersky Lab experts have been investigating ways that cybercriminals might exploit biometric ATM authentication technologies. Many FIs consider…

The dumb thing about smart cards: EMV’s identity problem at the ATM

Replacing a dumb card with a smart card doesn't solve the problem of knowing the cardholder's identity. Only with identity authentication can EMV provide a…

Korean bank looks to Smart ATMs for expanded functionality, extended hours

September 8, 2016

LG subsidiary LG CNS, a global IT service provider, has launched a "Smart ATM" pilot at Korea's BNK Busan Bank. The ATM applies LG Hitachi finger vein…

NCR helps Qatari bank put its finger on accountholder security

August 8, 2016

The Commercial Bank, Qatar’s first private bank, has become the first financial institution in Middle Eastern nation to introduce finger vein authentication…

Biometrics are all the rage among leading ATM distributors and banks

August 2, 2016

Consumer electronics are old news, an ABI Research study found. The hype is moving toward biometric banking technologies specifically targeted at millennials…

Indian banks eyeing iris recognition for ATMs

July 22, 2016

Three of India's largest banks — DCB, Axis and Kotak Mahindra — are considering iris-recognition authentication for ATM transactions as an alternative to…

NEC testing cashless payment via facial recognition

July 12, 2016

NEC Corp. is conducting a series of trials for cashless payment services using its facial recognition technologies.