Biometrics-based ATM authentication — without a hardware upgrade

February 20, 2015

The solution requires no retrofitting of ATMs, and it establishes secure two-way SSL communication between the ATM and a biometric open protocol…

Two UK banks add Apple Touch ID

February 19, 2015

RBS and NatWest have become the first financial institutions in the region to add fingerprint sensor functionality to their mobile banking apps.

Rising use shows biometrics breaking down consumer resistance

February 11, 2015

Consumer and enterprise segments will soon catch up with governmental spending on biometrics to become the dominant portion of the market.

Where will payments be in 10 years?

If the last 10 years has taught us anything, it's that disruptive technologies can shift the course of events in a way few would expect.

FCU plans to bypass ATM cards with help from facial recognition tech

December 19, 2014

Baltimore, Maryland-based Securityplus Federal Credit Union will introduce a new biometric ATM this month that lets members authenticate themselves via facial…

MasterCard, Zwipe team up to roll out first-ever biometric contactless payment card

October 21, 2014

Biometric authentication replaces PIN entry, enabling cardholders to make contactless payments in any amount, unlike current NFC-enabled payment solutions.

I'm alive ... And these are my fingers!

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

It was hard to miss the news coming out of the U.K. this week that Hitachi is rolling out biometric scanning technology for ATMs. I wasn’t going to let this…

Cash at their fingertips: Poland gets biometric ATM shared network

May 16, 2014

Poland can boast the first biometric ATM shared network in Europe — Planet Cash. ITCard S.A., a provider of banking services in Poland, currently has 50…

I'm in the mood! Watch me hit up the ATM for cash!

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

My grandfather was a newspaper man, as were my father and most of my uncles, and a consistent theme in our household was, "What did you read, today?" Whether…

Alliance releases strong authentication spec for 'natural' security

March 18, 2014

The Natural Security Alliance has released specifications for its world's-first strong authentication standard, the organization has announced. The standard…

A 'Bit o' Coin' and a 'Look at me!' ATM

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

This past week I attended a dinner put on by a local investment company — from what I could tell, the audience was a small cross-section of Denver's…

CBN kicks off $50M biometric ATM project

February 20, 2014

While one bank in China tests the waters of biometric authentication at the ATM, an entire nation in Africa is taking the plunge. On Feb. 14, the Central Bank…

Chinese bank implements finger-vein ID at the ATM

February 20, 2014

This week, the Bank of Lanzhou, headquartered in China's Gansu province, activated its first OKI ATM incorporating finger-vein authentication technology. A…

On-board biometrics: The next-gen ID card?

January 16, 2014

Oslo, Norway-based Zwipe has developed a biometric card that reads the user's fingerprint, activating in less than a second, a company news release said. Users…

TMG white paper addresses biometric ID potential

January 6, 2014

Payments processor The Members Group has published the second in a series of four fraud-themed white papers. "Biometric Authentication Heading for Payments…

A Bitcoin ATM for Boston?

November 25, 2013

Following the world's first permanent Bitcoin ATM deployment last month in Vancouver, Canada, word is out that Boston might soon follow as the site of the…

To a needy mother, a fingerprint’s as good as a PIN

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

I have just attended the latest user event put on jointly by the NonStop user community and HP. Among the participants were many from the financial services…

SmartMetric promises rollout soon for fingerprint-activated payment card

October 11, 2013

SmartMetric Inc., a developer of fingerprint-activated payment and ID cards, is in "advanced stages" of preparation for the release of a fingerprint-activated…

Use of bio ID yields savings, award for Argentine bank

October 2, 2013

Argentina's largest private bank, Banco Supervielle, has won a FELABAN Financial Innovation Award for a biometric identification project that facilitates the…

IPhone fingerprint scanner: Hacked already?

September 23, 2013

Just two days after the new iPhone 5S dropped in stores, a group of German hackers representing the Chaos Computing Club claimed to have hacked the phone's…