Biometrics News
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.
read nowFCU 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…
read nowMasterCard, 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.
read nowCash 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…
read nowAlliance 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…
read nowCBN 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…
read nowChinese 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…
read nowOn-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…
read nowTMG 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…
read nowA 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…
read nowSmartMetric 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…
read nowUse 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…
read nowIPhone 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…
read nowGhana ATMs to get eye ID
July 8, 2013
International Computer Systems and IBM have reportedly teamed with Sunnet Systems to develop iris recognition technology that might soon be introduced in the…
read nowSmartMetric intros biometrics for NFC cards
April 23, 2013
SmartMetric Inc. has announced the successful incorporation of near field communication technology into its fingerprint-activated biometric chip card. The chip…
read nowO2 Secure Wireless intros facial recognition integration software for ATMs
February 8, 2013
O2 Secure Wireless Inc., a provider of secure wireless solutions, has announced the implementation of its FIT proprietary security software — retina…
read nowYalamanchili wins processing contract for new Indian electronic payment service
January 24, 2013
Indian firm Yalamanchili, a provider of software and white-label acquiring solutions, has been selected as processing provider for Saral Money, India's…
read nowRussia's Leto-bank to deploy ATMs with biometric ID
November 29, 2012
Leto-bank is joining the ranks of biometric believers with the planned deployment of new fingerprint-reading ATMs. The FI, which belongs to Russia’s VTB Group…
read nowNatural Security, Discover pilot hands-free biometric payment solution
November 6, 2012
Strong authentication technology provider Natural Security and payment company Discover Financial Services have struck a deal to pilot test a Natural Security…
read nowStudy: Business banking customers favor biometric authentication
November 2, 2012
If bank customers are willing to accept biometrics for Internet authentication, can wider use of the technology on ATMs be far behind?
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