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Executives at Visa Europe are pondering an overhaul of card security standards as new technologies and consumer preferences for frictionless shopping create demands for a more flexible approach to protecting transactions.
09 July 2014
Barclays is rolling out voice biometrics technology at its call centres that recognises customers when they start talking.
23 June 2014
BioCatch, an Israeli startup that uses behavioural biometrics to authenticate visitors to banking and e-commerce sites, has raised $10 million in a funding round led by Blumberg Capital and equity crowdfunding firm OurCrowd.
17 June 2014
France's national interbank network, Groupement des Cartes Bancaires CB, is evaluating the use of biometry in payment transactions and is expected to approve a new authentication standard based on fingeprints before the end of the year
16 June 2014
Apple has announced a new Touch ID API which will allow app developers to use fingerprint authentication for mobile payments and other applications
03 June 2014
Polish ATM shared network Planet Cash is installing nearly 2000 machines equipped with finger vein technology, enabling users to withdraw cash without a card.
14 May 2014
SunTrust Banks has opened an 'innovation branch' in Atlanta where it will test new technology such as automated safety deposit boxes.
12 May 2014
Security researchers from SR Labs have cracked the Samsung Galaxy S5's fingerprint reader, gaining access to the handset and using it to make PayPal transactions.
16 April 2014
Westpac New Zealand customers will soon be able to log into their mobile banking app using fingerprint scanning.
14 April 2014
Fujitsu has launched a new range of ATMs on the European market, featuring its PalmSecure biometric technology and support for mobile NFC.
11 April 2014
Owners of the new Samsung Galaxy S5 will be able to use the handset's fingerprint authentication system to make payments at online and in-store merchants that accept PayPal.
25 February 2014
China's Bank of Lanzhou has rolled out ATMs incorporating finger vein authentication technology from Japanese vendor OKI.
20 February 2014
Nigeria's banks have embarked on a massive biometrics project, registering the fingerprints and facial features of customers in a bid to fight fraud and money laundering.
17 February 2014
US Bank is piloting voice biometrics technology which allows customers to access their accounts by speaking into their mobile phones.
12 February 2014
SmartMetric has unveiled plans for a biometric, NFC-enabled card for storing and making person-to-person transfers in bitcoins.
15 January 2014
A vein-imaging point-of-sale authorisation device and USB-based iris scanning technology have been turning heads at the CES show in Las Vegas, raising expectations that 2014 may be a break-out year for the biometric technology industry.
09 January 2014
ANZ is experimenting with the use of voice biometrics for securing customer interactions at the call centre and for authorisation of larger-value cash transactions via mobile phones.
28 November 2013
The Indian banking industry's reliance on Windows XP could put more than 34,000 branches at risk when Microsoft ends support for the operating system in April.
13 November 2013
Ingenico is stepping up its presence in Latin America, working with a local firm to bring biometric technology to government benefit payments.
24 October 2013
US fingerprint authentication outfit DigitalPersona has acquired Georgia-based Identity Stream, which offers a turnkey biometric system for core banking users.
11 October 2013
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