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The US-based Financial Services Technology Consortium has launched a project to investigate the use of biometrics for verifying customer IDs.
03 April 2009
Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn has shelved plans to use fingerprint scanning technology as an alternative to card and cash payments at the check-out after a six month trial failed to dispel security concerns.
18 March 2009
The UK Government is pledging £1.4 million to spur the development of biometric and mobile phone-based banking in emerging economies in Asia and Africa.
13 February 2009
Barclays Bank has become the first bank in Europe to pilot Microsoft's Surface technology at a groundbreaking new branch in London that takes its inspiration from leading retailers such as Apple and Nike.
19 December 2008
UK start-up Voice Commerce Group has launched a payments processing service for TV and IPTV advertisers that lets customers phone up and buy products by 'signing' for the transaction with their voice.
15 December 2008
Over two thirds of people would be willing to undergo fingerprint scans to verify their identities when dealing with banks and government organisations, according to a global survey from Unisys.
09 December 2008
Banks in the United Arab Emirates are reportedly set to introduce iris scanning technology at the ATM, following a recent surge in cash machine fraud across the country.
04 December 2008
HSBC is rolling out biometric facial recognition technology from OmniPerception at two UK data centres after a successful trial at its headquarters in Canary Wharf.
29 October 2008
Plastic cards could be set to go the way of cheques and become virtually obsolete as customers take up mobile and biometric systems to pay for purchases, according to Barclaycard which is ramping up its investment in contactless payment technology.
09 September 2008
China Merchants Bank (CMB) is implementing voice authentication technology supplied by Israel-based PerSay which it will use to verify the identity of customers calling its contact centres.
05 August 2008
Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn is teaming with European payments processor Equens to test fingerprint scanning technology as an alternative to card and cash payments at the check-out.
17 June 2008
Brazil's Caixa Economica Federal (CEF) has contracted with US ATM manufacturer Diebold for the supply of 9600 cash machines.
16 May 2008
Jordan's Cairo Amman Bank (CAB) is rolling out iris recognition technology across its network of ATMs and to teller and customer service desks in over 70 branches.
14 April 2008
Sweden's Precise Biometrics has been awarded a research grant worth SKr5.7 million to participate in an EU-funded project to develop an advanced identity management system that combines fingerprint biometrics and cryptography
31 March 2008
Société Générale is to implement biometric access controls for dealing personnel after an internal investigation into the EUR5bn rogue trading scandal found major weaknesses in its supervision, security and control procedures.
21 February 2008
The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has published a new standard that stipulates the security requirements for the implementation and management of biometric authentication technology within the financial services industry.
11 February 2008
Troubled eftpos vendor Verifone is looking to acquire the assets of Pay By Touch, the California-based biometric authentication firm currently facing bankruptcy.
07 December 2007
Electronics giant Hitachi is teaming with Japanese card issuer JCB to develop a biometric payment system based on its finger vein authentication technology that can be used as an alternative to cards and cash at the point of sale.
23 July 2007
India's Andhra Bank is targeting unbanked customers in the country with the introduction of two mobile biometric cash machines that utilise fingerprint scanning technology to verify customers and will be transported to various locations.
23 May 2007
Sixteen banks and the China Financial Certification Association are working together on anti-fraud mechanisms to improve security for online banking customers.
01 May 2007
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