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News/Biometrics
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
Indian ATM and eftpos terminal manufacturer AGT Electronics is gearing up to launch a trial of its newly-developed Linux-based touch screen cash dispenser featuring biometric verification technology.
05 April 2007
Experian is partnering with Pennsylvania-based VoiceVerified to supply a combined data-based ID verification and voice biometric authentication service.
06 March 2007
Japan's Shinkin Central Bank has installed an access control system based on Hitachi's finger vein authentication technology at its New York branch, in what is the first implementation of the technology in the US.
05 March 2007
Dutch financial services group ING is to use biometric fingerprint technology to control dealer access to workstations on its trading floors.
13 February 2007
The majority of consumers in the UK and the US believe financial services firms should adopt biometric authentication technology to combat identity theft and protect their personal data, according to research released by Unisys.
07 February 2007
Over half of US customers support the addition of biometric authentication information to credit and debit payment cards, acccording to a study commissioned by online security firm Truste and conducted by market information group TNS.
10 January 2007
Citibank Singapore is using fingerprint authentication technology from San Francisco-based Pay By Touch to launch a cardless payment service for credit card transactions.
10 November 2006
US-based Pay By Touch has introduced an online biometric authentication service that utilises fingerprint scanning technology to verify PC users.
09 October 2006
US-based Diebold is releasing a biometric fingerprint scanning system designed to enable banks to authenticate the identity of customers at the branch counter.
07 September 2006
Dutch banking group ABN Amro is rolling out a voice verification system designed to identify customers over the phone without the need for passwords and PIN codes.
20 July 2006
Brazil's Banco Bradesco, the largest private bank in Latin America, is to begin using Fujitsu's PalmSecure biometric authentication application to verify customers using its ATMs.
13 July 2006
A survey by the UK's Co-operative Supermarket has found that the majority of shoppers feel that Pay By Touch's fingerprint authentication technology - which is currently being trialled by the retailer - is more secure and convenient than the chip and PIN system.
01 June 2006
Over half of banking customers across Europe would be willing to switch their accounts to financial institutions that offer biometric authentication services, according to a study conducted by Vanson Bourne and commissioned by LogicaCMG
22 May 2006
India's ICICI Bank has installed fingerprint scanning technology from SecuGen which it is using to authenticate network users at its treasury operations.
15 May 2006
Mexico's Banco Azteca has implemented a fingerprint-based authentication system from California-based Digital Persona which has enabled it to register millions of customers that previously didn't have a bank account.
23 March 2006
Texas-based International Bank of Commerce (IBC) is implementing fingerprint scanning technology from Saflink Corporation which it will use to authenticate the identity of 3200 staff across its branch locations.
22 March 2006
Saudi Arabia's Al Rajhi Bank has contracted with Diebold for the supply and implementation of 82 biometric ATMs which will be used to distribute monthly retirement payments at social security offices across the Kingdom.
20 March 2006
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