Latest Biometrics News: Finextra Research

Microsoft Build 2019: What stands out for fintech developers?

Thousands of developers, software engineers and students gathered at Microsoft Build 2019 to learn about the latest advances across technologies critical to the future of banking, such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, the Internet of Things and Mixed Reality for cloud or edge computing.

10 May 2019

News/Biometrics

DBS retrains call centre staff for digital future

Singapore's DBS has retrained more than 500 call centre employees for the digital age, creating new roles in areas such as social media, voice biometrics and live chat.

08 May 2019

News/Biometrics

Mastercard trials biometric cards in Mexico

Mastercard is teaming up with prepaid specialist Edenred and the Mexican state of Sonora to trial the use of cards with embedded fingerprint sensors for benefit programme disbursement.

07 May 2019

News/devops

Stripe buys Touchtech ahead of new EU online authentication rules

Stripe is gearing up for new EU-wide ecommerce transaction authentication rules by buying Irish biometrics specialist Touchtech Payments. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

17 April 2019

News/Biometrics

Banks have been the catalyst for Nordic digital identity success

In conversation with Finextra Research, Arkwright’s Frank Wunderlich and Signicat’s John Erik Setsaas discuss their new report which highlights how the Nordic region can now act as a blueprint for digital identity success and how banks are crucial for this positive result.

09 April 2019

News/payments

Manchester to be test bed for finger vein payments

Manchester has been chosen as the global launch city for finger vein payments system, Fingopay.

01 April 2019

News/ai

Money 20/20 Asia Q&A: Onfido’s Husayn Kassai on fixing identity services

Husayn Kassai, CEO and co-founder of Onfido, spoke to Finextra Research at Money 20/20 Asia in Singapore about the broken identity verification process, the role of machine learning in this space and the benefits of a pan-Asian KYC plan for identity services.

27 March 2019

News/security

Money 20/20 Asia Q&A: ForgeRock’s Linden Dawson on identity services showstoppers

Linden Dawson, APAC customer success manager at ForgeRock, took to the stage at Money 20/20 Asia in Singapore to discuss the evolution of biometric technologies and how industry players are forced to weigh up the security vs. convenience paradox. Following the panel session, Finextra caught up with Dawson to ask how identity initiatives are being implemented in Australia and Southeast Asia, with respect to cultural issues and data management.

26 March 2019

News/Biometrics

Banks of the future must maintain human touch

Technology has the potential to create seismic waves of change through banking that will alter consumer habits, but the industry will need to work hard to maintain trust and to ensure some customers are not left behind, says a report from UK bank CYBG.

22 March 2019

News/security

The Future of Personal Identity: Opportunities and risks for banks

As Google and Facebook come under increasing scrutiny over consumer data privacy issues, Finextra's Future of Personal Identity 2019 report reveals new opportunities for banks to rebuild trust and take on the threat from Big Tech giants.

19 March 2019

News/Biometrics

NatWest pilots biometric payment card

UK bank NatWest is piloting in-card biometric technology that lets customers verify point-of-sale transactions with their fingerprints.

11 March 2019

News/security

Taiwan's E SUN Bank deploys facial recognition ATMs

Taiwan's E SUN Bank has teamed up with NEC Corporation to roll out ATMs featuring facial recognition technology.

26 February 2019

News/security

CaixaBank rolls out facial recognition at the ATM

CaixaBank is offering customers the opportunity to use facial recognition technology rather than PIN codes to withdraw cash from ATMs.

14 February 2019

News/security

Jumio introduces biometric video selfie identity proofing

In an interview with Finextra, Jumio’s president Robert Prigge explains the reasoning behind the firm's new 3D video selfie verification, which combines the enrollment and authentication phases of the identity proofing process.

12 February 2019

News/startups

Fingerprint payments startup Zwipe raises $14 million

Fingerprint payment card firm Zwipe has successfully raised $14 million in an oversubscribed offering of new shares to institutional investors and the general public.

21 January 2019

News/security

Sberbank partners supermarket for fingerprint payments

Russia's Sberbank has teamed up with supermarket chain Azbuka Vkusa to let shoppers pay for groceries with their fingerprints.

15 January 2019

News/Biometrics

Fingerprint payment card firm Zwipe aims to raise $13.7 million

Fingerprint payment card firm Zwipe is bidding to raise $13.7 million by applying for a listing on Oslo Bors' multilateral trading facility Merkur Market.

04 January 2019

News/security

Citi asks corporate clients to log in with their face

Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) is to introduce fingerprint and facial recognition for corporate customers logging into the bank's core treasury platforms.

17 December 2018

News/security

Finger payments to go campus-wide at Copenhagen Business School

Finger vein payments technology is to be introduced campus-wide at Copenhangen Business School, following a successful test-run by Nordic payments processor Nets and UK biometrics company Sthaler.

11 December 2018

News/security

Pindrop raises $90m to bring voice security tech to IoT devices

Pindrop, a voice security and authentication provider for call centres, has raised $90 million in a Series D funding round joined by Goldman Sachs and Citi Ventures.

06 December 2018