Latest Biometrics News: Finextra Research

Transformative regulation finds its feet in 2020

The true benefits and complexities of transformative regulation across financial services is set to become reality in 2020, as firms work to prepare and implement systems to meet compliance standards while maintaining a competitive edge.

06 March 2020

News/Biometrics

Pope weighs in on AI ethics debate

The Pontiff is the latest public figure to offer an opinion on the ethics of using artificial intelligence (AI), issuing a set of principles on the use of new technology.

28 February 2020

Company update/security

Idex Biometrics appoints new CEO

IDEX Biometrics ASA, a leading provider of advanced fingerprint identification and authentication solutions, has appointed Vince Graziani as new CEO effective 27 February 2020.

27 February 2020

Company update/security

Amaiz to introduce voice biometrics in partnership with ValidSoft

Amaiz, the banking and bookkeeping service for small businesses owners, has announced its partnership with ValidSoft, the company at the leading edge of voice biometric technology, a solution that secures all transaction channels.

13 February 2020

Company update/payments

Fingopay carries out bank-to-bank finger vein ID transaction

The biometric VeinID platform, Fingopay, has announced it is trailing a strategic open banking retail pilot with payments company Reflow, which has enabled the fintech to successfully complete the world’s first bank-to-bank, face to face payment using Finger VeinID.

12 February 2020

Company update/security

Mitek claims spoof-proof breakthrough in facial recognition

Mitek (NASDAQ: MITK, www.miteksystems.com), a global leader in digital identity verification solutions, today announced new innovation in its Liveness Detection feature.

10 February 2020

Company update/Biometrics

Veridium rolls out facial recognition tech and behavioural biometrics product

Today, authentication platform Veridium launches its proprietary facial recognition technology, vFace.

04 February 2020

News/regulation

How banks can modernise processes to comply with regulations

In a post-financial crisis world, financial institutions are under pressure to transition from using the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) to the new Sonia rate, that is overseen by the Bank of England.

30 January 2020

News/payments

Amazon working to connect credit card information to your hand

Amazon is attempting to turn your hand into a credit card, according to the Wall Street Journal.

20 January 2020

Company update/security

BBVA joins forces with Nok Nok Labs to boost the use of biometric authentication in mobile banking

BBVA has partnered with the authentication solutions company Nok Nok Labs — one of the driving forces behind the new FIDO (Fast Identity Online) standard aimed at strengthening the security of biometric systems on mobile devices.

14 January 2020

Research/Biometrics

Avoiding Improvisation: A 3-Step Guide to Harmonising Electronic Identity Verification

08 January 2020 315 downloads

News/Biometrics

Worldline takes pay-by-face system on the road

Worldline is to stage the first live demonstrations of a new pay-by-face system at the National Retail Federation expo in New York later this month.

03 January 2020

Company update/security

62% of Brits would trial retina recognition identification - Equifax

More than six in ten Brits (62%)* would be happy to try retina recognition identification, according to new research from Equifax, the business and consumer insights expert.

16 December 2019

Company update/Biometrics

UOB app-only bank TMRW introduces fingerprint and facial recognition for account opening

TMRW by UOB, the first mobile-only bank for ASEAN’s digital generation, today announced that it has enabled fingerprint and facial biometrics to make it speedier and safer for customers to open their TMRW accounts.

09 December 2019

News/Biometrics

Nets pilots pay by face

With the tagline ‘Hungry? Face it’, Nets has launched a pilot programme testing facial recognition at a cafeteria in Denamrk.

09 December 2019

Company update/Biometrics

Fingerprint Cards receives recognition from Valid

World-leading biometrics company, Fingerprint Cards AB (Fingerprints) and Valid, a global payment technology provider, are collaborating to bring contactless biometric payment cards to the market.

04 December 2019

News/security

NatWest tests biometric payment fob

NatWest is issuing a payment fob linked to a customer's fingerprint that will allow contactless payments of up to £100 to be made without the use of a bank card or mobile phone.

04 December 2019

Company update/security

RCBC Bankard rolls out Verint biometric tech at call centre

Verint Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: VRNT), The Customer Engagement Company™, in partnership with Inspiro Relia, Inc. (Inspiro), have optimised the quality of RCBC Bankard’s call centre operations with the implementation of Verint’s innovative voice biometrics solution*, part of its Identity Authentication and Fraud Detection (IAFD) offering.

21 November 2019

News/security

Cornèrcard launches biometric credit card

Switzerland's Cornèrcard has teamed up with Gemalto and Visa to launch the country's first credit card featuring a biometric fingerprint reader.

21 November 2019

News/Biometrics

Barclays beefs up corporate VeinID scanner

Barclays has rolled out an improved version of its biometric finger vein scanner, which enables corporates to complete banking transactions without the need for PINs and passwords.

20 November 2019