Latest Biometrics News: Finextra Research

HDFC Bank launches next-gen mobile banking app

HDFC Bank today unveiled its next-gen mobile banking app that offers users effortless access to their bank account on the go. The next-gen app allows customers to bank the way that they live.

27 November 2018

Company update/security

Vietnam's MK Group to embed fingerprint sensors in payment cards

NEXT Biometrics (Oslo Bors: NEXT), a global leader in fingerprint sensor technology, today announced the company is joining with MK Group to launch an R&D program for biometric smart cards for banking and other applications.

26 November 2018

News/Biometrics

ASB faces up to biometric onboarding

New Zealand's ASB is speeding up the customer onboarding process with the introduction of biometric facial recognition technology.

21 November 2018

Company update/security

Mastercard accredits FIME for biometric evaluation services

FIME has been accredited by Mastercard to deliver biometric authentication testing services for fingerprint in line with its new guidelines for mobile device sensors.

19 November 2018

Company update/Biometrics

Scotiabank showcases 'CEO-on-the-go' mobile banking app

At the 2018 Association of Financial Professionals (AFP) Conference in Chicago, Scotiabank proudly showcased Canada's first integrated security token and mobile banking app.

15 November 2018

Company update/regulation

Encompass adds global biometric identity verification to KYC platform

encompass corporation (“encompass”), a fast-growing global provider of intelligently automated Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions, is pleased to announce that it now offers global biometric identify verification (IDV) and document authentication on its platform.

13 November 2018

News/Biometrics

Intesa Sanpaolo to test fingerprint cards

Intesa Sanpaolo is the latest to try its hand at fingerprint cards in a collaboration with Gemalto and Nordic startup Zwipe.

08 November 2018

Company update/Biometrics

Precise Biometrics restructures to focus on Asian markets; closes office in Karlstad

Precise Biometrics plans to re-structure the organization to enable improved customer service and increased focus on solutions that unite various biometric modalities.

05 November 2018

Company update/Biometrics

UK consumers warm to biometric payment cards - Gemalto

More than half of UK consumers (54 percent) would be ready to use biometric payment cards if they were available at their bank today, according to new research revealed by digital security leader Gemalto and conducted by GfK.

30 October 2018

News/security

NAB and Microsoft test facial recognition for ATM withdrawals

National Australia Bank has teamed up with Microsoft on a proof-of-concept that taps AI to let customers make ATM withdrawals using facial recognition and a PIN.

24 October 2018

Company update/security

Jumio adds liveness detection to identity verification suite

Jumio, the leading AI-powered trusted identity as a service provider, today announced the addition of FaceTec’s ZoOm 3D Face Liveness Detection to its online identity verification suite.

23 October 2018

Company update/Biometrics

Zwipe and Tappy Technologies team on biometric-enabled wearable payments

Biometric technology company Zwipe and pioneering wearables technology company Tappy Technologies are proud to announce their partnership to jointly develop and launch biometric enabled wearable payment, access and digital authentication devices.

22 October 2018

News/Biometrics

Money 20/20 Day One: GDPR, AI and the art of conversation

Banking innovators and fintech disruptors have once again descended upon the Las Vegas Strip for another jam-packed Money20/20 US event, a four-day jamboree exploring the revolution of money in all its forms.

22 October 2018

News/security

SoGen tests biometric cards for limitless contactless payments

Societe Generale is trialling a payments card with a built in fingerprint reader that enables users to make contactless payments of any amount.

19 October 2018

Company update/security

Precise Biometrics moves beyond fingerprints

Updated strategy in conjunction with today’s Capital Market’s lunch. Stefan K Persson will today on 12 October 2018 present Precise Biometrics’ revised strategy on a Capital Market’s lunch.

12 October 2018

News/Biometrics

Akbank flags consumer consent for mobile facial recognition

Turkey's Akbank is reporting that 250,000 customers have signed up to use facial recognition technology as a means to unlock their mobile baking app.

11 October 2018

News/Biometrics

Lloyds Banking Group rolls out Voice ID

Lloyds Banking Group is introducing voice verification technology from Nuance to identify customers dialling into its call centres.

10 October 2018

Company update/security

Daon signs multi-year biometric tech deal with Capitec

Daon, a global leader in biometric identity technology, is pleased to announce that it has signed a multi-year agreement with Capitec Bank of Stellenbosch South Africa.

04 October 2018

Company update/Biometrics

Fujitsu combines palm vein authentication with facial recognition for cashless payments

Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announces development of a non-contact, integrated biometric authentication technology that can identify a person using only their palm vein and facial data.

04 October 2018

Company update/security

Bahrain's Ithmaar Bank to launch biometric payments network

Ithmaar Bank and Eazy Financial Services today announced plans to launch the region’s first biometric payment network, supported by the Labour Fund “Tamkeen”, providing new and more efficient alternative for customers to conduct many of their financial transactions.

28 September 2018