Biometrics

02 Oct 17 @ 10:46

It can now take as little as 9 minutes for stolen card and account data to be used via the dark web. With this in mind, Mastercard has announced the... read more

29 Sep 17 @ 16:27

Mastercard has unveiled the next generation biometric card, combining chip technology with fingerprints to verify the cardholder’s identity for in-store purchases. South Africa was the first market to test the... read more

28 Sep 17 @ 12:03

B2B FinTechs are attracting an increasing proportion of total European FinTech funding, according to a recent research presentation from Innovate Finance and Pitchbook. There has been a growing number of... read more

27 Sep 17 @ 10:58

The security of biometrics technology is in the spotlight and stakeholders must take a balanced view on its strengths and vulnerabilities. As deployments proliferate, the technology’s credibility rests on the... read more

20 Sep 17 @ 14:28

From virtual mobile wallets to peer-to-peer money transfer apps, there are an increasingly diverse number of ways to pay, beyond the old medium of cash. And the geographic scope of... read more

11 Sep 17 @ 16:28

55% of retailers and merchants in the EMEA region are planning to increase their investment into new payments capabilities in the next 18 to 24 months, according to the  2017... read more

04 Sep 17 @ 11:10

Consumers will soon be able to forget about PINs and frustratingly long 16-digit card numbers when shopping online and in the real world, as Visa moves to make Australian banks... read more

30 Aug 17 @ 13:45

Many banks around the world, large and small, continue to experience major security failures. At this year’s Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit, analysts explained their investigation of the takeover of a... read more

03 Jul 17 @ 14:32

The Global Payments Innovation Jury report for 2017 exists because 70 senior industry executives were prepared to give their time to thinking through and setting out their views on many... read more

28 Jun 17 @ 09:55

The vast majority of consumers—93%—prefer biometrics over passwords for authenticating payments or other financial services. This comes as no surprise, as using biometrics is more secure and eliminates the hassle... read more

31 May 17 @ 10:53

Apple and Visa have been hit with an Apple Pay patent infringement lawsuit by Universal Secure Registry (USR), a small US company, that alleges their mobile-payment partnership infringes four of its patents. In a... read more

09 May 17 @ 13:32

When Apple and Samsung released new devices with fingerprint sensor technology, biometrics suddenly went mainstream and, as consumers, we’ve quickly become familiar with the technology. Fingerprint recognition has long been... read more