Biometrics

21 Mar 16 @ 12:51

Statistics by Financial Fraud Action (FFA) UK show fraud losses on UK payment cards totalled £567.5 million in 2015, representing an 18% increase from £479 million one year before. Significantly,  total... read more

14 Mar 16 @ 12:39

Capital One customers can now check their balances and pay their bills, voice-powered payments, talking to Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant. The Alexa assistant works with Amazon’s FireTV and Echo smart speaker... read more

02 Mar 16 @ 15:15

Payments Cards and Mobile interviewed Ajay Bhalla of MasterCard to understand what is hot in the world of biometric payments including selfie pay and securing the further digitisation of payments.

02 Mar 16 @ 15:09

According to payments networks Visa and MasterCard, consumers are getting much more comfortable with biometric payments. Research from the fourth annual MasterCard Mobile Payments Study finds cardholders increasingly are asking for... read more

11 Nov 15 @ 09:42

The advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) has propelled the demand for better security solutions on electronic devices. Apple’s iPhone 5s, which was released in 2013, was the first... read more

07 Oct 15 @ 13:01

MasterCard has introduced MasterCard Identity Check, a suite of technology solutions that leverage advanced technologies to prove a consumer’s identity and further simplify the online shopping experience. Existing methods to prove... read more

07 Oct 15 @ 10:34

JCB will be conducting a trial of payment using palm vein authentication in corporation with Fujitsu  and Fujitsu Frontech. The trial will be held at the JCB World Conference in... read more

07 Oct 15 @ 09:38

Over the summer, Mobey Forum’s Biometric and Security Workgroup, set up to explore opportunities and use cases for biometric authentication in mobile money, met with The Biometric Institute and the... read more

16 Sep 15 @ 08:47

Visa says it has introduced a new specification which will integrate biometric (palm, voice, iris or facial authentication) capabilities with chip card transaction. The technology framework is designed to work with... read more

14 Sep 15 @ 12:07

There has been a lot of enthusiasm for Samsung’s mobile wallet, Samsung Pay, and the ways in which it differs from other mobile payment systems. Samsung Pay launched in Korea... read more

10 Sep 15 @ 10:20

MyBank has issued a call for participation in the pilot phase for its Identity Verification Service to Payment Service Providers (PSPs) and service providers. The pilot will start in mid-November... read more

07 Sep 15 @ 16:17

Intercede, the digital identity company, released the findings of a new consumer survey that suggests Millennials in the US and UK are losing trust in today’s Digital Economy. Fewer than 5%... read more