10 Feb 15 @ 10:32

From wearable technology to smart phones, biometrics seemed to dominate at CES this year. Biometrics are unique human identifiers, such as fingerprints or retina scans, used as forms of authentication.... read more

20 Jan 15 @ 14:16

16 to 24 year old consumers in the UK have the greatest appetite for biometric security measures and the greatest need to use them in place of traditional authentication such... read more

01 Dec 14 @ 17:00

MasterCard is seeking to partner with Visa to use biometric information to replace passwords for online payments. Existing password-based online security authentication is known as 3D Secure, which the two... read more

20 Oct 14 @ 12:55

MasterCard and Zwipe announced their partnership for the launch of the world’s first biometric contactless payment card featuring an integrated fingerprint sensor. The launch of the card comes after a successful... read more

05 Sep 14 @ 14:50

Barclays corporate customers will be able to log into their online accounts by scanning their fingers with biometric readers using vein authentication technology from Hitachi. From 2015, corporate customers will... read more

02 Sep 14 @ 14:40

China’s Alipay e-commerce platform has teamed up with handset manufacturer Huawei to develop a system enabling people make biometric mobile payments with their fingerprints. The system utilises the fingerprint reader... read more

21 Aug 14 @ 11:07

A tech company specialising in biometric selfies for use in banking authentication has received $6 million in funding to expand the company’s proposition. EyeVerify’s self-verification technology, Eyeprint ID, enables smartphone... read more

29 Jul 14 @ 15:46

8 in 10 (79%) Brits are ready to ditch their passwords in favour of biometric security measures like fingerprint scanners, new research shows.1 iPhone 5s sales of more than 10... read more

22 Jul 14 @ 14:06

In a recent blog post, Jonathan Vaux, director of new payment propositions at Visa Europe  attributes the increase in the popularity of card-on-file payment to the growing use of biometrics for payment authentication. Vaux... read more

11 Jul 14 @ 11:24

Barclays plans to expand its use of voice biometrics to streamline authentication when clients call the bank, but the technology is still not widely trusted or understood. Barclays has been... read more

16 Jun 14 @ 16:16

The French domestic card scheme, Groupement des Cartes Bancaires (CB), is planning to introduce biometric payment based on fingerprints before the end of 2014. CB is working with the National... read more

30 May 14 @ 11:12

With incidents of security breaches and fraud increases, the payment industry is paying close attention to secure identification and personal verification methods – could 2014 be the year that biometric... read more

14 May 14 @ 13:44

ITCARD a leading provider of banking services in Poland has launched the first biometric ATM shared network in Europe, called Planet Cash. By the end of this year the company... read more

07 Mar 14 @ 10:58

Biometric technology is a big talking point at the moment as there is growing consumer dissatisfaction with PINs, passwords and general security around mobile payments. The further down the digital... read more

13 Feb 14 @ 16:07

Employees at U.S. Bank have begun a pilot of new software that utilises voice biometrics to allow consumers to access their credit card accounts on mobile devices. The technology is... read more

05 Mar 13 @ 00:00

Fujitsu Technology Solutions has entered into an agreement with UniCredit, the Italy-based European banking group, to make UniCredit the first customer for its PalmSecure authentication system. As part of the... read more

17 Nov 25 @ 18:27

Apple has taken a significant step into the digital identity ecosystem with the launch of Digital ID, a passport-based credential that can be created and stored directly in Apple Wallet.... read more

13 Nov 25 @ 17:11

Ant International is extending the boundaries of biometric payments with the launch of smart glass payments using iris authentication technology for its Alipay+ GlassPay solution. The move builds on Ant’s... read more

20 Aug 25 @ 18:03

The concept of verifying identity has underpinned human civilisation for millennia, from Mesopotamian seals to ink signatures and passports. Today, as the payments industry undergoes rapid transformation, digital identity (DI)... read more

30 Apr 25 @ 17:16

As global commerce undergoes a profound technological transformation, the payments landscape is poised for further disruption in consumer payments. Juniper Research’s Consumer Payments Tech Horizon 2025 offers a comprehensive strategic... read more