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Apple Pay Goes Live in Japan, with Some Transit Glitches

Apple Pay has gone live in Japan, albeit with some hiccups. While the platform’s pioneering use of Touch ID fingerprint scanning to confirm transactions has…

October 25, 2016

BIO-key Forms PortalGuard Distribution Agreement With Darksteel Technologies

Safran Identity & Security Announces Silicon Valley Office

Safran Identity & Security is opening a new office in Silicon Valley. More specifically, the France-based company’s new facility will open in Redwood City…

October 25, 2016

Biometrics News - IDEX Details Potential Use Cases of Biometric Technology

FPC, Precise Biometrics Tech Power Credit Card’s Biometrics

South Korea-based card manufacturer Kona-i has launched a credit card with a built-in fingerprint sensor, and it features biometric technology from Fingerprint…

October 25, 2016

Illuma Labs Secures $9M in Series A Funding to Enhance Voice Authentication and Combat Emerging Fraud Threats

Money20/20: AI Banking Assistant ‘Eva’ Can Recognize Speech and Voices

Enacomm has developed its own voice command-based AI assistant for banking applications. Called the Enacomm Voice Authentication, or “Eva”, the system was…

October 25, 2016

Money20/20: Identity Check Mobile to Launch in North America in First Half of 2017

Mastercard and BMO have announced that their Identity Check Mobile app will officially launch in North America in the first half of next year. The system…

October 24, 2016

Fujitsu Deploys Improved Face and Palm Recognition Tech in Contactless Concept Store

Jumio’s Mobile ID Verification Platform Gets Facial Recognition

Digital ID verification company Jumio has brought facial recognition to its Netverify platform. It’s a move aimed at establishing even greater certainty for…

October 24, 2016

Wink's Biometric Checkout Solution Wins Netty Award for Innovation in E-Commerce Security

Money20/20: Google, Visa & Mastercard Bring Android Pay To ‘Hundreds of Thousands Of New Sites’

“Android Pay users will soon be able to pay on hundreds of thousands of new sites […] using their preferred device authentication method – like fingerprint…

October 24, 2016

Money20/20: FIDO Developing mPayment Standard with EMVCo

The FIDO Alliance is working with EMVCo to develop a new authentication specification specifically for mobile payments, the organizations have announced at…

October 24, 2016

Banking Digitization Company to Leverage ImageWare Biometric Solution

ImageWare has teamed up with banking digitization specialist Aurionpro, which will integrate its GoVerifyID biometric authentication platform into its Digital…

October 24, 2016

Idemia Likely Winner of IRS Biometrics Contract After Compressed RFQ Process

What to Expect at Money20/20 2016

The Money20/20 conference kicks off today in Las Vegas, with digital security and biometric solutions in particular expected to once again be hot topics.…

October 24, 2016

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