“Has anyone used Sonder to book rooms?” began one post on an online discussion forum. “They have good prices and contactless check in. Thanks!” “They do background checks and use […]

November is Financial Biometrics Month at FindBiometrics. In some of our dedicated coverage, we looked at the emergence of biometric payment cards, the pioneering efforts behind ‘naked payments’, and four […]

November is Financial Biometrics Month at FindBiometrics. And, as far as breaking news goes, it started with a bang. On Halloween, the Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the […]

When you’re making a purchase in-person (rather than online), you’re probably using a payment card. And when you’re verifying that you actually mean to make the purchase, you’re probably not […]

One of the biggest names in the fingerprint sensor business, Fingerprint Cards, has been struggling with some serious headwinds in the China region in particular. And, as detailed in our […]

Last month, Fingerprint Cards issued a quarterly update featuring unusually stark language about the state of the mobile fingerprint sensor industry. The company, which has made its name over the […]

A federal judge has dismissed an almost identical pair of Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) lawsuits against Amazon and Microsoft in a ruling that could prove consequential for the biometrics […]

Chinese ride-hailing app Didi has been fined $1.2 billion by state regulators for data privacy and security violations, complicating Western political narratives that have led to warnings about China-made apps […]

Myanmar’s junta government is working on deploying China-made biometric surveillance systems in multiple cities, according to a new Reuters report. Citing multiple anonymous sources with knowledge of the matter, Reuters […]

Mastercard and Visa are using facial recognition technology whose algorithm is sourced from SenseTime, one of the Chinese AI firms that have been blacklisted by the US government, according to […]