Financial biometrics are spreading like wildfire across the FinTech industry. With all the big financial service providers and most major banks embracing strong authentication for both payments and banking operations, there have never been so many … [Read more...] about Financial Biometrics Month: Four Unique Modalities
Financial Biometrics Month: The Benefits of Biometric Banking
The Concept Biometrics exploded onto the consumer financial market in a big way with payment tech – in 2014 Apple Pay and fingerprint sensor authenticated PayPal transactions saw to that – but when it comes to everyday users scanning their body and … [Read more...] about Financial Biometrics Month: The Benefits of Biometric Banking
VoiceTrust and USoft Merge to Form BioTrust
Canadian biometric technology developer VoiceTrust and Dutch business app developer USoft have merged, the companies have announced. Their new company is called BioTrust, and will specialize in multimodal biometric authentication solutions. In a … [Read more...] about VoiceTrust and USoft Merge to Form BioTrust
Iris Recognition Market Rises as Costs Fall: Report
The iris biometrics market is in for some steady growth over the next few years as it continues to overcome obstacles related to cost. Such is the outlook presented by Frost & Sullivan in a new report entitled "5-year Opportunity Analysis of the … [Read more...] about Iris Recognition Market Rises as Costs Fall: Report
News Roundup: Biometrics and FinTech
Last week at FindBiometrics we kicked off Financial Biometrics Month with a primer designed to get you up to speed on all the most recent happenings in the identity and commerce space, including the recent Money20/20 conference. In the industry news, … [Read more...] about News Roundup: Biometrics and FinTech
Financial Biometrics Month: The Primer
Biometrics and financial technology have converged in a very powerful way. FindBiometrics was recently in Las Vegas for Money20/20 – a major FinTech conference – to host a biometrics in commerce panel, and it was clear from the ground floor: … [Read more...] about Financial Biometrics Month: The Primer
British Banks To Customers: Don’t Share Fingerprints
British banks are warning their customers not to allow their fingerprint biometric data to be stored in others' iPhones for use in Apple Pay purchases. It's a matter of liability in fraud and disputed transactions, with the banks arguing that such … [Read more...] about British Banks To Customers: Don’t Share Fingerprints
BIO-key Secures $8.4m Investment Deal
Fingerprint biometrics technology company BIO-key has raised $8.4 million through a major new investment deal, the company has announced. The deal entails the issuance of Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock to a Hong Kong investor specializing … [Read more...] about BIO-key Secures $8.4m Investment Deal
News Roundup: Bringing Biometrics To Money20/20
Last week FindBiometrics brought biometrics to Money20/20 once again with a panel on the topic of strong authentication and identity management in finance. We brought Mobile Identity Month to a close last week too with a look at how mobile biometrics … [Read more...] about News Roundup: Bringing Biometrics To Money20/20
Money20/20: Settling The Spoofing Score
During yesterday’s FindBiometrics hosted panel at Money20/20, Biometric Identity & Its Applications in Financial Services & Payments, the conversation turned inevitably to the problem of spoofing on consumer biometric devices, namely, the … [Read more...] about Money20/20: Settling The Spoofing Score
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