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Smart card manufacturer and digital payments provider Masria Digital Payments (MDP) has announced a partnership with biometric technology company Zwipe to help deliver biometric payment solutions in the Middle East and North Africa regions. The partnership will involve Zwipe helping MDP to roll out biometric payment cards, while eventually also supporting biometric-enabled wearable devices. “To […]
Payment service provider Veritrans Inc. and multinational information technology and electronics company NEC Corporation have announced a partnership to provide the latter’s facial recognition technology for a cashless payment trial for 7-Eleven Japan. The system will combine NEC’s facial recognition payment platform with VeriTrans’ credit card payment service, and will be trialed during a proof […]
According to MarketWatch, payment provider Mastercard is working with transport firms to develop a system that would authenticate passengers based on their gait. The system would be an alternative to using a physical transit pass, allowing passengers to access public transport networks via technology that would identify them by the way they walk. In addition […]
Biometric VeinID platform Fingopay has completed the world’s first bank-to-bank, face-to-face transaction using Finger VeinID. The transaction was a result of a banking retail pilot project between Fingopay and payments company Reflow, which allows retailers and merchants to handle bank-to-bank transactions in addition to traditional card-based payment systems, which can shorten the settlement time for […]
Industry professionals who participated in FindBiometrics’ Year in Review survey remain interested in using biometrics for age verification when buying restricted goods like alcohol or cannabis. This year, the number of respondents who said they would use biometric age verification in these cases totaled 81 percent, with roughly half of those respondents – 43 percent […]
Pakistan Prime Minster, Imran Khan, announced the latest addition to his national anti-poverty program — known as Ehsaas Kafaalat — which will see seven million women suffering from poverty receive a biometric money transfer of 2000 Pakistani rupees (approximately $13) each. As a part of this latest initiative, each woman would also receive a bank […]
“We are beyond excited to be introducing this line of devices that will extend Amazon’s innovative work, from not only replacing your credit card, to replacing your keys, work badge, flight tickets, hotel reservations, drivers license and more – all with the wave of a hand.” – Jaxon Klein, Co-founder & CEO, Keyo Keyo Inc. […]
Amazon is reportedly trying to develop checkout terminals that would allow customers to use a palm scan to pay for goods and services at physical establishments. The tech giant has been collaborating with Mastercard and Visa – in addition to card issuers like JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and Synchrony – to ensure the security […]
CLEAR is a big step closer to bringing its biometric expedited screening platform to another US airport: St. Louis’s Airport Commission has approved a contract to bring CLEAR to the St. Louis Lambert International Airport. The contract now just needs approval from the city’s Board of Estimate and Apportionment, according to a report from the […]
The new year has just started, and the biometrics industry is back in full swing, judging by this week’s roundup of FindBiometrics top stories from the past week. And it’s a roundup dominated by news from the financial services sector, with a strong focus on payments technology. That’s apropos, given some of the results from […]
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