“…given Daon’s prominence as a provider of mobile authentication solutions, it offers a high-profile boost to EyeVerify and its technology – perhaps the biggest since the company’s acquisition by Alipay operator Ant Financial.” Daon has integrated EyeVerify‘s Eyeprint ID technology into its IdentityX platform, thanks to a new partnership announced at this week’s Money20/20 Europe event.…
EyeVerify has drawn up a useful outline of PSD2 regulations, and making a strong case for solutions like its Eyeprint ID authentication platform. As EyeVerify notes in a new blog post, the Revised Payment Services Directive will come into effect in the European Union in January of 2018. It’s meant to establish uniform payment standards across…
“Yapi Kredi AGM Yakup Dogan explained that Eyeprint ID ‘addresses two major shortcomings for mobile banking customers today: security and recalling passwords.’” EyeVerify technology has arrived in Europe. The company has announced that its eye vein-based mobile authentication platform, Eyeprint ID, is now being used in its first European bank app. The deployment comes through…
“With more than 50 financial institutions having taken advantage of Eyeprint ID last year, the company says its eye vein-based mobile authentication platform represents ‘the most-integrated software biometric for mobile banking authentication.’” EyeVerify is predicting a big year for biometrics in the financial services sector. In a new blog post, the company forecasts that 2017…
A wide swath of Alipay users now have access to Eyeprint ID security, and the company behind the system, EyeVerify, is celebrating the deployment in a new blog post outlining the system’s advantages. An obvious one is ease of use, particularly given that Alipay already employed a facial recognition authentication system using a mobile interface…
“Eyeprint ID is a mobile biometric identification system that uses a smartphone camera to scan a user’s eye vein patterns as well as other micro features in and around their eye.” Enterprise IT solutions provider Comarch is embracing EyeVerify biometric technology. The companies have announced that the latter’s Eyeprint ID system will be integrated into Comarch’s Smart Finance…
EyeVerify has launched a new version of its Eyeprint ID iOS app, and is highlighting improvements to its liveness detection capability. Eyeprint ID is mobile software enabling eye vein patern recognition, allowing for sophisticated biometric identification and authentication on a standard smartphone. With its lack of need for any special hardware, the system has generated…
Last week at FindBiometrics we previewed what to expect at this week’s massive FinTech show, Money20/20. Meanwhile, the headlines were filled with fingerprint biometrics integrations, mobile eye-scanning technology, and even some controversy regarding biometrics and privacy. Here’s a look back on last week’s top biometrics news stories. Preparing For Money20/20 This week we are in…
In the wake of its acquisition by Alipay operator Ant Financial, EyeVerify is scaling up. The Eyeprint ID company has announced plans to increase its staff at its headquarters in Kansas City, where it’s going to “expand its relationship with the University of Missouri Kansas City” and “draw from the extensive local talent pool of…
In the wake of its acquisition by Ant Financial, EyeVerify is doubling down on its commitment to work with BioConnect. The latter two companies first teamed up earlier this summer, with BioConnect aiming to bring EyeVerify’s eye vein biometrics technology to its eponymous multi-factor authentication platform. With EyeVerify’s Eyeprint ID system having attracted some considerable interest…
The CEO of EyeVerify sees validation in the emergence of iris scanning with Samsung’s latest flagship device. In a blog post on the company’s website, Toby Rush revisits his “Fingers and Eyes” prediction from February of last year that these would offer the primary modalities for user-friendly, secure biometric authentication on mobile devices. It was a prediction…
Visa is testing out EyeVerify biometric technology on its Visa Now app. EyeVerify’s Eyeprint ID authentication system is now available to select users of Visa Now, an iPhone app invites users to “[e]xperience Visa executive programs and events like never before” on the Apple App Store. As EyeVerify explains in a statement announcing the integration, users…
Canadian direct bank Tangerine has launched a new mobile app with impressive security features. For one thing, the Tangerine Mobile Banking App, available on iOS, includes a Secure Chat feature. It lets users start a chat session with a Tangerine representative within the app, and because the users have already logged in, they’re able to…
HYPR has teamed up with EyeVerify and will integrate its Eyeprint ID technology into the HYPR Biometric Security Suite. Eyeprint ID is a biometric authentication system that analyzes the eye vein patterns of users. It’s designed for mobile applications, using standard smartphone cameras for its biometrics scans; as such, it has garnered considerable interest from…
Indiana-based First Internet Bank has been named Tech-Enabled Company of the Year at the 17th annual Mira Awards, a gala honoring Indiana’s best tech companies and innovations. In a statement announcing the award, First Internet Bank said it was bestowed in recognition of the company’s “ability to use technology to provide convenience, access, and a…
Barlow Research Associates, a consulting firm specializing in the banking industry, has awarded BCSG, US Bank, Wells Fargo, and Xero with its 2016 Monarch Innovation Awards. In a statement announcing the winners, Barlow Research Associates explained that they were chosen by a four-judge panel, and were assessed “based on uniqueness, stickiness, dependability, ease of use,…
RSA Via Access is now being used to add extra security to CloudLock, a company specializing in cloud-based security solutions. The platform offers security on a sliding scale, tailoring its security architecture based on individual risk assessments based on contextual factors such as, for example, the device someone is using to gain access to sensitive…
The FinovateEurope 2016 conference has concluded, and its organizers have announced the Best of Show winners—and two of the six winners are biometric fintech solutions. IDscan Biometrics was selected for its facial recognition onboarding system, while EyeVerify has been recognized for Eyeprint ID, its eye vein-based authentication platform. EyeVerify’s solution has proved to be particularly applicable to…
EyeVerify is adding its voice to the chorus decrying password security. In a new blog post, the company details the many reasons why passwords are terribly inadequate for contemporary users. The post’s author begins with a list of common password guidelines, such as ensuring that a password has a mix of letters, numbers, and special…