Biometrics

Everyday we’re opening the door to new services, devices and institutions, trading off a little bit of “us” for greater convenience, writes Lina Andolf-Orup, a global product marketing manager at Fingerprints.

Christian Sewing calls out the German bank's senior managers for using rumors of a merger with Commerzbank to excuse poor performance; banks in China begin using smartphones to pick up on lie-detecting facial tics.

Societe Generale launched a contactless biometric payment trial in France for a debit card with a built-in fingerprint reader.

Payment and banking apps are deploying passwordless experiences for convenience and some degree of improved security ahead of a goal to eliminate passwords from the authentication process altogether. We should not, however, conflate passwordless experiences with system architecture where there is no password in use, writes George Avetisov, CEO of HYPR.

Visa showcased payment technologies it’s developing for future Olympic games, including in-home “couch commerce” leveraging augmented reality.

The potential for voice payments is massive and drawing significant attention from developers. But limited use suggests it's not ready for prime time.

Sourcemedia's annual PayThink conference is always productive and informative, and this year's event was no exception.

Visa, Mountain America Credit Union and Fingerprints AB were thrilled with their biometric card test, but also faced the grim realization that real world infrastructure may not be as accommodating.

The Face Login will enable users of the Paytm payment platform to log into the app simply by looking into their phones, a move designed to add a biometric layer to prevent phishing attacks.

Digital ID platform developers are competing to sign up partners to deploy their technologies to replace vulnerable usernames and passwords with a single sign-in. The challenge is to sign up a sufficient volume of partners to make these platforms attractive for consumers and businesses.