Biometrics

Wirecard has introduced a new biometric payment approach enabling consumers to check out in stores by scanning their palms.

Police and city agencies can no longer use facial-recognition technology, which civil liberties groups say infringes on human rights. The measure may be an ominous sign for biometric login authentication.

Police and city agencies can no longer use facial-recognition technology, which civil liberties groups say infringes on human rights. The measure may be an ominous sign for biometric login authentication.

A dynamic digital identity that can work across functions and channels has to start somewhere. To get into digital ID at the ground floor, more companies are pushing to address identity risk when onboarding new accounts.

Fingerprint Cards AB delivered its billionth fingerprint sensor to the market, aided by a recent deal with Gemalto to provide sensors for its biometrics credit and debit cards.

Consumers expect financial institutions to provide mobile applications that combine ease of use with top-class security features. Biometrics could help credit unions keep up with these high-stakes technology demands.

NatWest has started a three-month testing period of a payment card using biometric fingerprint for authorization with 200 customers, saying it is the first such card issued by a U.K. bank.

PSD2 and other moves push a higher level of authentication, and are a welcome development for biometrics, according to Lina Andolf-Orup, a senior director at Fingerprints.

T-Mobile, which announced Thursday that its four-month testing phase for the T-Mobile Money app is complete and that the banking/payments service is available nationwide, said the next step is to establish itself as a mainstream financial services company.

While many Americans and Europeans are comfortable using biometric authentication to access their smartphones and bank accounts, the real leader in biometric adoption for payments is actually the government of India.