People visiting Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island can use facial recognition technology to access the resort’s theme parks — Ferrari World, Yas Waterworld and Warner Bros World — and make contactless payments, NFCW reported. The new FacePass service enables visitors to have their identity authenticated at turnstiles...
Many banks are still tackling key onboarding tasks in person — even though today’s digital-minded consumers find cumbersome, manual account sign-ups unacceptable. But smart identification processes that leverage biometrics can simplify ID verification and help banks identify customers in real time, Angel Kadelski, head of...
As of this week, Mastercard and Samsung have confirmed a partnership agreement in Korea that will see them develop a biometric card that uses a built-in fingerprint sensor to authorize in-store transactions. The card, according to reports, will be developed using Samsung’s System LSI Business’...
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We will travel again. It will be fun. It will be safe. And it might be sooner than we think. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
The pandemic has ushered in innumerable changes for businesses of all stripes, but few have been hit as hard as those in the travel and tourism sectors. Many nations have heavily restricted inbound and outbound travel as they work to curb the spread of the...
Hotels are still reeling from the global travel slowdown, but adopting emerging technologies such as contactless identity verification could give travelers the confidence they need to rest easy when booking rooms. In the Digital Identity Tracker, PYMNTS spoke with Graham Perry, managing director for Best...
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What if close to half of all companies surveyed said productivity during COVID-19 work-from-home (WFH) orders is actually rising, as more business is conducted efficiently online and less time goes into commutation or gets siphoned off by sundry other office intrusions? Get the Full Story...
