Biometrics

Biometrics
Keyo Lets Shoppers Pay With Their Palms
March 10, 2017

Keyo knows that consumers can forget a wallet, or they can forget a phone — but they can’t forget their own hands. And so the Chicago-based biometrics firm thinks that consumers should be able to leverage the fact that the blood vessels in their hands actually...

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India Utilizing Citizens’ Biometrics
February 20, 2017

The Indian government is moving forward with the world’s largest biometric identity database, which will be available for use by tech companies, health care providers and app developers, The Wall Street Journal reported. The fingerprints and eye scans of nearly all of the country’s 1.2...

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Nuance Inks Deal With BioCatch To Use Biometrics To Enhance Security
February 15, 2017

Nuance Communications announced Tuesday (Feb. 14) that it inked a deal with BioCatch, the behavioral biometrics company, to deliver continuous authentication on the internet and mobile devices. According to a report, BioCatch will provide the service as part of Nuance’s Security Suite. Nuance said, with the partnership,...

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What Banks See In Eye Biometrics
February 08, 2017

Interoperable, highly reliable and available to a large swath of consumers from the get-go. That’s why EyeVerify CEO, Toby Rush, believes that eyeprinting biometrics delivers a solution that’s not just consumer-friendly, but also ticks all the boxes of what banks need to authenticate the digital...

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Turkish Bank Yapı Kredi Takes Mobile Banking To A New Level
February 01, 2017

From Mission: Impossible to James Bond and beyond, there’s no shortage of movies showing us various tactics for gaining physical access into banks, homes or retail outlets. We’ve seen countless options for breaking through security barriers, from fingerprint detection to facial recognition. There’s one that...

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Visa Partners With BioConnect For Biometric Identity Platform
November 16, 2016

Visa is moving full steam ahead with getting rid of the password, embracing biometrics more fully. In a blog post, the credit card company announced it has partnered with BioConnect, a biometric identity platform provider, to show off an authentication process that avoids the need...

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Citibank Launches Touch ID Sensor Authentication In Hong Kong
November 08, 2016

Citibank announced Monday (Nov. 7) it launched its Touch ID Sensor authentication service in Hong Kong. In a press release, Citibank said the service provides a full suite of mobile banking services to customers via its Citi Mobile App for the iOS platform. The service...

Samsung’s Iris Scanning Points To Growing Biometrics Trend In Smartphones
September 21, 2016

Here’s lookin’ at you. The eyes have it. Whatever the phrase, the iris scanner movement is growing. Indeed, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is known for the iris scanner. While it’s not the first to market this Jetson-esque feature, ABI Research said it won’t be...

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Barclays To Accept Voice In Lieu Of Password When Doing Telephone Banking
August 02, 2016

With banks looking for new ways to enable customers to provide secure transactions, they are increasingly turning to voice recognition, with Barclays announcing a voice recognition service on Monday (Aug. 1). In a press release, the U.K. bank said it is introducing voice security technology to all of it...