Boston-based Transmit Security has raised $543 million in venture funding, giving the cybersecurity company a valuation of $2.2 billion. Transmit uses biometric authentication, as opposed to passwords, for its identity and risk management systems. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Biometrics are poised to make the leap beyond airports, and to act as a passport to any number of environments where crowds gather in the post-COVID reopening. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
Biometric security firm CLEAR filed its prospectus with the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an initial public offering (IPO) with plans to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker YOU. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
With so much of life lived on devices, those devices are where hackers are finding what they need to hijack user accounts and do the most damage. The entire process of account hijacking, or account takeover — in which bad actors steal identities by gaining...
Amazon is launching biometric technology at Whole Food stores in Seattle that gives shoppers the ability to pay with a scan of their palms, Reuters reported on Wednesday (April 21). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Walt Disney World Resort in Florida is trialing a facial recognition admission system at its Magic Kingdom theme park, NFCW reported on Monday (March 29). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
Passengers can now clear customs at Dubai International Airport by peering at contact-free iris scanners linked to the country’s extensive facial recognition database, the Associated Press (AP) reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
A two-year pilot program between the U.S. Postal Service and the FBI is bringing digital fingerprinting services to more than 100 post offices, according to a Federal News Network report on Monday (Nov. 2). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Ant Group, one of the world’s most valuable startups and pioneer of digital payments in China, may have lost a $439 million bet it made last year, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
