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December 21, 2021
Polish Bank Rolling Out Biometric Cards Through Thales, Fiserv and...

Technology company Thales, FinTech Fiserv and payments giant Mastercard are rolling out biometric cards across Poland, with Bank Pocztowy being the financial institution to offer the futuristic payment and identification...


December 21, 2021
FTC Mulls New Artificial Intelligence Regulation to Protect Consumers

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is considering a wide range of options, including new rules and guidelines, to tackle data privacy concerns and algorithmic discrimination. FTC´s Chair Lina Khan, in...


December 20, 2021
Biometric Identity Tools to Play Key Role in Solving COVID-19...

With the emergence of the new omicron variant of COVID-19 leading to yet more panic across the globe, it’s clear the world will not be returning to normalcy anytime soon....


December 17, 2021
Deep Dive: How AML/KYC Measures Have Changed as Digital Banking...

The economy’s digital shift started long before the global health crisis, but the past 20 months have definitely accelerated digital-first trends in eCommerce and banking. Leading financial institutions (FIs) now...


December 16, 2021
Uber to Test Driverless Food Delivery in 2022 in California

Uber announced Thursday (Dec. 16) that it is partnering with autonomous driving venture Motional to debut a driverless food-delivery pilot in 2022 in the U.S. Motional is a partnership between...


December 16, 2021
CLEAR’s Expanding Points of Access May Point to Clearer Path...

In the bid to build closed-loop systems, there’s a bit of a catch-22: Both sides have to agree to interact, and both sides — the provider and the consumer —...


December 16, 2021
Biometrics ID Service for Air Travelers Clear Secure Coming to...

Biometrics identification services company Clear Secure — known for its expedited airline screening products — is taking its technology beyond airports and into shopping malls and retailers, the Wall Street...


December 16, 2021
Upgrade on Taking a Data-Centric Approach to Meeting AML/KYC Requirements

More digital banking services mean more of an opportunity for identity theft. In the AML/KYC Tracker, Tom Curran, chief risk and compliance officer at Upgrade, explains how using data combined...


December 15, 2021
Bitcoin Daily: Ledn Debuts Bitcoin Mortgage Platform; Arculus Partners With...

Ledn, a crypto lending firm, has pulled in $70 million in fundraising, according to a press release. The company is now valued at $540 million. “Since inception, Ledn has processed...


Digital Identity: Ditching Passwords Could Unlock A $59 Billion Biometrics Market
Ditching Passwords Could Unlock a $59 Billion Biometrics Market The findings come from this month’s Digital Identity Tracker®,” a PYMNTS and Prove collaboration, which examined how advanced verification tech is not only boosting security but also giving 58% of consumers what they want — faster and more convenient biometric authentication.
Biometric Authentication in the Age of Mobile
51% of Online Buyers Used Biometrics Instead of Passwords Biometric authentication, once just a sci-fi trope, has become so common that most consumers who shopped online used biometrics to validate their purchase. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest study of 3,278 U.S. consumers explores why so many users like biometrics — and what it will take to win over the half who are holdouts. Read more in “Tracking the Digital Payments Takeover: Biometric Authentication in the Age of Mobile,” a collaboration with AWS.