biometrics

Users’ Habits Weaken Password Managers, Opening Door for Advanced ID Tools

Users’ Habits Weaken Password Managers, Opening Door for Advanced ID Tools
Users’ Habits Weaken Password Managers, Opening Door for Advanced ID Tools
February 13, 2023  |  Authentication

Password managers were a good start in getting users to tighten their internet security, but ultimately, consumers’ behavioral habits may instead have set the stage...

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Carrefour Rolls Out Facial Biometric Payment in UAE
Carrefour Rolls Out Facial Biometric Payment in UAE
February 10, 2023  |  Biometrics

Carrefour has enabled facial recognition as a means of verifying payments in the UAE. The retailer, which is operated as a franchise by Majid Al...

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Biometrics Emerge as Consumers’ Favorite Form of Authentication
Biometrics Emerge as Consumers’ Favorite Form of Authentication
January 27, 2023  |  Biometrics

The traditional password remains the most common authentication method modern consumers use for online transactions. This, as new PYMNTS and Entersekt research in the January...

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Customers Prefer Advanced Authentication Tools, but Many Are Still Stuck With Passwords
Customers Prefer Advanced Authentication Tools, but Many Are Still Stuck With Passwords
January 27, 2023  |  Authentication

Most consumers would choose “anything” besides password-driven account authentication, but overwhelmingly still have to use them. Don’t blame them, though. Customers would if they could....

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Half of Consumers Want More Security Measures From Banks
Half of Consumers Want More Security Measures From Banks
January 24, 2023  |  Authentication

PYMNTS’ latest research finds that despite a general satisfaction with existing security measures financial institutions (FIs) use, half of all adult consumers feel their banks...

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PopID and Toshiba Partner on Facial Recognition POS Systems
PopID and Toshiba Partner on Facial Recognition POS Systems
January 13, 2023  |  Biometrics

PopID and Toshiba have partnered to add biometrics to point-of-sale (POS) and self-checkout systems. With the new collaboration, PopID’s biometric solution PopPay will be integrated...

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Biometric Authentication Can Help Merchants Reduce Fraud, but It’s Not Foolproof
Biometric Authentication Can Help Merchants Reduce Fraud, but It’s Not Foolproof
January 13, 2023  |  Authentication

Facial biometrics, bolstered by other advanced ID technology, may help merchants fight fraud with fewer recognition errors. As fraud continues to rise in 2023, merchants...

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Report: Facial Recognition Faces Fresh Concerns, Calls for Regulation
Report: Facial Recognition Faces Fresh Concerns, Calls for Regulation
January 08, 2023  |  Biometrics

Is facial recognition growing too fast for its — and our — own good? In the wake several wrongful arrests and incorrect ID attempts, facial...

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