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Lenovo, Intel, PayPal Tackle Payments Fingerprint Tech
Security & Fraud // September 26, 2016

A new collaboration may be bringing fingerprint payment authentication online via personal computers. Tech companies Intel, Lenovo and Synaptics recently announced they are teaming up on new technology that will enable people to verify their identities for online payments by using their fingerprints. The new...

First Internet Bank Adds Biometric Access
Mobile Commerce // May 08, 2015

The first bank to operate entirely online has made more technological headway, as it now includes fingerprint-based banking. First Internet Bank announced this week that it has begun offering Touch ID functionality for customers using its personal mobile banking application. Replacing traditional login credentials such...

TouchID – Out Of the Phone And Into The Cloud
Apple Pay // January 16, 2015

TouchID isn’t new – in fact it was first launched in September of 2013 as “an innovative way to simply and securely unlock your phone with just the touch of a finger.” A year later, it was part of the magic of Apple Pay. And...

FIDO Alliance Appoints Samsung Electronics to Board of Directors
News // April 23, 2014

Both companies plan to work on a full range of authentication technologies for phones, including fingerprint and iris scanners, voice and facial recognition.

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Lenovo, Intel, PayPal Tackle Payments Fingerprint Tech

September 26, 2016
A new collaboration may be bringing fingerprint payment authentication online via personal computers. Tech companies Intel, Lenovo and Synaptics recently announced they are teaming up on new technology that will enable people to verify their identities for online payments by using their fingerprints. The new biometric system for personal computers will be used for payment […]

First Internet Bank Adds Biometric Access

May 08, 2015
The first bank to operate entirely online has made more technological headway, as it now includes fingerprint-based banking. First Internet Bank announced this week that it has begun offering Touch...