Idemia news and trends

Italian Banking Group Sella Launches Biometric Payment Card
Biometrics // November 22, 2022

Italian banking group Sella Group has collaborated with IDEMIA to launch biometric payment cards that are powered by IDEX Biometrics’ TrustedBio fingerprint sensor solution. Sella Group, which has a presence in five countries, will offer the new biometric payment card to select target segments, IDEX...

Augmented Identity Firm IDEMIA Launches Microsoft Partnership
Technology // January 27, 2022

IDEMIA has entered a global collaboration with Microsoft, the augmented identity provider announced in a news release. The company says the partnership is “aimed at delivering next-generation eSIM and connectivity solutions for consumer and M2M/IoT devices.” The collaboration will meld IDEMIA’s connectivity solutions and industry expertise...

Plastic Credit Cards Are Far From Extinction but Digital Payments Will Only Rise
Digital Payments // November 18, 2021

Most consumers still reach for their physical cards or the cash in their wallet at checkout, despite a wealth of data suggesting a clear trend toward the adoption of digital alternatives. The move will benefit businesses and consumers alike. For both, digital wallets provide greater...

Migration to Digital Cards ‘Will Take Time’ in Face of Plastic’s Staying Power
Payment Methods // October 29, 2021

The digital card is coming, although ubiquity will be a marathon — not a sprint. IDEMIA Senior Vice President of Strategy Mehdi Elhaoussine and Mastercard Executive Vice President of Merchants and Acceptance Kush Saxena told Karen Webster tangible cards — the plastic and metal rectangles...

Interviews & Exclusives
Plastic Credit Cards Are Far From Extinction but Digital Payments Will Only Rise

November 18, 2021
Most consumers still reach for their physical cards or the cash in their wallet at checkout, despite a wealth of data suggesting a clear trend toward the adoption of digital alternatives. The move will benefit businesses and consumers alike. For both, digital wallets provide greater security. They’re also more convenient, making transactions easier and faster […]

Migration to Digital Cards ‘Will Take Time’ in Face of Plastic’s Staying Power

October 29, 2021
The digital card is coming, although ubiquity will be a marathon — not a sprint. IDEMIA Senior Vice President of Strategy Mehdi Elhaoussine and Mastercard Executive Vice President of Merchants...

Retail’s Next ‘Great Digital Shift’ — Private-Label Cards

October 07, 2021
Retailers had to quickly adapt to the accelerated shift to online amid the pandemic in order to meet their customers where they wanted to shop and felt safe doing so....

Data Brief: 104M Consumers Have Digital Cards in Hand

September 22, 2021
In-app payments, the great digital shift and the pivot to doing everything online are driving the adoption of digital cards for everyday spending. In a report titled “Digital Card Usage:...

Quick Reads
Samsung to Enable Mobile Driver’s Licenses and IDs on Wallet

October 06, 2023
Samsung has partnered with global identity technologies provider IDEMIA to bring mobile driver’s licenses and state IDs to Samsung Wallet. Arizona and Iowa will be the first states to offer a mobile version of their driver’s licenses to residents, and the companies plan to expand to more states in the future, Samsung said in a […]

Italian Banking Group Sella Launches Biometric Payment Card

November 22, 2022
Italian banking group Sella Group has collaborated with IDEMIA to launch biometric payment cards that are powered by IDEX Biometrics’ TrustedBio fingerprint sensor solution. Sella Group, which has a presence...

Augmented Identity Firm IDEMIA Launches Microsoft Partnership

January 27, 2022
IDEMIA has entered a global collaboration with Microsoft, the augmented identity provider announced in a news release. The company says the partnership is “aimed at delivering next-generation eSIM and connectivity solutions...

France Partners with IDEMIA for Mobile National ID

September 08, 2021
France is partnering with French identity and security firm IDEMIA to make it easier for its citizens to prove their identity and complete online transactions using a smartphone, IDEMIA said...