biometrics

Japan’s Fingerprint Payments Plan — For Tourists
Japan’s Fingerprint Payments Plan — For Tourists
April 11, 2016  |  Biometrics

Japan has big biometric payment plans for its tourists. The Japanese government has announced a new pilot program that will allow tourists visiting the country to...

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FIDO Biometric Authentication Products Hit New Milestone
FIDO Biometric Authentication Products Hit New Milestone
April 05, 2016  |  Consumer Authentication

The FIDO Alliance has certified over 150 biometric and second-factor authentication products, showing an increase of 50 percent over the course of just one quarter....

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BMO, MasterCard Launch Biometric Corporate Cards
BMO, MasterCard Launch Biometric Corporate Cards
March 24, 2016  |  Biometrics

The pay-by-selfie trend seems to have arrived on the market in troves this year. Earlier this month, reports emerged that Amazon is interested in the...

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Mobile Pay In The Headlines: Nine Ways Mobile Made News
Mobile Pay In The Headlines: Nine Ways Mobile Made News
March 10, 2016  |  Mobile Payments

It may not be the year of mobile payments — yet — but it is certainly the year mobile payments players are laying the groundwork...

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Biometrics Meets Blockchain
Biometrics Meets Blockchain
March 02, 2016  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

HYPR, a biometrics security firm, and BitGo, a bitcoin security platform, joined in a partnership to bring biometric authentication to the blockchain space. The BitGo-HYPR...

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Are Fingerprint ‘Passwords’ As Safe As They Sound?
Are Fingerprint ‘Passwords’ As Safe As They Sound?
February 25, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

The big buzzword in payments security today is biometrics — specifically, the chatter around using fingerprints as passwords, as many mobile applications enable today. And...

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Retail Payments Task Force: 2016 Not ‘Year Of Mobile Pay’
Retail Payments Task Force: 2016 Not ‘Year Of Mobile Pay’
February 24, 2016  |  Mobile Payments

At the end of 2015, the Retail Payments Risk Forum, which is part of the Federal Reserve, promised the payments community it would provide its...

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