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Scottish Students’ Faces Scanned for Contactless Lunch Payments
Scottish Students’ Faces Scanned for Contactless Lunch Payments
October 18, 2021  |  International

Nine schools in the North Ayrshire area of Scotland started using facial recognition on Monday (Oct. 18) to verify the identities of children for lunch...

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UAE Digital-First Bank Mashreq NEO Debuts Facial Recognition
UAE Digital-First Bank Mashreq NEO Debuts Facial Recognition
October 12, 2021  |  Biometrics

Digital bank Mashreq NEO, based in the United Arab Emirates, is letting residents open bank accounts with facial recognition technology, the Khaleej Times reported. The...

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White House Considering Tech-Focused Bill of Rights
White House Considering Tech-Focused Bill of Rights
October 09, 2021  |  Regulation

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is urging President Joe Biden to adopt a tech-related bill of rights, focused primarily on artificial...

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LoginID Gets Research Grant From Algorand Foundation 
LoginID Gets Research Grant From Algorand Foundation 
October 08, 2021  |  Blockchain

The Algorand Foundation announced on Friday (Oct. 8) it has awarded a grant to FIDO-certified authentication provider LoginID that will allow the company to research...

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Robot vs. Robot: PayPal Taps AI/ML in Battle Against Fraudsters, Chargebacks and Passwords
Robot vs. Robot: PayPal Taps AI/ML in Battle Against Fraudsters, Chargebacks and Passwords
October 05, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are helping merchants and online platforms get smarter about detecting risk. The bad guys have high tech too....

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After Coinbase Hack, Authentication Expert Says, ‘We Should Be Moving To FIDO’
After Coinbase Hack, Authentication Expert Says, ‘We Should Be Moving To FIDO’
October 05, 2021  |  Authentication

When hackers stole cryptocurrency from the accounts of 6,000 Coinbase customers between March and May of this year, the trading platform said the perpetrator used...

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Deep Dive: How Banks and Payments Providers Can Protect Customers, Merchants From Fraud Threats
Deep Dive: How Banks and Payments Providers Can Protect Customers, Merchants From Fraud Threats
October 04, 2021  |  Authentication

Customers flocked to online channels to access the goods and services they needed during pandemic closures, and research shows they have no plans to change...

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Combating the ‘Bad Guys’ Through Sophisticated Digital Identity Verification
Combating the ‘Bad Guys’ Through Sophisticated Digital Identity Verification
October 01, 2021  |  Biometrics

Businesses around the world are going through a digital transformation to build more efficient digital channels. But in doing so, they are potentially exposing themselves...

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CardinalCommerce CEO: Time to Break the ‘Vicious Cycle’ of False Declines
CardinalCommerce CEO: Time to Break the ‘Vicious Cycle’ of False Declines
September 30, 2021  |  Authentication

The massive deluge of eCommerce is not without its drawbacks — more than $440 billion of drawbacks to put a number on it if you...

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