Biometrics

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/crime

EBA publishes fraud taxonomy

The Euro Banking Association (EBA) has made its payment fraud taxonomy available to the public in a bid to curb the rising threats to the European payments system.

/startups

Griffin launches API-first BaaS platform Verify

London-based Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider Griffin has launched Verify, a customer onboarding product to assist fintechs manage crime risks and KYC and KYB automation.

/payments

SmilePay rolls out face payments in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan-based SmilePay has struck deals with two major food retailers in the country to let shoppers buy their groceries using their faces.

/security

Fidor Bank to test fingerprint cards

Fidor Bank in Germany is to pilot biometric payments cards from Zwipe in the second half of 2022.

/regulation

Stripe launches authentication feature for fast SCA checkout

Stripe has signed up Wise as the first user of a new biometric delegated authentication feature for strong customer authentication (SCA) transactions.

/security

Mastercard unveils Biometric Checkout Programme

Mastercard has established a technology framework to help set minimum standards for biometric payments at the checkout.

/identity

Identity verification provider ID-Pal launches in the UK

ID-Pal, the identity verification provider, has announced it is entering the UK market after six years of growth across Ireland, the US and the EU.

/identity

FinGo introduces vein ID-enabled vending machines

Biometric identity authentication firm FinGo has unveiled what it claims is the world's first vein ID-enabled vending machine, where customers can pay and prove their age for alcohol purchases through a scan of their finger.

/payments

Visa and PopID team on facial verification payments in the Middle East

Visa is working with consumer authentication service PopID to bring facial verification payments to the Middle East.

/people

Santander UK CIO joins biometric outfit iProov

Biometric face authentication technology company iProov has hired Miguel Traquina, Santander UK's chief information officer for operations and economic crime, as CIO

/payments

NextGen Nordics: Circular economy startup Loopfront sees 300% increase in users

Ahead of our NextGen Nordics conference on 27 April 2022, we will be putting together a weekly briefing of all the top stories that are emerging out of the region and setting the blueprint for payments innovation across Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

/identity

TSB overhauls onboarding with Onfido’s biometric facial recognition

TSB has shaved 20 minutes off its onboarding journey to allow accounts to be opened in just 10 minutes. Further, mobile functionality has been updated so only eight scrolls are needed to sign up on a mobile device, compared to 60 scrolls on the website.

/payments

Aldi applies facial-age estimation technology for checkout-free alcohol sales

Customers shopping in Aldi's first checkout-free store in London can use facial recognition technology to authorise the purchase of age-restricted products like alcohol.

/payments

VisionLabs unveils facial recognition payment terminal

Facial recognition company VisionLabs has unveiled a payments terminal that lets shoppers make payments with a look.

/retail

VTB tests AR and face pay technology

Russia's VTB is exploring new technologies with a pair of pilots, one that lets customers view notifications in augmented reality and the other letting them pay for metro rides with their faces.

/identity

Crown Agents Bank launches biometric pension solution

Crown Agents Bank has today launched a biometric authentication pension solution, EMpower Pensions, facilitating secure, end-to-end pensions management, as well as domestic and international pension payroll, from a single digital platform.

/payments

EBAday 2021: Modernisation, a catalyst for payments utopia

With day two now under our belt, we are only just beginning to digest the eyewatering number of insights shared across six panel sessions, two roundtables, a lively chatroom forum and of course, non-stop networking on the EBAday platform.

/identity

EBAday 2021: Payments leaders race to perfect digital identity solutions

The European Commission recently announced its plans to deliver a digital identity and wallet framework in a matter of years. Stating that “there is no time to lose”, the Commission is urging member states and the private sector to work in collaboration to deliver its first toolbox by September 2022.

/security

VTB and Visa test 'pay-by-glance'

Russia's VTB is working with Visa and a local fintech to let restaurant customers make payments by looking at a camera.

/sustainable

BBVA Mexico overhauls cards

BBVA Mexico is giving its credit and debit cards a makeover, adding biometrics, removing printed data and using recycled plastic.