Tagged: biometrics

January 25, 2025 @ 12:34 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Entrust, a provider of trusted payments, identities, and data security, this week introduced AI-powered identity verification as a new capability for its Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) platform. In 2024, US businesses lost an estimated $112 billion to fraud, the equivalent of nearly 7% of their revenue. Modern attacks,… Read More

December 27, 2024 @ 3:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

authID (Nasdaq: AUID), a provider of biometric identity verification and authentication solutions, announced it has become a member of the Accountable Digital Identity Association (ADIA), an open industry association created to drive the development of a standardized, interoperable framework for decentralized identity services to “ensure… Read More

December 2, 2024 @ 9:24 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Entrust and Onfido’s 2025 Identity Fraud Report chronicles how 2024 will be remembered as the year digital manipulation overtook the physical before showing us the trends that will dominate in 2025. The increased availability and ease of use of advanced technologies like AI lower barriers… Read More

September 8, 2024 @ 6:37 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

SMB lending fraud has increased by a double-digit percentage year over year, with most lenders expecting fraud levels to increase in the coming months. This is one finding in the LexisNexis Risk Solutions Small and Midsize Business Lending Fraud Study. More than 80% of respondents… Read More

August 28, 2024 @ 3:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IDEX Biometrics has reached an important milestone for IDEX Pay by successfully passing Visa’s certification using Visa’s latest VBSS biometric payment application. The IDEX Pay biometric solution includes “the IDEX Biometrics proprietary card operating system and latest technology fingerprint sensor with Infineon’s high performing SLC38… Read More

August 8, 2024 @ 10:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

JP Morgan Payments announced an expanded relationship with PopID to deploy in-store biometric payments to pilot merchants across the United States. The pay-by-face biometric payment solution “allows shoppers to complete transactions more seamlessly, removing the need for customers to pull out their phones or credit cards.”… Read More

May 19, 2024 @ 9:31 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Biometric-based fraud is the number one threat financial services providers face today, warns Michael Marcotte, CEO at artius.ID, a digital ID and authentication firm. This intervention comes off the heels of the RSA cybersecurity conference, where academics, entrepreneurs and corporations discussed pressing security issues. Marcotte,… Read More

March 6, 2024 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

IDEX Biometrics and Accomplish Financial, an international payment solution provider, are bringing to market a biometric payment program to help the visually- and memory impaired. The program will first launch in the UK, “where a global fintech will bring to market an accessible payment solution… Read More

February 22, 2024 @ 3:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As high-profile biometric breaches and violations make headlines, consumer comfort levels in sharing biometrics have declined significantly. According to GetApp’s 2024 Biometric Technologies Survey of 1,000 consumers, the number of individuals who highly trust tech companies to safeguard biometric data has absolutely “plummeted, falling from… Read More

February 9, 2024 @ 6:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IDEX Biometrics and KONA I are partnering to deploy biometric payment and access cards in Japan. With credit card fraud reported by Japanese companies increasing by 30% year over year to USD 294 million, banks in the market are showing interest for biometric smartcard solutions,… Read More

November 14, 2023 @ 8:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The partnership will bring the Biometric Checkout Program to the Asia Pacific region, expanding reach across the globe In an everchanging digital environment, merchants and consumers are “looking for more seamless, secure, and innovative checkout experiences.” Now, the trusted technology that “uses your face to… Read More

November 1, 2023 @ 6:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AU10TIX, a global technology leader in identity verification and management, announced the availability of its ID Document & Biometric Verification platform and Reusable Digital ID solution in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure. AU10TIX’s fully automated… Read More

September 22, 2023 @ 5:22 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

iProov, a global provider of facial biometric solutions, this week announced a new integration with Ping Identity, a provider of seamless and secure digital experiences. The former will leverage PingOne DaVinci, a no-code identity orchestration service. The union allows joint customers to bring iProov’s biometrics… Read More

September 15, 2023 @ 9:12 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

iProov, a provider of facial biometrics solutions, this week announced a new partnership with Estonia-based Cybernetica, a company focused on delivering future-proof technologies for secure digital societies. The partnership will see the companies collaborate to create a multi-factor authentication (MFA) digital identity solution for government… Read More

September 6, 2023 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Veridas, a Spanish technology company specializing in digital identity and biometrics,  announces its Voice Biometrics Solution is now “available on the Genesys AppFoundry, a marketplace of solutions offering a curated selection of applications and integrations that elevate customer and employee experiences.” With Veridas Voice Biometrics,… Read More

August 1, 2023 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

France’s privacy-focused watchdog CNIL stated on Friday (July 28, 2023) that it is well aware of ChatGPT-founder Sam Altman‘s Worldcoin initiative and that the legality of its biometric data collection process appears to “questionable.” Worldcoin, which was officially introduced on Monday, requires clients to offer… Read More

July 25, 2023 @ 10:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Onfido, which claims to be the global leader in automated identity verification, today announced a partnership with Magic, an innovative Know Your Customer (KYC) marketplace company, to provide document and biometric verification to streamline KYC processes and help mitigate fraud. Magic is building “Sign-up with… Read More

June 11, 2023 @ 7:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SmartMetric, Inc. reveals that it is getting ready to release its advanced fingerprint biometric activated credit card and that the company’s engineers are now working “on adding embedded AI into the card’s electronics.” Since SmartMetric designed its biometric credit card with a dual processor, it… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

IDEX Biometrics expands its presence in Asia by partnering with DoelPay, an innovative payments solution provider, to tap into the burgeoning market for biometric cards in Bangladesh. Working closely with three of the largest banks in Bangladesh, Doelpay expects these banks “to offer biometric payment… Read More

March 25, 2023 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) will begin piloting biometrics-based payments with select retailers in the U.S. This is the first pilot solution to launch from J.P. Morgan Payments’ new Commerce Solutions suite of products, “dedicated to helping merchants adapt to the rapidly evolving payments landscape.” Its… Read More