Crédit Agricole trials biometric payment cards
The six-month pilot project tests fingerprint authorisation.
Biometrics
HooYu and NatWest collaborate to offer account opening by selfie
The bank’s competitors HSBC and Lloyds began offering “selfie banking” in 2016
Money20/20 Europe 2019 round-up
Innovation, concerns and cynicism.
Biometrics tech firm ID R&D receives $5.7m funding
The funds will be used to meet growing demand for face and voice-based verification.
Allegacy FCU takes Fiserv core and other applications
The institution is understood to be replacing FIS’ old Miser system.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 09 May 2019
This week, Mastercard, Facebook and many more!
TagNitecrest prints biometric payment cards in the UK
Fingerprint card payments can be made at existing point of sale terminals.
Blockchain-based ID verification system goes live in Canada
SecureKey’s Verified.Me is backed by several major financial institutions.
Santander plans UK’s first combined voice and phone ID authentication
Customers will create a unique “voice print” at enrolment.
NatWest unleashes first biometric card in the UK
It recently released a new biometric payment approval feature
Stripe acquires Touchtech Payments for SCA compliance
The Irish firm specialises in security for online payments.
Sberbank, Gazprombank and Digital Horizon invest in biometric future
Speech Technology Centre aims to become a global leader.
PayTech Awards 2019: meet the judges!
Deadline to enter the Awards is Friday, 12 April!
PayTech Awards entry deadline extended!
Enter the PayTech Awards by Friday, 12 April.
PayTech Awards: honouring organisations for their social impact
Enter the PayTech for Good Award by 5 April!
Worldline terminals now accept Apple Pay and Google Pay in Germany
Only if the user’s bank’s app supports these payments.
A guide to digital identity verification: the tech and trends
Examine global trends in identity and technical insights into viable solutions.
Fiserv powers NationalLink’s smart safe technology
To access the smart safes from anywhere.
Ukraine tops Science and Tech Global Index – that should come as no shock
Open and agile, Ukraine’s banking sector has been quick to embrace disruptive change.
NatWest prepares biometric card pilot
The bank will trial fingerprint technology-enabled cards with Gemalto.
Rosbank gauges customer emotion with Neurodata Lab
Every phone call will be analysed – even more.
Onfido enjoys extended stay at 2nd Address
Identity verification for the US rentals market.
Ping An pushes into Indonesia’s fintech space
Its subsidiary OneConnect plans to offer AI, blockchain and biometrics.
Financial services leading on “Voice First” technology strategy, but there is work to be done
Richard Stevenson, CEO, Red Box, looks at how voice is a critical data set for digital transformation.
US challenger LikeBank makes light work of messengers
Digital bank sits within Facebook Messenger, Viber and Telegram.
CaixaBank first to show withdrawal symptoms for ATM cash
“World’s first bank to use facial recognition to withdraw cash at ATMs.”
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank makes a MoneyBuddy
The app is built on Strands’ technology.
Sensors working overtime as AIStorm raises $13m funding
A storm is coming… a good one for IoT, biometrics and wearables.
Oney Bank is Well into Wirecard for biometric payments in Romania
Consumers will be able to pay with the app in over 30 stores.
Suits Me sir! HooYu brings verification to banking start-up
Have you thought of a colour, sir? We have some excellent Blue Serge.
Video: Banking Technology Awards 2018 highlights
Check out the highlights of our glamorous event which took place on 13 December 2018 in London.
Nviso offers no hiding face with new biometric tech
Facial recognition solution “reveals how people really feel about money”.
BioCatch joins anti-vishing fight
WTF is vishing? It’s a type of authorised push payment (APP) fraud.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 21 January 2019
Featuring JAJA, South Korea, Sberbank and R3.
Canada urges blockchain on for digital ID dream
CEO of Canadian Bankers Association makes his case.
Sberbank brings fingerprint payments to Russia’s supermarkets
Starting with Moscow, but will this catch on?
Seven Bank ATMs go biometric for account opening
Japanese bank plans to introduce face recognition capabilities.
Zwipe seeks $14m funding for Merkur Market move
Norwegian firm looks for multilateral trading facility action.
Life’s a brag in BBVA’s digital dominion
Reaches “tipping point” as 50% of its customers now use digital channels.
Citi brings in biometrics for treasury platforms
Fingerprint and facial recognition now in for CitiDirect BE.
