Biometrics

• [New] Far from being a spam filter, the Vade Filter Engine today features multiple AI technologies, including Machine Learning and Computer Vision, to protect users around the world from sophisticated email threats, including phishing, spear phishing, and malware. / Vade Secure
• [New] AI uses face recognition to warn users when their Flickr images are used to train an AI model. / DeepLearning.AI
• Integration of Amazon's accounts and payment systems with in-store tech, such as computer vision systems and smart shelves, is part of the magic of its contactless stores - but not all cashierless stores will rely on computer vision technology. / Business News World
• While the Rwandan side is automated-Rwandans scan passports or ID cards and provide fingerprints or other biometric data on censors at gates-many Congolese carry only hand-written IDs that terrorists could easily forge. / American Enterprise Institute - AEI
• Nine in ten are now considering using new payments technology over 2022, with 61% being excited about the potential of biometric security measures - such as gait or walk assessments, or fingerprint authentication. / Wired UK
• Iraq's agricultural subsidy program could be revised to prioritize payments to farmers using improved digital technologies that use scarce resources more efficiently. / World Bank Group
• More than a year later, the Mastercard New Payments Index shows 95% of South African consumers will consider using at least one emerging payment method, such as cryptocurrency, biometrics, contactless, or QR code in 2022. / Research
• By the end of 2021, PSA expects to launch biometric authentication and Know Your Customer services based on fingerprint biometrics, facial scans and One Time Passwords which will enable the authentication and verification of digital ID holders without requiring their physical cards. / THINK Digital Partners
• Usage in the UK will be in more advanced capabilities, for example in computer vision and machine learning. / Tech Monitor
• We plan to add other identity-bound biometric authentication methods, such as voice and facial recognition, to the MobileAuth application in 2021, adds DePasquale. / Biometric Update |
• Illinois is the only state that gives consumers the right to sue companies for using their biometric data in an unauthorized way, though New York could be next. / Fast Company
• In the coming years, the growing number of online transactions due to the expanding e-commerce sector is expected to further propel the Latin America market for mobile payments in the coming years. / Super Market Research
• 49% of consumers in MENA say they plan to use biometric verification methods like gait or walk assessments and fingerprint authorisation. / The Fintech Times
• The Mastercard New Payments Index shows 95% of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) consumers will consider using at least one emerging payment method, such as cryptocurrency, biometrics, contactless, or QR code, in 2022. / The Fintech Times
• Mobile devices, which require a fingerprint or facial identification, have become the fastest growing payment method at point of sale and are expected to account for £125 billion worth of sales on the UK high street by 2024. / Finextra Research
• 49% of Nigerian consumers say they plan to use biometric verification methods like gait or walk assessments and fingerprint authorization. / Nairametrics
• While biometric technology is the focus for airport investment with 64% of airports aiming to roll out self-boarding gates using biometric & ID documentation by 2023, three times as many as in 2020. / Airport World
• A new partnership with Y Combinator-backed Tanzanian startup Nala Money to integrate Veriff's biometric authentication technologies will be integrated within the NALA app. / Biometric Update |
• The Mastercard New Payments Index, conducted across 18 markets around the world, shows 93% of people will consider using at least one emerging payment method, such as cryptocurrency, biometrics, contactless, or QR code, in 2022. / Payments Cards & Mobile
• The Index was conducted across 18 markets around the world and revealed that 93% of consumers will consider using at least one emerging payment method, such as cryptocurrency, biometrics, contactless, or QR code, in 2022. / Crowdfund Insider
• Garments and footwear with integrated sensors that transmit biometric information and other datasets will reach new heights of popularity by 2030 and is set to be worth over $4 billion. / Fibre2Fashion

Last updated: 13 June 2021