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Biometric retail payments set for major push with Mastercard platform launch
A biometric retail payment platform from Mastercard is launching in Brazil with initial partner Payface, with a host of other biometrics providers lined up for subsequent rollouts, in a development with potential major impact on the market and one of the most-read stories on Biometric Update this week .. keep reading this report here

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Biometric Update Weekend Reading
Iris ID at IFSEC 2022: exploring new multimodal biometrics applications
The Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development at Iris ID, Mohammed Murad, discussed the company’s partnership with Paychex,...
 
Border stakeholders plan next steps in biometrics rollouts with early lessons in tow
The role of biometrics at border crossings, including but not limited to airports, has only increased in importance post-pandemic, a...
TSA administrator makes an abbreviated case for more money for biometrics
‘Tis the season for U.S. federal bureaucrats to extoll recent accomplishments and ask Congress on bended knee for only enough...
 
Miami International Airport plans for biometric boarding at all gates by 2023
Miami International Airport (MIA) says all of its passenger gates will feature face biometric boarding by 2023 to forge what the...
European Commission extends deadline for digital identity framework proposals
The European Commission has pushed back the deadline for the second wave of Digital Europe Programme proposals that includes the European...
 
Inspector General sees big things for US Post Office’s ID verification capabilities
Could the U.S. Postal Service, the federal government’s most trusted agency, become the nation’s ID verifier of choice? An inspector...
Taiwan digital COVID certificates add national ID for identity verification
Taiwan’s COVID-19 certificate of vaccination and test results now includes the bearer’s national ID number, according to the Taipei Times....
 
Mastercard launches retail biometrics program with Brazil pilot
Mastercard launches its Biometric Checkout Program for ‘pay by smile’ facial recognition payment authentication with Brazil’s Payface at five São Paulo...
US senators want FTC probe into ID.me
A group of Democratic senators led by Senator Ron Wyden have asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate ID.me for allegedly...
 
DHS is going bigger with its next face biometrics rally
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s opened industry applications for its 2022 Biometric Technology Rally. The department’s Science and Technology...
Seeing the growth of biometrics in the growth of an ID research center
Hard as it might be to imagine today, scientists at Clarkson University’s Center for Identification Technology Research have over the...
 
SIA unveils award winners for Women in Biometrics, other distinctions
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced winners of its 2022 Awards in three different categories, which include the Women...
ID security comes at a cost but so does refusing to participate in anti-fraud biometrics
If there is an answer to the U.S. federal government’s digital identification migraine, it is not obvious. The start of...
 
Facial recognition in Europe: what’s happening and how can people be protected?
Two new reports aim to establish the status quo of the use of facial recognition in Europe in public places...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Biometrics White Papers
Customer identity continuity: why it’s critical
Industry analysts and practitioners explain how challenges with customer experience, fraud, and consistency throughout the customer lifecycle can be solved...
 
Know your payments: A guide to AML compliance in the payments industry
With the surge in digital transformation in recent years, businesses now fully rely on the ability of their customers to...
Moving beyond CCTV’s limited out-of-the-box video analytics
Modern organizations understand that their network of CCTV cameras and the videos that these cameras record are the foundation to...
 
5 key qualities of a successful AML compliance program
The U.S. and foreign nations have established AML standards to stop financial criminal activity that can hurt your business and...
Events and Webinars
Secure ID Forum
  May 24, 2022 - May 26, 2022
Secure Identification 2021 Riga, Latvia May 24 – 26, 2022 SECURE ID FORUM will gather in Riga decision makers and...
Showcase Australia 2022
  May 25, 2022 - May 25, 2022
Showcase Australia 2022 Canberra May 25, 2022 Showcase Australia provides a unique and effective platform to connect biometric users from...
Africa Pay & ID Expo
  May 26, 2022 - May 28, 2022
Africa Pay & ID Expo Marrakesh, Morocco May 26 – 28, 2022 The COVID-19 Crisis has clearly demonstrated the need...
EEMA Annual Conference
  June 8, 2022 - June 9, 2022
EEMA Annual Conference London UK June 8 – 9, 2022 Join EEMA for one of Europe’s most important events in...
Critical Infrastructure Protection & Resilience Europe
  June 14, 2022 - June 16, 2022
Critical Infrastructure Protection & Resilience Europe Bucharest, Romania June 14-16, 2022 Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience Europe brings together leading...