After fingerprints, faces, heartbeats, voices and even ears, what is next for biometrics? What new part of the body could be pressed into service as a unique signifier of who we are – without breaking indecency laws?
Late last year, Visa fired a volley – unlikely to be the last – over new rules that it and all providers of online transactions will soon need to follow as part of the EU’s revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2).
Android and Apple fingerprint scanners, Samsung’s new iris scanner, Windows Hello… biometrics as a consumer proposition have been around for many years but are only gaining traction in the market now.
Leaving the office last week to grab some lunch, I passed an acquaintance on the way out of the building. I, naturally, smiled and said a friendly hello.
Encap Security, a privately held provider of uncompromising authentication for financial institutions, today announced that it has been acquired by AllClear ID, the world leader in protecting organisations, their employees, and their customers from the fallout of a data breach.…
Standards-based approaches are popular in authentication at the moment. Organisations such as FIDO Alliance and Mobile Connect are on a mission to change the nature of online authentication by developing specifications that define open, scalable, interoperable sets of mechanisms that…
Over 600 attendees crammed into the Clarion Hotel Royal last Thursday to hear how Oslo is now firmly established as a hub of fintech innovation. Encap Security, established in Oslo nearly ten years ago, was one of the first on…
Reading the coverage of CES this year, it was possible to draw two conclusions about wearable technology. Firstly, wearable technology is now an established market – a fast-growing segment with lots of innovation that is now much more than just…
One of the first things taught in the theory of statistics is that correlation does not mean causation. Falls and rises in a couple of trends may match up, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that one causes the other or…
It can be disappointing to get what you wish for. Since the release of Back to the Future 2 in 1989, kids have wanted hoverboards. In fact, the film’s director helped spread a rumour that hoverboards existed but had been…
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