RBS and NatWest to use Apple's fingerprint ID for mobile log-in
February 18, 2015 - RBS and NatWest have introduced Apple's Touch ID for fingerprint log-in to mobile apps on the iPhone.Claiming a UK banking first, RBS says the technology is being rolled out in response to feedback from customers on its online community forum, 'Ideas Bank'.
Identity Management to Reach Tipping Point in 2015
February 10, 2015 - With the influx of high profile digital data breaches in the past year, businesses and consumers alike have grown increasingly concerned over the amount of sensitive personal information at risk during online and mobile transactions. As attacks and fraud rapidly evolve and put hundreds of millions of consumers' identities at risk, the market is seeing swift adoption of solutions to address these growing security issues.
Authorised Access: the ‘Trojan Horse’ of Cyber Security
February 10, 2015 - According to a new cyber security study and white paper from Protiviti, the global consulting firm, companies operating in Europe should be doing more to protect themselves adequately from cyber threats.
Mobile biometrics market to hit $33.3 billion revenue in 2020 - Acuity study
January 27, 2015 - Biometrics in mobile payments, banking, and a host of other mobiles services and applications are poised to transform and accelerate the globalization of mCommerce. The latest research from Acuity Market Intelligence reveals a mobile biometric marketplace more complex, broadly based, and growing faster than previous forecasts indicate.
Stripe chooses GBGroup identity verification service in the UK
January 8, 2015 - GBGroup plc, the specialist in identity intelligence solutions, announced today that it is providing Global Risk Management solutions and identity verification services for Stripe in the UK.
Nice Systems launches fraud-prevention tech using speech analytics
January 5, 2015 - NICE Systems (NICE) today launched its Real-Time Fraud Prevention solution, which enables contact centers to detect and prevent fraud in real time using voice biometrics and both speech and desktop analytics.
Fujitsu combines biometrics with Chip and PIN for multa-factor authentication device
November 19, 2014 - Fujitsu today introduces the latest in a long line of human centric innovations based on the company's ground-breaking biometric authentication technology that uses the unique pattern of veins in the human hand to verify identity.
21 digital currency companies endorse digital identity framework
October 21, 2014 - ID3 (Institute for Data Driven Design), a research nonprofit founded out of the MIT Media Lab, today teamed with nearly two dozen leading digital currency firms to announce the Windhover Principles, a new principles-based framework collaboratively written with public and private stakeholders to ensure secure personal identity, trust and access to shared open data on the Internet.
