A recent article in BBC Future, by Paul Marks, highlights a hidden quest to keep us safe.
In an ever changing war against crime, theft, and fraud in the world of payments and payments processing, MasterCard have assigned a dedicated robot as their front line of defence. Repeated swiping of a payment card can reveal...
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Apple Pay offers lower rates thanks to biometrics.
In connection with our earlier blog, Apple have announced that it is "...allowing Apple Pay merchants to pay card present rates (aka cardholder present) for all transactions consumers make in store using their mobile phones..." (Biometric Update)
This announcement can be attributed to the use of biometrics, combined with NFC and tokenization. Cardholder present rates are considerably...
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Mastercard announces high level of success with biometric system.
In a closed pilot trial that used both voice and facial recognition for biometrics, Mastercard have announced a 98% success rate. The pilot, which used a group comprised of Mastercard employees from around the world, aims to gain a deeper understanding of consumer interaction with biometrics. The entire process apparently took less than ten...
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The Perils of Password Reset
The story of Naoki Hiroshima and how he lost his $50,000 Twitter username has been making the rounds of technology blogs in the last week. While there is still some confusion about the initial vector of the attack, with PayPal denying that they handed over the last four digits of Mr Hiroshima's credit...
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