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Mastercard Biometrics News
Tencent integrates Mastercard’s payment biometrics for cross-border mobile commerce
Mastercard’s Click to Pay, which relies on biometric authentication and transaction tokenization, is coming to Tencent’s cross-border payment system MIDAS,…
| Dec 5, 2025 | Ethiopia aims for Africa’s best digital payments network by 2035Ethiopia has unveiled a strategic roadmap which aims to enable the country set up one of the leading digital payment… |
| Nov 21, 2025 | Mastercard signs MoU to enhance efficiency of Ukraine’s digital infrastructureMastercard has signed a five-year public-private cooperation agreement with the government of Ukraine, aiming to boost the country’s digital economy… |
| Nov 11, 2025 | Mastercard plots post-cards payments plan for Asia as biometrics grow in popularityA Mastercard executive believes physical payment cards are heading the way of the dodo. Developments in biometrics and digital identity… |
| Nov 5, 2025 | Humanity Protocol’s reusable biometric ID adds Mastercard open finance capabilityHumanity Protocol, the proof-of-personhood (PoP) framework based on palm biometrics, is teaming up with Mastercard to allow users to quickly… |
| Oct 22, 2025 | Agentic AI boom continues with funding for Keycard, protocols for payment giantsKeycard has emerged from stealth with its identity and access platform for AI agents, joining the growing number of firms… |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Mastercard extends Smile ID KYC partnership to continue financial inclusion pushA strategic commercial partnership between Mastercard and South Africa-based Smile ID to accelerate the adoption of digital ID in Africa… |
| Sep 8, 2025 | Entrust, Nasdaq, Equifax layer identity, transaction analytics to fight fraudGlobal financial services companies Entrust, Nasdaq and Equifax are integrating face biometrics or behavioral analytics with transactional details to improve… |
| Aug 22, 2025 | Mastercard, Sift, Plaid upgrade onboarding for financial entities amid rampant fraudMastercard, Sift and Plaid are each adding capabilities to their portfolios to help banks and other financial institutions cut their… |
| Aug 5, 2025 | Mastercard wants everyone to have a digital wallet and mDL to make ID like paymentsOnline ID verification causes friction for customers more often than not, yet identity theft makes up 40 percent of Europe’s… |
| Jul 29, 2025 | Should payment processors dictate online safety compliance for sites that rely on them?People tend to trust their credit card providers to comply with regulations, but as online safety laws kick in, some… |
| Jul 7, 2025 | Mastercard launches luxury biometric metal credit card in BangladeshMastercard and Eastern Bank have teamed up to introduce Bangladesh’s first biometric metal credit card. The biometric credit card is… |
| Jul 3, 2025 | Mastercard unveils security-focused Start Path programMastercard has launched its Start Path Security Solutions accelerator aimed at supporting start-ups tackling cybersecurity, fraud prevention, digital identity and… |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Experian taps Mastercard identity insights to prevent fraudMastercard will provide its identity verification and fraud prevention technology to data broker and consumer credit reporting company Experian, allowing… |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Mastercard joins OpenWallet Foundation, Paycode partners up to scale digital transactionsA new foundation membership and a technology partnership announced by digital wallet and payment providers are aimed at making digital… |
| Jun 5, 2025 | Mastercard halfway to Europe’s ecommerce transformation with passkeys, tokenizationVisa and Mastercard, the payments giants bestriding the globe, are pushing biometrics, tokenization and Click to Pay. Their vision is… |
| Jun 3, 2025 | Microblink extends selfie biometrics for CNP fraud as consumers seek secure ecommerceMicroblink has become the only digital identity verification vendor to provide comprehensive Card-Not-Present fraud protection within an end-to-end identity orchestration… |
| Apr 29, 2025 | Gillette Stadium looks to facial recognition for ticketing, payments, moreSometime in the 1990s, cinemas underwent a transformation from smaller multiplexes to massive, megaplexes with new features and a theme… |
| Apr 16, 2025 | Carnegie panel spotlights customization, private sector role in DPI developmentA handful of governments have led the charge to define and popularize the concept of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), but… |
| Apr 10, 2025 | CFIT launches Digital Company ID working groupsThe Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT) has made another step towards the creation of a Digital Company ID… |
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Knowledge and recognition: new wave biometrics
This is a guest post by Ajay Bhalla, President, Cyber & Intelligence at Mastercard. How do we know someone is…
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