Face Id news and trends

PayPal and Venmo Cards Now Compatible With Apple Wallet
Mobile Wallets // October 03, 2023

PayPal Holdings has announced that customers can now add their eligible PayPal and Venmo credit or debit cards to Apple Wallet. This integration allows users to make payments with a tap of their iPhone or Apple Watch, both in-store and online, the company said in a Tuesday (Oct. 3) press release....

AI Firm Breaches Facial Recognition At Airports, Stores
Security & Fraud // December 16, 2019

Photos of faces and 3D masks have fooled facial recognition checkpoints at airports, as well as payment systems, but they can’t fool Apple’s Face ID systems, according to reports. Kneron, an artificial intelligence (AI) company, did an experiment at different stores and airports that used...

Apple Tests In-Screen Fingerprint Tech
Apple // September 05, 2019

Apple is reportedly at work on in-screen fingerprint technology for iPhones as early as its 2020 devices. While the technology is in testing among Apple’s overseas suppliers and inside Apple, its release may fall to the 2021 revamp, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources. The fingerprint...

Apple Patent Reveals Face, Touch ID On iPhones
Apple // December 18, 2018

An Apple patent shows that the tech giant might release a phone with both Face and Touch ID. Although the patent, which was found by Patently Apple, starts out describing the problems with 2D face recognition systems, it goes on to mention the possibility of both Face...

Interviews & Exclusives
Person Present: The Future Of Card Not Present Identity Verification

December 13, 2017
“Who are you?” It’s a philosophical question with a million different answers depending on who’s asking. In payments, it is a practical question with just as many answers depending on the use case. Identity verification and user authentication are hot spaces right now, and only getting hotter as merchants, financial institutions (FIs) and consumers demand […]

The Unexplained Edition: Bitcoin, Apple And The Gap

December 04, 2017
On Dec. 5, 1872, 145 years ago tomorrow, the Mary Celeste was discovered drifting aimlessly off the coast of the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean. It was drifting aimlessly because...

Quick Reads
Report: Apple Executive Named in Hundreds of Patents Retiring

December 07, 2023
Steve Hotelling, a senior executive at Apple, is reportedly retiring from the company after overseeing touch-screen technology, health sensors and the Face ID interface. Hotelling, who serves as a company vice president, played a crucial role in developing some of Apple’s most complex and critical technologies for the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and the upcoming Vision […]

PayPal and Venmo Cards Now Compatible With Apple Wallet

October 03, 2023
PayPal Holdings has announced that customers can now add their eligible PayPal and Venmo credit or debit cards to Apple Wallet. This integration allows users to make payments with a tap of their iPhone or Apple...

AI Firm Breaches Facial Recognition At Airports, Stores

December 16, 2019
Photos of faces and 3D masks have fooled facial recognition checkpoints at airports, as well as payment systems, but they can’t fool Apple’s Face ID systems, according to reports. Kneron,...

Apple Tests In-Screen Fingerprint Tech

September 05, 2019
Apple is reportedly at work on in-screen fingerprint technology for iPhones as early as its 2020 devices. While the technology is in testing among Apple’s overseas suppliers and inside Apple,...