Fingerprint Scanner news and trends

Barclays Enhances Biometric Authentication For Corporates
B2B Payments // November 20, 2019

Barclays is collaborating with Hitachi on a biometric scanner designed to accelerate and boost the security of corporate transactions. Planet Biometrics reported on Wednesday (Nov. 20) that its updated finger vein scanner, the Barclays Biometric Reader (BBR), which integrates Hitachi’s VeinID technology, will be deployed...

Samsung Galaxy S10 Fingerprint Sensor Tricked By 3D Printer
Security & Fraud // April 08, 2019

A Samsung Galaxy S10 user was able to show how he could trick the in-display fingerprint sensor using a 3D printer. According to a report in The Verge, citing a post on Imgur, the user was able to trick the Galaxy by taking a picture...

Fingerprint Scanner Tech To Grow 500 Percent In 2019
Apple // September 05, 2018

A new research note predicts that Fingerprint on Display (FOD) technology will grow 500 percent in 2019, despite Apple forgoing the technology in future iPhones. According to 9to5Mac, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that a major factor for FOD’s growth is that Android phones continue to...

Chrome OS Looks To Add Fingerprint ID To Google Account-Based Payments
Authentication // August 31, 2018

It looks like a Chromebook with fingerprint sensors is finally on the way — and that support will be built directly into Chrome OS. “Digging deeper into this commit, I found reference to OOBE or the ‘out of box experience’ that refers to the initial...

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EMVCo: Majority Of Payment Cards (8.2B) Are Chip-Enabled

January 22, 2020
More than 8.2 billion chip-enabled consumer cards — credit and debit — are now in use across the world, according to EMVCo, the industry standard organization. Globally, more than 75 percent of all cards are now enabled with EMV chip technology. In development for over a decade, SmartMetric began designing products with biometric technology. The […]

Samsung Galaxy S10 Fingerprint Sensor Tricked By 3D Printer

April 08, 2019
A Samsung Galaxy S10 user was able to show how he could trick the in-display fingerprint sensor using a 3D printer. According to a report in The Verge, citing a...

Fingerprint Scanner Tech To Grow 500 Percent In 2019

September 05, 2018
A new research note predicts that Fingerprint on Display (FOD) technology will grow 500 percent in 2019, despite Apple forgoing the technology in future iPhones. According to 9to5Mac, analyst Ming-Chi...

Chrome OS Looks To Add Fingerprint ID To Google Account-Based Payments

August 31, 2018
It looks like a Chromebook with fingerprint sensors is finally on the way — and that support will be built directly into Chrome OS. “Digging deeper into this commit, I...