...NFC for these brands is evident. This sort of authentication can benefit a range of industries that rely on quality and often face counterfeits, from wine to pharmaceuticals, from medical...

...include a fingerprint reader since Apple bought AuthenTec, a maker of fingerprint authentication and encryption technology, last August. Fingerprint Cards, a Swedish biometric-security company, has said that a Japanese brand...

...using the fingerprint authentication of the user. And they also spent a lot of time getting all their ducks in a row, meaning getting Visa, MasterCard and the banks bought...

...to harness its Nymi wristband, which uses the wearer’s unique cardiac rhythm as authentication, for payments. Bionym is linking with MasterCard and the Royal Bank of Canada for a test...

...advent of biometric authentication, one of our 100 Things to Watch in 2013. –Gizmodo ponders “the weird laptop future,” given the predominance of mobile and the rise of wearable tech....

...2013. The ring promises an innovative convergence of these themes, offering a potential alternative for those who fear biometric authentication (one of our 100 Things to Watch in 2013)....

...navigate the world. Mobile devices also serve as a fingerprint of sorts, storing health records, keys and an array of personal information in one place. The proliferation of biometric authentication,...

...bitcoin protocol to layer things on top of it that look more and more like the kind of authentication and opportunity for arbitration you have built into the card networks....

...log-ins (and type them on those small screens) when technology can identify you through your voice or fingerprint? In addition to authentication, voice recognition can also enable speech-driven transactions ....