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The secure transactions industry has already been through several evolutions and revolutions along its few decades of existence. However, we have all experienced that what was shown as the latest novelty on a trade show and attracted positive comments from analysts did not always turn into any significant business. The latest change in payment card technology might well be the biometric payment card and, this time, it is on the path to mass adoption. Several technology compan

After China has taken many monetary authorities aback with its Digital Yuan, CBDCs – Central Bank Crypto Currencies – seem to be the latest fashion! Many central banks or governments are now announcing their cryptocurrency projects. This move can be seen as the latest evolution of the influence battle between multinational companies and governments. Especially, the ongoing evolution of the US administration seems to be getting back to more government power and less laissez-fa

It has recently been made public that personal data belonging to over 500 million Facebook users and over 700 million LinkedIn users had been leaked and proposed for sale on hackers’ networks. For each us, this means that it is highly probable, that our name, email, phone number, and probably more personal information are available for a small fee to hackers worldwide. A hacker having data such as a person’s name, email address, phone number, and additional information such a

Facial recognition has been around for a few years, and its primary use is in situations where your face is compared to only one image, the one stored in your ePassport or your digital ID. Using facial recognition to identify a face among thousands or millions of others is a way more complex story! Around the world, an increasing number of retailers are toying with the idea of making consumers pay directly with their face. In Russia, multiple supermarkets and cafes in Moscow

In the mind of the general public, the name Google does not really convey an image of security. The tech giant has just announced its latest attempt at improving this with the leaders in our industry. This project marks an important milestone in the global fight between hardware-based security and software solutions: Google, the #1 in software and services finally recognizes the value of hardware security! Google just announced the inception of the “Android Ready SE Alliance,