French banks, retailers to pilot biometric payment method

French banks, retailers to pilot biometric payment method

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Editorial Office: Elsevier Ltd The Boulevard Langford Lane Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB, UK Fax: +44 (0) 1865 843973 Email: [email protected] Website: www.biometrics-today.com Publisher: David Hopwood Editor: Tracey Caldwell Email: [email protected] Production Support Manager: Lin Lucas Email: [email protected] Subscription Information An annual subscription to Biometric Technology Today includes 10 issues and online access for up to 5 users. Prices: 1098 for all European countries & Iran US$1188 for all countries except Europe and Japan ¥146 000 for Japan (Prices valid until 31 December 2012) To subscribe send payment to the address above. Tel: +44 (0)1865 843687 or via www.biometrics-today.com Subscriptions run for 12 months, from the date payment is received. This newsletter and the individual contributions contained in it are protected under copyright by Elsevier Ltd, and the following terms and conditions apply to their use: Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier Global Rights Department, PO Box 800, Oxford OX5 1DX, UK; phone: +44 1865 843830, fax: +44 1865 853333, email: [email protected]. You may also contact Global Rights directly through Elsevier’s home page (www.elsevier.com), selecting first ‘Support & contact’, then ‘Copyright & permission’. In the USA, users may clear permissions and make payments through the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA; phone: +1 978 750 8400, fax: +1 978 750 4744, and in the UK through the Copyright Licensing Agency Rapid Clearance Service (CLARCS), 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 0LP, UK; phone: +44 (0)20 7631 5555; fax: +44 (0)20 7631 5500. Other countries may have a local reprographic rights agency for payments. Derivative Works Subscribers may reproduce tables of contents or prepare lists of articles including abstracts for internal circulation within their institutions. Permission of the Publisher is required for resale or distribution outside the institution. Permission of the Publisher is required for all other derivative works, including compilations and translations. Electronic Storage or Usage Permission of the Publisher is required to store or use electronically any material contained in this journal, including any article or part of an article. Except as outlined above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of the Publisher. Address permissions requests to: Elsevier Science Global Rights Department, at the mail, fax and email addresses noted above. Notice No responsibility is assumed by the Publisher for any injury and/ or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Because of rapid advances in the medical sciences, in particular, independent verification of diagnoses and drug dosages should be made. Although all advertising material is expected to conform to ethical (medical) standards, inclusion in this publication does not constitute a guarantee or endorsement of the quality or value of such product or of the claims made of it by its manufacturer.

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...Continued from front page It also recommends that social networks using facial recognition features should provide consumers with clear notice about how the feature works, what data it collects, and how that data will be used. They also should provide consumers with an easy to use choice not to have their biometric data collected and used for facial recognition, and the ability to turn the feature off at any time and have the biometric data previously collected from their photos permanently deleted. Facebook has previously argued against a requirement for opt-in consent, during an earlier US government consultation. Finally, the report states, there are at least two scenarios in which companies should get consumers’ affirmative consent’, so-called ‘opt in’ before collecting or using biometric data from facial images. First, they should obtain consent before using consumers’ images or any biometric data in a different way than they represented when they collected the data. Secondly, companies should not use facial recognition to identify anonymous images of a consumer to someone who could not otherwise identify him or her, without obtaining the consumer’s affirmative consent first.

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Countries look to biometrics to fight visa fraud

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srael and Malaysia are moving towards the compulsory registration of biometrics of visitors, according to local reports. In Israel, Ynetnews reports that visitors refusing to provide fingerprints will be refused entry. The Interior Ministry has suggested creating a biometric database for all foreigners entering Israel and that a tourist who refuses to provide fingerprints and a picture of his or her face will not receive an entry visa. Foreigners who require entry visas to Malaysia will first have to register using a biometric system at the country’s embassies to deter visa fraud, reports thehindubusinessline. com. Those who do not comply with the Immigration Department’s proposed biometric visa will be turned back at the border. Under the proposal, the fingerprints of foreigners will be verified at the embassies and again at the entry points in Malaysia. 38 countries are in Malaysia’s visa list.

SITA and NEC join forces as EU moves to automate border gates

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ITA, the air transport IT specialist, and NEC Europe are to work together to provide an automated border control (ABC) gate solution incorporating biometric technology for use at immigration control points at airports in the European Union (EU). The agreement comes as EU member states implement recommendations to move to selfservice border control using ABC gates. The SITA/NEC automated border control gate incorporates face recognition, and optionally fingerprint verification, against e-passport data. Passengers can be processed through the SITA/NEC ABC gate in 10 seconds or less.

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French banks, retailers to pilot biometric payment method

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atural Security has partnered with a number of French banks, retailers and manufacturers on a pilot deployment of a payment method that combines a smart payment card, biometrics and midrange contactless communication. Customers of Auchan, Leroy Merlin and associated retailers in Angoulême (close to Bordeaux, South West of France) and Villeneuve d’Ascq (close to Lille, North of France) will try out the new way of paying for purchases. Two biometric technologies will be tested during the six-month pilot: digital fingerprints in Angoulême and finger vein patterns in Villeneuve d’Ascq. Customers of partner banks will be invited to visit their bank branch to register their biometric data in their credit card. Stakeholders include Banque Accord, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, Groupe Auchan, Ingenico and Leroy Merlin.

Voice and facial recognition will drive mobile finance

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alf of business bank account holders would be more likely to select a bank that could demonstrate robust authentication methods, according to research by Javelin Strategy & Research.

November/December 2012