RAM Group, Singaporean based technology firm, has announced a new breakthrough in biometric authentication based on a novel quantum-state sensor that exploits quantum mechanical properties to perform biometric authentication. These new ...
There's a new Android Trojan doing the rounds, and this time, it's after banking details – targeting customers of banks across the US and Europe. The malware looks like a Flash Player app, and is considered to be highly dangerous as ...
Tags: Android Malware, Android Trojan
Barclays has officially launched its answer to Android Pay via an upgrade to its Android app. The bank previously declined to join Google's NFC payment service, which launched in the UK this May, and has kept its own service fairly quiet ...
China's central bank is allowing individuals to set up bank accounts via video teller machines and the Internet. The People's Bank of China issued a note saying banks can use multiple ways to verifying applicants. In addition to going ...
Tags: VTMs, Personal Bank Accounts
Flipkart, one of the leading online shopping destinations in India, has entered into a strategic partnership with Euronet India, a global leader in secure electronic transaction processing and payment solutions, to offer Flipkart’s ...
Meeting with your banker has taken on a whole new meaning at UMB Bank's Kirkwood, Mo. branch, where a robot and computer monitor are used to conduct some account services. UMB is one of a handful of national banks that are investing in ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Trend Micro has outlined its security predictions for 2014, and it has forecast that one major data breach will occur every month next year. It has also predicted an increase in advanced mobile banking and targeted attacks, along with ...
Tags: Trend Micro, Security, data breach, internet, web
The new "Latin America Online Payment Methods 2013 – Second Half 2013" by Hamburg-based secondary market research company yStats.com indicates that online payment continues its growth in the emerging markets of this dynamic region. ...
Tags: online payment, mobile phone, mobile payments, online shopping
The new “ Asia-Pacific Online Payment Methods 2013 – Second Half 2013“ report by Hamburg-based secondary market research company yStats.com indicates that the online payment continues to grow in acceptance, driven by fast ...
Tags: Online Payment, Apparel
BSNL in association with Pantel Technologies Private Limited (PTPL) has launched the next generation of Smart Devices - the "Bharat Phone" PF300, the Penta Smart models PS501 & PS650 and the next generation Penta T-Pad WS707C respectively. ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
Lloyds Bank is to work with mobile payments company Monitise to develop a suite of mobile card acceptance services for small businesses. The services will be developed on Monitise's mPOS platform and aimed, in particular, at ...
Tags: Lloyds Bank, Mobile Payments, Monitise
It may have taken almost two decades, but Tun Thura Thet's investment in one of Asia's poorest countries is finally paying off. "I've been waiting here for 17 years to have this moment," he said, sitting at his office in Yangon, Myanmar. ...
Tags: Tech Industry, Myanmar
The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) is investing $3m to support cocoa improvement projects in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The initiative will use a range of methods including internet resources, mobile phone technology and microfinance ...
Tags: Cocoa, Agriculture, Food
More than 18 months ago, Google Wallet was launched on the Sprint cellular network amid hoopla that payment-by-smart-phone technology at cashiers nationwide would replace your plastic debit and credit cards. Since then, AT&T, T-Mobile, and ...
Tags: CR Money Minute, Mobile Wallet
When it comes to smartphone safety, the single most important thing a mobile phone owner can do is lock the device with a unique, four-digit PIN. That's been the opinion of many experts for years, but the advice still holds, including ...