Hunt for Kazakh Bank’s Missing Billions Tracks Quarry to RivieraSan Francisco Chronicle2, 2009, when Kazakh regulators took over the bank and turned its management over to Samruk-Kazyna AO, the Central Asian country’s sovereign wealth fund. See on http://www.sfgate.com

09/01/2014 – Kazakhstan will attract tourists with yurt hotelsTimes of Central Asia (subscription)This project is being considered by Kazakh authorities, said the press service of Kazakhstan’s Committee of Commerce. See on http://www.timesca.com

Trend.azKazakh parliament approves amendments to double taxation convention with … See on en.trend.az

Trend.az Kazakh space agency chief: None in Kazakhstan wants Russia to quit Baikonur Russia & India Report At the end of last year, the governments of Russia and Kazakhstan fixed a roadmap for the use and development of the space…

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (Reuters) – Dissident Kazakh Mukhtar Ablyazov, accused of embezzling up to $6 billion from his former bank BTA, should be extradited from France to Ukraine or Russia, a French court… See on http://www.reuters.com

Business Insider Australia You Can Use This Dongle To Replace All Your Passwords With An Eye Scan Business Insider Australia EyeLock’s cutting-edge scanning hardware and software were previously only available in enterprise environments, but this… See on http://www.businessinsider.com.au

Most of us carry credit cards and ATM cards. These, typically, have sixteen digits on the front. These digits are the unique account number for the card. For obvious reasons, just any sixteen digits will not work, they follow … See…

A vein-imaging point-of-sale authorisation device and USB-based iris scanning technology have been turning heads at the CES show in Las Vegas, raising expectations that 2014 may be a break-out year for the biometric technology industry. See on http://www.finextra.com

South Korean tech giant Samsung is considering the inclusion of iris recognition technology in its upcoming Galaxy S5 handset as the company attempts to counter Apple’s popular Touch ID fingerprint scanner. See on appleinsider.com

Discover has long been a working partner to EMVCo, but only recently formalized its role as a co-owner of the standards body. How does Discover plan to leverage its position to ensure action on key issues, and how will Discover…