Monthly Archives: September 2014

Aware launches INQUIRE textual identity software – Planet Biometrics

Aware launches INQUIRE textual identity software Planet Biometrics Biometrics software and services provider Aware on Thursday introduced a new software development kit product that uses biometric search and match operations in combination with… Source: http://www.planetbiometrics.com

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Alliance Data’s $2.3 Billion Acquisition Deal

Alliance Data systems has agrees to acquire Conversant for $2.3 billion.  The purchase will reportedly allow Alliance to form an end-to-end marketing service, reports The Wall Street Journal. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

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Report Says Shoppers Not Wild About Mobile Payments

It looks like Apple might have a tougher time jumping into mobile payments than the euphoric press coverage would indicated, since the consumer population seems persistently dedicated to their total lack of enthusiasm for using their phone as a… Source:

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Why Big Retail Looks To SMB For How To Innovate

http://www.pymnts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/PayAnywhere-Marc-Gardner.mp3   As the POS terminals evolve with the coming of feature-rich new payment devices, small businesses are gravitating toward adopting them, including cloud-based tablet… Source: http://www.pymnts.com

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On the market: Cottage-style home is country retreat – Newcanaannewsonline

On the market: Cottage-style home is country retreat Newcanaannewsonline With lovely designer elements like the vintage glass hardware on the doors throughout the home, cottage-style windows and arched doorways, the house has retained all of its… Source: http://www.newcanaannewsonline.com

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The problem with too much information – Dougald Hine – Aeon

This is more than just intellectual snobbery. Knowledge has a point when we start to find and make connections, to weave stories out of it, stories through which we make sense of the world and our place within it. It

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Apple’s late entrance into mobile payments smooths the bumps of forerunners

Apple’s much-anticipated entrance into mobile payments uses fingerprint scans and tokenization to emphasize security and usability. Source: http://www.fiercefinanceit.com

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iPhone 6’s NFC chip may do far more than just mobile payments

While the mobile payments scene might still be too immature for Apple to make a difference, other NFC-enabled functions may steal the show. Source: venturebeat.com

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The Eyeball Selfie For Secure Banking, EyeVerify Gets $6 Million In Series A Part 2 | TechCrunch

Banking is now in the eye of the beholder. That’s literally for EyeVerify. This new kind of ID verification tech lets you simply hold your smartphone about 8.. Source: techcrunch.com

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Three Essential Steps to Make Yourself More Hack-Proof | WIRED

Though you can’t ever protect yourself 100 percent from malicious data theft, you can at least put a better lock on your door than the one your neighbor has. (The essential last step to becoming hack proof: #biometrics. Source: http://www.wired.com

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