Five Kazakh teams will present their startups at Singapore’s annual Echelon Asia Summit. Source: en.tengrinews.kz

“Kazakhstan has built an effective training system for its athletes that allows them to excel in international competitions,” Vice Minister of Culture and Sports Saken Mussaibekov said at a May 4 media briefing. Source: http://www.astanatimes.com

BloombergKazakhstan Turns From Brink of Costly Devaluation as Ruble SoarsBloombergFor the first time in more than a year, investors seem to believe the Kazakh president when he says he’ll avoid any sudden depreciation in the exchange rate. Source: http://www.bloomberg.com

A shepherd’s son who counts former British prime minister Tony Blair and Russian President Vladimir Putin among his admirers, Kazakhstan’s Nursultan Nazarbayev has overseen two decades of change in his Central Asian country, while remaining… Source: news.yahoo.com

Visa gets serious about biometrics:http://t.co/N5SHClpe2j Source: http://www.bankingday.com

Visa is currently scouting for industry partners to research ways in which it can integrate biometrics to authenticate payments. Source: http://www.biometricupdate.com

Global biometrics market to reach $14.9 billion by 2024: As more and more health sensors … http://t.co/PSAykon6PI #mHealth #innovation Source: mobihealthnews.com

In the Star Trek universe, payments and identification are done through biometrics, the measurement of unique physical characteristics, such as fingerprints and facial features, for verifying identity with a high level of certainty. Source: http://www.b2bnn.com

It will presumably get more accurate with time. But for now, you can see how well it does with your selfies. Or your cat’s selfies. Or a snapshot of that face on your toast that sort of looks like ……

Many people believe that iris recognition “scans” the eyes. In fact, iris recognition uses a digital camera to capture your biometric credentials, without scanning anything. Source: http://www.rightpatient.com