Mobile payments are poised for explosive growth in Asia Pacific, driven by a high number of initiatives and diverse mCommerce maturity levels. Sourced through Scoop.it from: channellife.co.nz

Finextra: Visa has installed its payWave application on Russia’s popular Qiwi e-wallet, putting mobile contactless payments into the hands of millions of Russian consumers. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.finextra.com

Finextra: HID Global, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, today announced that it has integrated the company’s Lumidigm biometrics technology with its widely deployed Omnikey contactless smart card readers to simplify identity… Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.finextra.com

First Tech Federal Credit Union today announced a pilot program with MasterCard that will enable First Tech employees to authenticate and verify transactions using facial recognition and fingerprint biometrics. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.cuinsight.com

Precise Biometrics has reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2015 and the first half of 2015, which includes consolidated net sales of SEK 10.0 million (US$1.17 million) in Q2. T… Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.biometricupdate.com

The outlook for biometrics in the healthcare industry is strong, according to a Tractica report, but use of it is scarce. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.fiercehealthit.com

Make Sure to Subscribe to the New J.KNIGHT Channel: After largely failing to prod state … Congress Pushes Obama-Backed National Biometric ID for … Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.youtube.com

A surge of capital gushing out of emerging markets has risen toward $1tn over the past 13 months, roughly double the amount that fled during the financial crisis amid slumping confidence in the world’s developing economies. Sourced through Scoop.it from:…

“Fund managers are bailing on emerging markets, commodities and energy-related stocks at a record pace, suggesting that capitulation could be at hand, according to the latest fund-managers survey f… Sourced through Scoop.it from: emergingequity.org

Emerging markets bonds have been on the skids, which is just one of the reasons you should consider adding some to your portfolio. Simon Constable explains. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.thestreet.com