Today, contactless payments surely grab more headlines, but biometric payments will heavily dominate the near future, new research suggests. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Having the same password for everything is a big no-no in the security world, so what makes biometrics any different? Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.zdnet.com

Over 622 million mobile banking app downloads and almost 160 million wearable devices supporting biometrics for banking by 2020 Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.darkreading.com

Goode Intelligence’s research identifies that adoption of biometrics on mobile and wearables will deliver authentication and identity services for banking. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.secureidnews.com

Investors pulled nearly one trillion dollars out of the 19 biggest emerging markets in the last 13 months, double the amount that fled during the last financial crisis in 2009. Sourced through Scoop.it from: money.cnn.com

Thomas Schroder, strategist at Chart Partners, explains the signs that pointed to large declines in the Chinese stock markets and how he sees emerging markets impacting the rest of the world. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.bloomberg.com

This week’s rout in emerging markets has revived memories of the crises of 1997 and 1998, when investors raced for the exits, prompting a series of recessions and debt defaults. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.ft.com

Emerging market currencies may be badly hit but that doesn’t mean you should pull out of local markets, CNBC contributor Tim Seymour said on Tuesday. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.cnbc.com

With the currencies of Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey, Brazil, Colombia, and Chile hitting record lows last week, currency traders around the world are asking how much lower emerging-market currencies can go. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.project-syndicate.org

Emerging market assets resumedtheir slide on Wednesday, shrugging off China’s interest ratecut and focusing on growing signs of economic weakness in theworld’s second-largest economy and across the Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.reuters.com