Chinese banks have been banned from verifying the identity of new customers using biometric information unless certain conditions are met. Source: http://www.thepaypers.com

FTSE on Tuesday announced the launch of two “transitional indexes” allowing institutional investors to add an initial increment of China A-shares exposure to their emerging markets benchmarks. Source: http://www.pionline.com

For Marcio Silveira of Pavlov Financial Planning, investing is all about emerging markets. Source: http://www.thinkadvisor.com

Dan Catto and Joe Garcia have been pioneering new emerging markets since 2001, massive exponential economic growth. Source: http://www.engineeredlifestyles.com

Led by emerging markets like India, global smartphones sales to end-users touched 336 million units in the March quarter, up 19.3 per cent from the year-ago period, Gartner said on Wednesday. Source: http://www.thehindu.com

Emerging market funds are in full bloom. Despite a looming rate rise by the Federal Reserve, a strong U.S. dollar and uneven performance among emerging markets, exchange-traded funds that track the space have sprung to life since the start of…

Government monitors repeatedly warned of IRS computer security risks long before Tuesday’s disclosure that identity thieves had stolen tax agency data for roughly 100,000 U.S. households. Source: http://www.usatoday.com

The SmartMetric biometric payments card is almost ready to hit the market. The company announced that the card — a self-powered, rechargeable battery card Source: http://www.pymnts.com

A national conversion from magnetic strip-based credit and debit cards to cards embedded with security enhancing computer chips is already underway and could prove a boon to providers, after some upfront costs and hassles. Source: http://www.modernhealthcare.com

Before state and local agencies rush to accept chip cards, they need to understand what the liability shift really means for them — and then evaluate the benefit of replacing existing card readers against the related cost. Source: gcn.com