Finextra: Contactless cards and mobile devices could soon become a primary payment method for transit journeys across the UK under a smart ticketing initiative unveiled in Parliament. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.finextra.com

Smartphones are likely to replace wallets in the near future as about 65 percent of the online payment deals last year were done with mobile devices, a new study said. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn

Entrepreneur shares how she’s built a thriving retail business with a smartphone, messaging apps, mobile payments and ingenuity. Sourced through Scoop.it from: blogs.blackberry.com

Personalization efforts have served as a vanguard for big data at many organizations. But some of these programs still fall short. Here’s a closer look at what’s going wrong. Does your enterprise fit these profiles? Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.informationweek.com

Content marketing is heading for exciting new territory in 2016. A new survey finds that 64% of PR and marketing pros will increase content marketing efforts in 2016. Sourced through Scoop.it from: snip.ly

RT @bebrightva: 16 Tools Every Social Media Manager Should Use https://t.co/Cd0oZSaovv #Marketing via @Visually Sourced through Scoop.it from: blog.visual.ly

Biometrics Research Group, Inc. defines facial recognition as technology that measures distances between specific parts of a person’s face for identification. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.biometricupdate.com

Lightwave allowed 20th Century Fox to interpret an audience’s unfiltered and unbiased reactions throughout a film. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.psfk.com

John Woodward writes that biometric data can play a vital role in stopping terrorist attacks, but the U.S. and its allies need better cooperation. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.wsj.com

Iris recognition firm Iris ID has completed a new installation of its iris biometric technology at CERN, particle physics laboratory in Switzerland. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.biometricupdate.com