2018 is coming to an end and it sure has been an eventful year in biometrics. During the year, capacitive sensors were increasingly replaced in high-end smartphones by new sensor technologies such as optical and ultrasound. Several smartphones with edge-to-edge displays were launched with innovative under display fingerprint sensing technology – improving the user experience […]

In this guest blog post our VP Sales Fredrik Sjöholm shares his thoughts on how digital identity can drive a cashless society. As customers demand a higher level of convenience, the use of digital services increases, which calls for stronger protection of the digital identity. Fredrik is convinced that biometrics is the ultimate solution for […]

Biometrics has become an important tool in the fight against fraud in almost all payment channels. Payments have been the major driving force for the wide-scale adoption of biometrics in the consumer market. Today, close to 600 million people are using biometrics on a daily basis around the world for secure convenient user authentication and […]

Stefan K Persson joined Precise Biometrics as CEO in August 2018, after almost four years at Bang & Olufsen as Executive Vice President. In this blog post, he shares some of his thoughts on biometrics and its evolution, which is summed up in this inspirational video. Biometrics have been used for border control and law […]

As our mobile devices are becoming our personal authenticators to payment and other sensitive applications there is a growing demand for stronger authentication. We are increasingly using biometrics to verify our identity as they are more convenient and secure than passwords and PIN’s. All biometric solutions are not necessarily secure, the accuracy and reliability of […]

In this 1-minute video, R&D Director, Fredrik Clementson explains how to securely manage fingerprint authentication on payment cards. Biometric payment cards are attracting banks and payment providers, the main incentive in addition to increasing user convenience is the opportunity to reduce the costs of fraud. This year we have seen several pilots launched, indicating that […]

Last week, innovative companies in biometrics were brought together at the Goode Intelligence Biometric Summit, in London. In this guest post the event host, Alan Goode, shares some of his thoughts on the topics that were discussed at the event. Alan Goode is the Founder and Managing Director of Goode Intelligence. He is a respected […]

Last week, the largest Fintech event in Europe, Money20/20, was held in Amsterdam, with more than 5000 visitors and 1500 companies attending. Precise Biometrics was on site to discuss biometric payment cards and to catch up on the latest developments in the financial industry. One of the major topics at Money20/20 was identity & authentication, […]

Biometric payment cards are promising to be the next big thing in biometrics. This year, we have seen several developments indicating that we are edging closer to the first commercial launch. Global payment giant VISA, for one, has launched its first pilot in the United States with Mountain America Credit Union for biometric payment cards. […]

R&D Director, Fredrik Clementson explains the difference between in and under display fingerprint sensing, watch video: New mobile design with slick and user-friendly edge-to-edge displays is paving way for new sensor technologies. Ultrasound and optical fingerprint sensors that can read through display, glass or even metal and plastic is being introduced into devices to further improve […]