Finance Monthly July 2019 Edition

For years, biometric authentication has been associated with mobile phones – and with good reason. Since the launch of the first fingerprint touch sensor on Android in 2014, there has been a steady march to the mass deployment we see and interact with every day. Mobile is not the sole use case for biometric authentication, however – and, increasingly, it’s lending a helping hand to payments security. But what are the main drivers bringing biometrics into the financial services world? And how is the market likely to shape up? Lina Andolf-Orup, Senior Marketing Director at Fingerprints, answers these questions below. BIOMETRICS IN FINANCIAL SERVICES: Lina Andolf-Orup, Senior Marketing Director at Fingerprints HOW, WHAT AND WHY? 24 www.finance-monthly.com FINANCIAL INNOVATION & FINTECH - BIOMETRICS