The Biometric Report Adoption of biometric technologies worldwide is at a formative stage, with different strategies, and solutions adopted by different regions and at different speeds, and including some unanswered questions from both industry and consumers. The launch edition of The Biometric Report reviews the strategies of some of Europe’s leading institutions in their adoption, deployment, communication and management of biometric authentication. The Report provides a pa

Open payments tested on the track, 27 September, London On 27 September we are presenting a one-day conference designed as a practical road test of the new world of open payments. The event for commercial payment executives as well as payment geeks is presented together with Ixaris, Rainmaking and sister publications PaymentEye and Financial Director. The opening lap will be testing the demand for open payments from all sides of the commercial payment ecosystem with sessions

Borrowell (www.borrowell.com) is a Canadian fintech that launched in 2014, focused on helping consumers make great decisions about credit. Founder and CEO Andrew Graham, who had previously worked at Presidents’ Choice Financial, and his partners spotted a market opportunity to help clients refinance their outstanding debts at more manageable levels. Borrowell struck a deal with Equitable Bank in late 2014 to deliver their offering on line across Canada to Equitable Bank custo