Earlier this week medical device maker Masimo and Thermomedics, a Positive ID company, launched their new contactless, Bluetooth-enabled thermometer in the US market. The thermometer, called TIR-1, ...

What just happened? Amazon has been slowly rolling out its palm-based biometric authentication system since 2019 and is now preparing the technology's first major expansion across the US. The company ...

Serge Beck, the founder and CEO of Omniwire, is driven by his belief that people deserve robust and secure financial services. Nearly 90% of U.S. consumers now use contactless payments, and this ...

The Covid-19 pandemic was a strong tailwind for the adoption of contactless payments. Two years later, the momentum is still there but challenges remain. Whether it’s the convenience of not dipping a ...

Why it matters: If you get anxiety about trying to line your device up with a terminal to make a contactless payment, here's some good news: the NFC Forum has announced that version 15 of the standard ...