Mother's Day Special: How AI, apps are empowering women to manage finances, improve health, build careerWomen are learning to keep pace with the ubiquitous apps and AI, shrugging off dependence on their kids for financial transactions, online ...
04 May, 2026, 06.30 AM IST
ICICI Bank enables facial recognition, fingerprint authentication services for UPI transactions up to Rs 5,000: How to activate service on iMobile AppICICI Bank now allows users to authorize UPI payments up to Rs 5,000 using fingerprint or face recognition on its iMobile app. This feature...
29 Apr, 2026, 06.01 PM IST
Banks, telecom companies to chuck OTPs, adopt silent authenticationBanks and telecom companies are developing a silent authentication mechanism to combat SIM cloning and eSIM swaps. This background check ve...
02 Apr, 2026, 08.28 PM IST
What changes will RBI’s new rules bring to digital payments from April 1?India's digital payments are getting a security upgrade. From April 1, the Reserve Bank of India will require two-factor authentication for...
30 Mar, 2026, 10.28 AM IST
Make Aadhaar-Based Payment System optional under MGNREGS: Parliamentary panelA parliamentary panel has urged the government to offer choices for wage payments under the rural employment scheme. The Aadhaar-Based Paym...
28 Mar, 2026, 12.46 AM IST
Government to roll out biometric check for land compensation in highway projectsThe government is introducing Aadhaar biometric authentication for land acquisition compensation. This ensures payments go directly to land...
26 Mar, 2026, 03.50 PM IST
Cred introduces biometric authentication for UPI payments up to Rs 5,000Fintech platform Cred now allows users to authorise UPI payments up to Rs 5,000 with face or fingerprint. This new feature, developed with ...
25 Mar, 2026, 01.50 PM IST
Forgot your UPI PIN? BHIM app now lets you pay up to Rs 5,000 using fingerprint or face—here’s howForget your UPI PIN? BHIM app now allows transactions up to Rs 5,000 using fingerprint or facial recognition. This new biometric authentica...
24 Mar, 2026, 03.04 PM IST
PhonePe rolls out biometric UPI payments, users can now pay with fingerprint or face IDPhonePe now allows fingerprint and facial recognition for UPI payments. This feature is for transactions up to Rs 5,000, offering a faster ...
19 Feb, 2026, 11.39 AM IST
Beyond passwords: Unlocking the future of secure commerce with passkeysIndia is enhancing digital payment security by moving beyond one-time passwords. New methods like fingerprint and facial recognition are be...
03 Dec, 2025, 05.31 PM IST
Digital payments eye sharper success rates as biometrics, passkeys replace OTPsOne-time passwords (OTPs), the default second factor of authentication, have been prone to delivery issues, often leading to transaction fa...
13 Oct, 2025, 07.38 AM IST
Indians will soon be able to approve UPI payments using facial recognition and fingerprintsStarting October 8, India will allow users to authenticate Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions through facial recognition and fin...
07 Oct, 2025, 12.33 PM IST
SBI, Bengaluru Police Commissioner, Kolkata police warn about this Aadhaar fraud; 2 ways to lock Aadhaar biometricsAadhaar biometrics: The fraud does not require SMS or OTP authentication, which is much more concerning. According to the reports, the Indi...
03 Nov, 2023, 03.38 PM IST
Scripbox offers biometric authentication in pact with MinkasuPayMinkasuPay offers a two-factor-authentication (2FA) mobile payment solution that leverages the power of smartphones and biometrics to elimi...
06 Aug, 2020, 10.44 AM IST
Indian consumers favour biometrics over passwords: VisaThe payments ecosystem is witnessing a rapid change in adoption of new form factors of payments and modes of authentication, Visa India and...
16 Jan, 2018, 05.34 PM IST
Five technologies that are fast making your passwords 'obsolete'According to a global report released by JWT on the future of payments, there will be 471 million global biometrics smartphone users by 201...
24 Aug, 2016, 07.07 AM IST
Aadhaar-enabled smartphones will ease money transfer“The two-factor authentication in UPI is now being done with mobile phone as one factor, and MPIN as the second factor," said Nandan Nileka...
10 Aug, 2016, 03.38 AM IST