The A to Z of biometrics

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The site of a trial of payment by fingerprint at three Co-op stores earlier this year. Shoppers were able to link their fingerprints with credit card or debit card information and verify payment by pressing their digit against a reader.

The list from A to Z

Click on the links below to find out more on each of the entries in the list.

A is for Accuracy
B is for Behavioural biometric
C is for Cash machine
D is for Database
E is for Ear
F is for Facial recognition
G is for Gummi bears
H is for Hand geometry
I is for Iris
J is for Juan Vucetich
K is for Keystroke dynamics
L is for Liveness testing
M is for Mobile phones
N is for Network security
O is for Oxford
P is for Palm
Q is for Queues
R is for Registration
S is for Signature verification
T is for Twins
U is for Universality
V is for Voice verification
W is for Walk
X is for X-ray
Y is for Young
Z is for Zurich Airport

The trial was in part a response to customer concern over the complexities of using chip and PIN. In the US around two million people use the Pay by Touch technology to buy goods every week.