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Consumers across Europe are interested in using biometrics when making a payment – especially when integrated with other security measures. 

Walmart has made the mobile payment app Walmart Pay available in more than 4,600 Walmart stores nationwide.

Mobile payment systems have been touted as the future of financial transactions, but current systems will need to add biometrics for adoption. 

Wells Fargo announced that its Wells Fargo Wallet will be available this summer.

Fifty-four percent of respondents in The Global Study on the State of Payment Data Security, conducted by the Ponemon Institute on behalf of Gemalto, have had a security or data breach involving payment data an average of four times in the past two years. 

With acceptance of mobile and other new forms of payments expected to double in the next two years, a new global study shows a critical need for organizations to improve their payment data security practices.
 

Swatch launched a new NFC-enabled payments watch for the Chinese market.

First Tech Federal Credit Union announced a pilot program with MasterCard that will enable First Tech employees to authenticate and verify transactions using facial recognition and fingerprint biometrics. 

Shoppers are using a larger variety of payment options with digital and mobile payments serving as supplements to the traditional cash and card-based payments tools.

According to a new survey, a majority (77 percent) are anxious about their financial information and social security numbers being stolen or compromised.