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Elevating VIP Events: The Seamless Experience of Arana Security\’s BioWave Pay Biometric Payment Application

In the world of VIP events, where exclusivity meets seamless convenience, Arana Security\’s BioWave Pay emerges as a game-changer, revolutionising the payment landscape with its innovative biometric payment application. This cutting-edge technology not only enhances security but also ensures a VIP experience like never before. The Evolution of Biometric Payments BioWave Pay stands at the forefront of the evolving landscape of biometric payments. The traditional methods of payment are being reshaped as fingerprints, palm scans, or facial recognition become the keys to a secure and efficient transaction process. This evolution is particularly significant in VIP events, where privacy and convenience are paramount. Unparalleled Security Measures Arana Security\’s BioWave Pay prioritises security, providing a robust shield against unauthorized transactions. The biometric data used for payments is encrypted and securely stored, minimizing the risk of fraud. VIP event organizers can now offer attendees a worry-free payment experience, knowing their financial information is protected by state-of-the-art biometric security measures. Seamless Integration into VIP Events One of the standout features of BioWave Pay is its seamless integration into VIP events. Attendees can effortlessly link their biometric data to their payment accounts, eliminating the need for physical cards or cash. This not only streamlines the payment process but also adds an element of exclusivity to the event, reflecting the sophistication that VIP attendees expect. Enhanced VIP Experience Imagine a VIP event where attendees can glide through entry points, purchase exclusive items, and enjoy premium services with just a touch or a glance. BioWave Pay makes this a reality, contributing to an enhanced VIP experience by reducing wait times and enhancing overall event efficiency. Attendees can focus on enjoying the event rather than dealing with the hassles of traditional payment methods. Customisation for VIP Events Arana Security recognises the diverse nature of VIP events, and BioWave Pay is designed with customisation in mind. Event organisers can tailor the biometric payment application to match the unique requirements of their gatherings. Whether it\’s a high-profile gala, an exclusive concert, or a luxury fashion show, BioWave Pay seamlessly adapts to provide a personalized and tailored payment experience. Future of VIP Events As VIP events continue to set new standards for exclusivity and sophistication, the role of technology becomes increasingly pivotal. Arana Security\’s BioWave Pay not only meets but exceeds the expectations of VIP attendees, ushering in a new era of convenience, security, and seamless transactions. The integration of biometric payments is not just a trend; it\’s a transformative leap towards a future where VIP events redefine the boundaries of elegance and efficiency. Arana Security\’s BioWave Pay stands as a beacon of innovation in the realm of VIP events. By combining state-of-the-art security measures with seamless integration and customisation, this biometric payment application elevates the VIP experience, setting the stage for a future where convenience and exclusivity coexist harmoniously. To book a demo for BioWave Pay click here

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The history of biometrics

Early origins Biometric technology has become entwined with our everyday lives, from facial and fingerprint recognition on our mobile phones, to passing through airport security when we travel. But did you know that the biometric technology used across the globe today can be traced back thousands of years? In this blog, we’ll explore the history of biometrics from its early developments, to now. While the term ‘biometrics’ doesn’t appear until the 1880’s, there is evidence that early humans used physical characteristics to verify a person\’s identity as early as 6000 B.C. This first known reference was a prehistoric hand with ridge patterns discovered in Nova Scotia.  Fast-forward to 500 B.C, where we find evidence that humans used biometrics for identification, signing legal documents and business transactions. This has been apparent in civilisations across the earth, including the ancient Assyrians, Japanese, Babylonians and Chinese. Explorer Joao de Barros recorded that an early form of fingerprinting was being used by merchants in China. There were stamping children’s hand and foot prints on paper with ink to identify them. In Babylon, clay tablets with fingerprints were discovered that had been used in business transactions. So, how did we develop from using biometrics as a rough method of classification, to an advanced technology with wide-ranging applications that we recognise today? Early developments: 1800 – 1900 By the time we reach the 1800’s, human population growth had exploded following the industrial revolution and as cities expanded, the need to better identify people was a pressing issue. Local knowledge was no longer sufficient to keep criminal activity under control and this drove innovation during this period. 1823: The first ever system for classification of fingerprints is proposed by Czech physiologist and Professor of Anatomy,  Johannes Evangelista. 1858: British officer Sir William Herschel began using handprints for those signing documents at the Indian Magistrate\’s Office in Jangipur. He then moved from hand prints to prints of the right index and middle fingers. This was to identify who were real employees on payday. 1881: Parisian policeman, Alphonse Bertillion developed techniques to measure individual features in an attempt to identify repeat offenders who would use different aliases each time they were arrested. He recorded eye colour, shape and angle of the ears, brow and nose as well as identifying any tattoos. By 1884 he had successfully identified 241 repeat offenders using this system which became known as ‘Bertillonage.’ 1892: Argentinian police official, Juan Vucetich created his own fingerprint identification system, pioneering the first use of fingerprint evidence in a murder case. 1892: Sir Francis Galton wrote a detailed study where he presented a new fingerprint classification system that included prints from all ten fingers. This system is still in use today, often referred to as Galton’s details. 20th century breakthroughs:  1900 – 1999 The 1990’s saw the use of biometrics boom, with major breakthroughs including the use of iris pattern identification as well as the birth of facial recognition. 1903: The New York Civil Service Commission started fingerprinting applicants to prevent fraud. The New York state prison adopted the practice to identify criminals. 1936: Frank Burch proposed the idea of using iris patterns as a method of identification. 1964-1966: Woodrow W. Bledsoe researched programming computers to detect human faces. He then developed the first semi-automatic facial recognition system. 1969: The FBI starts funding research into the development of automated fingerprint and facial recognition. This funding helped develop much more sophisticated sensors for biometric capture. 1974: The first commercial hand geometry recognition systems became available to manage things like time and attendance, to identify employees and for physical access control. 1996: In Atlanta, USA, the Olympic Games used hand geometry systems for secure access to the Olympic Village with 65,000 people enrolled. By the early 2000’s, biometric technology had become more efficient, more socially accepted and the solutions were no longer used exclusively by government and large corporations. The biometric boom: 2000 – 2022 2001: The Super Bowl in Tampa, Florida had a facial recognition system installed in an attempt to identify ‘wanted’ individuals in the stadium. 2003: The US Government’s National Science & Technology Council initiated a Subcommittee on Biometrics responsible for research, development, policy and international collaboration of biometric systems. 2008: Google enabled voice search in BlackBerry mobile version of Google Maps. 2010: US National Security used biometrics to identify a terrorist who took part in the planning of 9/11. 2011: Biometric facial  identification is used by the CIA to identify the body of Osama bin Laden. 2013: Apple launched ‘touch id’  fingerprint scanners on Iphones 2018: The first MasterCard biometric card was released combining chip technology and fingerprints to verify purchases. The future of biometrics From looking back at the history of biometrics, we can see that the technology has come a long way since the first humans left their prints on cave walls. Biometric identification technology has made rapid advances in the last few years alone.  A 2020 study found that facial recognition technology is as accurate as 99.97%. Governments across the world are adopting new biometric solutions for law enforcement, border patrol and developing countries are starting to close the identity gap with new identification technology in place. With the global biometrics market projected to reach $45 billion by 2027, innovation of these technologies is only likely to continue to skyrocket and where we stand now will also become a small step in the history of biometrics. At Arana Security, we always make sure we stay up to date with the latest developments in biometrics. Find out more about our products, from CCTV solutions, Biometric ID and Access Control to ANPR and Payment Card Solutions. 

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The emerging rise of biometric payment around the world in the education sector

Education and Biometrics The benefits of using biometrics technology to enhance and streamline life in education institutions are unlimited. Students can be given access to libraries, halls, laboratories, and secure sports areas at a granular level without the need for lanyards or access cards. Which inevitably get lost, stolen, or can be passed from one student to another. Entry using biometric information is safe, quick, secure, and Covid hygienic, as systems can be frictionless. Most importantly, personalised to the bits of a person different from another and their specific access needs. This type of authentication is also incredibly useful for paying for things, and we see more universities and colleges enabling biometrics authenticated transactions across their campuses. The Introduction of Biometric Payment Biometrics was first introduced to the world of payments in 2014 by Apple via Apple Pay. The technology giants’ customers could make payments simply by using fingerprints (and later facial recognition) on their smartphones. This technology is now widely accepted by most businesses while consumer adoption is growing. According to a published report by the Mercator Advisory Group, by 2024, 66% of smartphone owners will use biometrics for authentication, with consumers particularly valuing speed, security, and not having to remember passwords as the main reasons for adopting biometric authentication. This forecast is particularly striking when compared against a figure from only two years in 2019, which saw only 27% of consumers using biometrics to authenticate transactions. Last year, shopping heavyweight Amazon further stepped into the arena to introduce its palm scanning payment technology. The ‘Amazon One’ scanner is on trial in two of its Seattle stores and registers an image of the user\’s palm, letting them enter the store and pay by hovering their hand above it. A statement from the e-commerce giant explained that “palm recognition is considered more private than some biometric alternatives because you can’t determine a person’s identity by looking at an image of their palm.” The Use of Biometrics in Universities and Colleges This type of authentication software is also being introduced by some universities, colleges, and some schools as an important signal that they are ready to re-open campuses safely after the Covid 19 pandemic. Many students, parents, and employees need the reassurance of touchless technology to feel ready to embrace on-site learning again. Penair School in Truro, Cornwall is one of many secondary schools that has recently announced that it is moving towards a cashless canteen as part of plans to be more Covid-19 resilient. The business manager and Chief Finance Officer at the school, Ms. Hakin said: “We plan to introduce cashless catering to reduce the handling of cash and to speed up the flow of students through the dining hall as part of Covid 19 planning’. However, not all biometrics systems are seen as part of the solution, with fingerprint touch technology for many now posing too much of Covid contamination risk. In fact, the School Food Plan Alliance recently produced a school catering checklist (recommended by the Dfe) which suggests that fingerprint biometrics should only be used as a last resort. This is why Arana Security’s new Biometric technology BioWave offers ground-breaking new technology that is both security and health security. The new application provides a frictionless user experience with a completely touchless enrolment process. Arana Security\’s 3-in-1 solution The application offers a 3in 1 solution, with biometric access control, time attendance, and biometric payment managed from one portal. The system also allows you to have multiple locations on the same biometric payment/ access control system using Idemia’s ‘MorphoWave Compact’ or ‘VisionPass’ devices, which is perfect for multi-campus University sites, where students need to pay for a library book fine, their lunch, and items in the campus shops, for example.  BioWave offers full multiple sites and critical, non-touch biometric authentication. As the world of education slowly returns to on-site teaching and learning, students and staff will return expecting campuses to be COVID 19 safe. Offering convenient and seamless cashless and touchless biometric technology sends a strong message that education bosses take their customer health and security concerns seriously.  And in the competitive world of education, this cannot be underestimated. Biometric touchless technology, like Arana’s Security’s Bio Wave, offers the solution the education sector may be looking for.

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Arana Security develop new biometric payment application leveraging IDEMIA’s MorphoWave contactless fingerprint terminal

Biometric payment through a simple, contactless fingerprint scanning by the device Solution being tested by an international retail organization The current pandemic has increased the demand for biometric payment solutions for the banking and retail sector. However, fingerprint biometric solutions pose their own issues with hygiene. Arana Security developed an application to work alongside IDEMIA’s MorphoWave Compact to allow for contactless biometric payments. This solution offers an improved customer journey with an innovative, convenient and secure way to pay with just the wave of your hand. As an expert in biometric integrated solutions Arana Security strives to provide customers with high quality solutions. The recent growth in demand for contactless payment solutions forecasts tremendous potential for the solution around the world. In fact, new research by Fingerprints showed 56% of consumers would prefer biometric payment over PIN. With the introduction of mobile biometrics which accounts for 65% of mobile users, interest in the use of biometrics as a replacement for passwords has peaked. Consumers have been introduced to a ‘tap happy’ culture which they are now buying into. The benefits for companies using biometric payments would also include cost savings on physical cards, ID documents and administration costs. Arana Security chose to develop an application for IDEMIA’s MorphoWave™ Compact contactless fingerprint device as it enables fast, smooth and accurate verification of clients. MorphoWave™ Compact performs a 3D scan and verification of four fingerprints in less than one second, in a quick, easy and hygienic touchless hand wave gesture. Thanks to advanced algorithms based on Artificial Intelligence, the accuracy is very high, even with ageing fingers. This will allow customers to make a payment with the simple wave gesture. The solution simply works by linking a payment card or account to a registered user on the mobile application. The user will then need to be enrolled using the MorphoWave which then enables the customer identification to authorize this card-on-file payment. The enrolment process happens on the device itself within 30 seconds. By running this system on cloud services, Arana Security are able to offer multi-location enrolment and authentication, which makes this solution even more user friendly. The verification monitoring system can be used to overlook the verification of the users on the MorphoWave Compact from one simple portal. Ali Nasser, Sales Director of Arana security, has stated that the aim is to help financial institutions and retail organisations to have a safe environment amid the pandemic, and a sustainable payment solution for the foreseeable future. “We’ve worked closely with a reseller who is testing this new system with a Japanese retail organisation who require the system for their Shopping mall food courts based in several locations. We believe this system is crucial in helping retailers and financial institutions provide a safe and secure payment solution to their customers, all the while decreasing the chance of Fraud. It’ll definitely be a step in the right direction for many organisations.”

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Advancements in Biometric Payment Solution

Biometrics in the finance sector is already in use and recently managing to gain more trust from consumers as they get more used to using them as a method of authentication. Biometric solutions have existed in different applications and existing trend that was slowly being explored and adopted but the pandemic effect has caused an acceleration of implementation and even a higher level of acceptance by consumers. Biometric payment solutions is a more recent application of biometric technology and research has shown that 93% of consumers prefer biometrics over passwords when authorising payment. The biometrics industry was estimated to surpass $45 billion by 2024 but after COVID-19 and the accelerated demand for contactless technology its though to reach $70 billion by 2030. Using biometric technology as point of sale (POS) method to identify a consumer and authorise payment from their bank account will have benefits not only on individual customer experience but there are benefits for retailers. Making the payment process easier and smoother will reduce the number of abandoned carts due to forgotten passwords, and generally improving the customer experience. There are two main types of biometric payment technologies that are currently available as payment applications fingerprint scanning and palm scanner. While face recognition was considered as a viable solution with the current pandemic and mask-wearing it’s no longer a front runner as a solution as the accuracy and reliability are compromised with the usage of masks. Increasing security as well as providing convenience for both retailers and consumers a driving factor towards the adoption of biometric payment solutions. Fingerprint payment cards Biometric Payment cards will include within them a fingerprint sensor that will detect the fingerprint and match it to the one stored on the card’s chip. If it matches the payment will be authorised. The fingerprint is stored completely with the card and at no point does it leave the card so cannot be stolen or intercepted, making such a card much more secure than using a pin or signature to authorise payments. In addition to the security benefit there are further advantages of using such a technology; Payment cards can be set up easily even from home using a simple biometric scanning device Pins are not required Doesn’t require a battery Such cards will be compatible for use with existing contactless terminals as the authentication is happening within the card itself Currently, there are trials of such cards happening in Europe, so we may be seeing them appearing soon. 3D Fingerprint Scanners Recent technology such as the MorphoWave Compact by Idemia work by using 3D fingerprint imaging to increase accuracy. Idemia’s patented, touchless 3D fingerprint technology works by scanning four fingers in 3D for maximum accuracy, with one pass of the hand over the sensor. This allows for a fast transaction without compromise to security. Although, traditionally this technology is used for access control and time-attendance, Arana Security have developed a payment application compatible with the MorphoWave Compact to offer a touchless biometric payment solution. Palm scanner payment There are 2 slightly different technologies that come under palm scanners, both of which are not new technologies in themselves but the application as payment solutions is more recent. The first being scanner that detects the patterns and ridges on the surface of the palm which like a fingerprint is unique. It’s not the preferred method as the probability of getting a bad image and the inaccuracy of partial prints is not favoured. The more popular choice and seen to be more secure is the use of scanners that will detect the blood vessels just below the surface of the skin, also known as vein recognition biometrics. This network of vessels is unique to each person just like fingerprints. The main advantages of vein recognition are that it does not change with age as a face does, and not accessible to be copied by criminals. We can be certain that the future will involve more use of biometrics in different aspects of our lives. As the technology develops in its accuracy and as people increasingly look for convenience, the presence of biometric payment solutions will be welcomed by all.

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