Mastercard to allow selfies for payments
Credit card firm Mastercard has confirmed it will accept selfie photos and fingerprints as an alternative to passwords when verifying IDs for online payments.
It follows a trial of the software carried out in the US and Netherlands last year.
The company told the BBC that 92% of its test subjects preferred the new system to passwords.
One expert said that such biometric checks had the potential to cut fraud.
However, some security researchers have questioned how easy it might be to spoof the system.
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Supermarkets shy away from 'stay in EU' letter
The bosses of some of Britain’s top companies, including budget airline easyJet, defence contractor BAE Systems and oil group Shell, have signed a letter in support of the UK remaining inside the European Union.
The letter is signed by the chair or chief executive of about a third of the businesses on the FTSE 100 index of Britain’s largest stockmarket-listed companies.
However, there are some notable absentees from the list, including Tesco and Sainsbury’s. Rival supermarket chain Morrisons, which dropped out of the FTSE in 2015, also declined to sign the letter, which was compiled by City PR boss Roland Rudd.
The supermarket chains, which declined to back either side in the Scottish referendum, said the choice of whether to stay in the EU was one for the British people.
Source: The Guardian
Sainsbury’s allowed more time for Argos chase
Sainsbury’s has been given until 18 March to consider whether it will return with a new bid for Home Retail Group, the owner of Argos, after its takeover attempt was gatecrashed by South Africa’s Steinhoff International.
The supermarket sought an extension of the so-called "put up or shut up" deadline, previously set by City regulators for Tuesday 23 February, after Steinhoff tabled a surprise bid for Home Retail late on Friday.
Shares in Home Retail Group soared 13% to 173.7p on Monday as several retail analysts said they expected Sainsbury’s to at least match Steinhoff’s £1.42bn cash bid, worth 175p a share.
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