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Verifone brings biometric-capable payment devices to Australia
Paying for a morning coffee could soon be as easy as smiling at the payment device. Verifone, a leading provider of payment technology in Australia, has announced it is bringing biometric technology to the country.
The Verifone Victa suite of payment devices supports face and palm-vein biometric verification at the checkout. These capabilities extend the value of Victa beyond traditional payment acceptance by enabling more secure, frictionless identification of the consumer.
“ Australians are used to tapping a card or a phone to pay for the things they want and need. Paying with a smile is the next step: a checkout that is secure and connected,” said Kristy Gregory, Head of Strategic Partners, Verifone.“ Verifone’ s goal is to make the checkout experience faster, easier and safer for consumers and retailers. People already use biometrics to unlock phones, access apps and confirm payments online. We’ re giving customers that same choice at the point of sale.”
Biometric payment and loyalty check-in are optional features. Consumers enrol through a participating provider such as merchants, digital wallets, banks and others and provide required consent as part of that enrolment process. At checkout, an enrolled consumer actively selects the biometric option and presents their face or palm. The system processes the biometric capture and verifies the identity of the consumer from their enrolled biometric profile.
The enrolled biometric profile is managed by the service provider through which the consumer is enrolled. The merchant offers the biometric option alongside existing payment methods including card, phone and PIN payments, which remain available at the terminal.
BASF Agricultural Solutions invests in new Climate Centre at its headquarters to strengthen research capabilities
BASF Agricultural Solutions is investing a low double-digit million-euro amount in a new Climate Centre at its headquarters in Limburgerhof, Germany. The purposebuilt facility will strengthen the company’ s research and regulatory capabilities and support the generation of scientific data required for the registration of crop protection products worldwide.
Construction of the Climate Centre has already started and is scheduled to be completed in the first half of 2027. Once operational, the facility will house stateof-the-art climate chambers designed to provide precisely controlled environmental conditions for scientific studies. The investment responds to increasing regulatory requirements and rising demand for high-quality, Good
Laboratory Practice( GLP)-compliant ecotoxicology studies.
“ The new Climate Centre is much more than a research facility. It is a strategic investment that supports our ambition to combine world-class research with enhanced regulatory capabilities,” said Melanie Bausen- Wiens, Member of the Management Board of BASF Agricultural Solutions in charge of Technology.“ This will enable us to bring innovative solutions to the farmers more efficiently, responsibly and in line with evolving regulatory requirements.”
The new Climate Centre will provide highly controlled conditions for ecotoxicology studies. By precisely regulating factors such as temperature, humidity and light, the facility will enable reproducible and scientifically robust studies while enhancing planning reliability, data quality and capacity for a growing volume of studies.
Some of the climate chambers will be dedicated to insecticide research activities. Controlled environmental conditions are essential for producing insect populations used in early-stage screening and discovery programmes, helping to advance future crop protection innovations.
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