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According to new research, consumers are nearly twice as likely to trust banks to store and keep their biometric information safe than they are to trust government agencies. In our lead story we take a closer look at the findings.

This biometric trend is evident in the UK where Lloyds has just implemented fingerprint ID into its mobile banking app. Customers at Lloyds, Halifax and the Bank of Scotland will now be able to log into mobile banking using their thumb prints.

Elsewhere in the newsletter, London fintech startup Curve has picked up another $3m in funding and Barclays has signed contracts with six of the fintech startups that just graduated from its second New York accelerator programme.

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It’s banks, not government agencies, that the British people trust to deliver biometric authentication payment services, says a new Visa study.

Company card killer Pleo has raised $3m in new funding as it prepares for public launch in the UK and Denmark.

Lloyds has launched biometric finger print authentication for mobile banking.

Barclays has signed contracts with six of the fintech startups that just graduated from its second New York accelerator programme.