China Ant Financial acquired US eye scan startup for $70 million
Chinese firm Ant Financial Group has acquired US eye scan startup EyeVerify for $70 million.
EyeVerify is founded in 2012. The Kansas City, Missouri-based company, has raised $13 million in funding from Wells Fargo, Samsung, Sprint and China Qihoo 360 and provides a secure mobile eye verification technology. Ant Financial is the payments affiliate of Alibaba Group. Businesses operated by Ant Financial include Alipay, Ant Fortune, Zhima Credit, MYbank and Ant Financial Cloud.
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