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Top tech stats: Biometric banking, Scottish tech optimism and much more

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Welcome to your round up of some of the past week’s most interesting surveys, statistics and reports relevant to those involved in the UK tech industry.

This week we bring you stats relating to biometric banking, Scottish tech growth, artificial intelligence and much more.

Biometric banking

56% of people online would prefer to use a biometric security method over traditional options like passwords to log into their financial accounts online, according to research from Equifax.

The online survey found that a third of people would prefer to use fingerprint recognition as a security method to access their accounts.

However, nearly two thirds of respondents with a bank account are currently unable to use fingerprint recognition to manage their finances, and 68% are unable to use voice recognition....