EghtesadOnline: Bank Mellat has now made facial recognition available as an option for unlocking its mobile banking app to become the first bank to offer this capability in the Iranian banking system.

EghtesadOnline: Apple Inc. unveiled its most comprehensive new iPhone line up to date, introducing three new models to take on growing competition from Samsung Electronics Co., Google and a host of Chinese smartphone makers.

EghtesadOnline: As of early fall, it was clearer than ever that production problems meant Apple Inc. wouldn’t have enough iPhone Xs in time for the holidays. The challenge was how to make the sophisticated phone—with advanced features such as facial recognition—in large enough numbers.