Last week at FindBiometrics we brought Time & Attendance Month to a close with that look at the technologies that are putting biometrics in front of end user on a daily basis. In the industry news section the big headlines were in the mobile sphere, while commerce, fingerprints and contactless modalities rounded out the week’s identity management notables. Here is a look back on the top stories from the last week of May 2015.
The Mobile Revolution
The biggest news story of the week was out of Japan, where mobile network operator NTT DOCOMO signed onto the FIDO Alliance board of directors, offering its 65 million mobile users post-password authentication alternatives. Throughout the week that story developed while Google I/O took place, bringing with it the announcement that Android M – the newest mobile OS from the tech giant – will feature native support for fingerprint sensors.
Catch up on the week’s hottest news by following the links below:
Nok Nok Integration Brings Biometrics To Android M
Smartphone’s Iris Scanner Powered By Delta ID
DOCOMO Embraces Qualcomm Biometric Platform
Android M Features Native Fingerprint Authentication
Oppo R7 Plus Fingerprint Biometrics Run on BioMatch
Biometrics and Commerce
Finance was the vertical market of the week in terms of industry news volume. A Saudi Arabian bank has turned to biometric ATMs, USAA announced AndroidPay support, and ICICI Bank in India embraced voice recognition to phone and mobile app operations. It wasn’t all adoption in the biometric commerce news, however, as China’s central bank opted to restrict facial recognition in the case of remote account creation.
USAA Takes Advantage of New Android Tech
China’s Central Bank Restricts Facial Recognition
ICICI Bank Customers to Enjoy Voice Authentication
Saudi Arabian Bank Looks to Advanced ATM Tech
Biometric Identification Cuts Welfare Fraud in Ireland
Fingerprint
Fingerprints were the most talked about modality this week, not necessarily due to both innovation and myriad business-centric operations, announcements and discussions. In the interviews section, FindBiometrics president Peter O’Neill interviewed Suprema’s Baudouin Genouville on the company’s recent releases. Meanwhile, BIO-key announced that it will be discussing its business at an investors conference taking place today, NEXT Biometrics posted its Q1 results and announced another major sensor order, while GenKey let us in on an upgrade to its FastAFIS solution.
ZKAccess also made the news last week, taking up the call to educate users on strong authentication by launching three credit course on biometric access control. Read on to see how fingerprint biometrics helped form last week’s biometrics discussion.
Interview: Suprema’s Baudouin Genouville
BIO-key to Discuss Business at Investors Conference
ZKAccess Launches Biometric Access Control Course
NEXT Posts Q1 Results, Remains Optimistic
Big New Order Boosts NEXT Revenues
GenKey Upgrades Biometric Matching SDK
Contactless
Face and iris solutions made the news last week too, with Iris ID having been selected to aid in an as of yet unnamed African nation’s elections process, and IriTech launching an enterprise level time and attendance solution marketed in India. In Scotland, the police admitted to the use of CCTV facial recognition while, in Portugal, Lisbon International Airport began piloting biometric security from Vision-Box.
African Nation Selects Iris ID for Election Tech
IriTech Launches Enterprise Attendance Tracking System
Police Scotland Admit to CCTV Facial Recognition Use
Lisbon International Airport Pilots Biometric Screening
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June 1, 2015 – by Peter B. Counter
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