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Fujitsu Deploys Improved Face and Palm Recognition Tech in Contactless Concept Store

Hitachi’s New System Identifies Based on Face, Attire, Age, Sex, and More

Hitachi has announced a new video surveillance system designed to be able to track individuals based not only on their faces, but what they’re wearing, their…

March 27, 2017

Biometrics News - The Next Apple Watch, Face-Scanning TVs, and a '3D Map of the World'

QiSQi Offers Multimodal Phone for Police, Border Officials

“MABIS’s fingerprint, facial, and iris recognition technologies are all managed through a BioSSL software platform…” UK-based QiSQi Identification Solutions…

March 27, 2017

New Report Forecasts Booming Identity Verification Market

Secure Technology Alliance White Paper Covers the Mobile Authentication Revolution

Fresh off its rebrand from the “Smart Card Alliance”, the Secure Technology Alliance has announced a new white paper tackling the mobile authentication. Aptly…

March 27, 2017

ROC Upgrades SDK and Officially Rebrands

Aadhaar Can’t Be Mandatory for Welfare Access: Supreme Court

India’s Supreme Court has ruled that the country’s national biometric ID program cannot be made mandatory for access to social subsidies. The ruling is a…

March 27, 2017

Trinidad and Tobago to Implement e-Passports, Digital Travel Forms

Biometric Passenger Screening Coming to UK’s Heathrow Airport

Heathrow Airport and British Airways are preparing to introduce automated passenger processing based on biometric facial recognition. The system will be…

March 27, 2017

News Roundup: Mobile Biometrics Evolution

Last week at FindBiometrics we prepared for our first expert webinar of 2017, From Revolution to Evolution: The New Mobile Biometrics Landscape, scheduled for…

March 27, 2017

Illuma Labs Secures $9M in Series A Funding to Enhance Voice Authentication and Combat Emerging Fraud Threats

You Can Place Amazon Prime Now Orders Via Voice Command

Amazon’s voice-based AI assistant, Alexa, can now place orders through Amazon’s Prime Now shopping service. Just by asking (or demanding), Alexa users can…

March 24, 2017

Apple Gains Support For Mobile Wallet in US, China, and Australia

Apple has extended support for its biometrically secured wallet among financial institutions in the US, China, and Australia. Apple Pay got its biggest…

March 24, 2017

Ford Files Patent for Facial Recognition Vehicle Entry System with Backup Authentication

Netverify Authentication System Adopted by Free2Move

Jumio has announced that its Netverify authentication system will be used by Free2Move, a Europe-based mobile app designed to aggregate car-sharing services…

March 24, 2017

NEC Helped Support INTERPOL Cybercrime Training

“Announcing its participation in a statement, NEC says it provided “information for analysis” and “an analysis environment for the investigation,” and showed…

March 24, 2017

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