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

MIT Researchers Advance Low-Power Speech Recognition

A team of MIT researchers have developed a speech recognition chip that they claim uses only 0.2 to 10 milliwatts of power for every full watt that a standard…

February 15, 2017

South African Mobile Provider Under Investigation for RICA Biometric Compliance Failures

Precise Biometrics Paints Picture of Challenging Market in Q4 Update

Precise Biometrics has announced its Q4 and year-end results for 2016, painting a picture of a company charging through a challenging market. For the quarter,…

February 15, 2017

Could This New Apple Patent Form The Backbone of In-Display Touch ID?

“When a finger touches the screen, the diodes detect how light interacts with the grooves of its surface, allowing for fingerprint imaging.” Apple has been…

February 14, 2017

Behavioral Biometrics Specialist Wins Canadian Government Contract

Nuance-BioCatch Partnership Reflects Rise of Behavioral Biometrics

“Nuance says the solution has already helped one major UK bank reduce account takeover by 59 percent within 30 days of its implementation…” Nuance is…

February 14, 2017

STC Group Announces Upgraded VoiceKey Solutions

STC Group has announced a new version of its VoiceKey platform (stylized “VoiceKey.PLATFORM”) featuring upgraded VoiceKey.AGENT and VoiceKey.FRAUD components.…

February 14, 2017

ROC Upgrades SDK and Officially Rebrands

IMID Integrated Into Symmetry Access Control Platform

FST Biometrics‘ IMID biometric identification system has been integrated into AMAG’s Symmetry access control platform. The move could significantly extend the…

February 14, 2017

Crossmatch DigitalPersona Composite Authentication is Now Citrix-Ready

“Crossmatch first announced its DigitalPersona Composite Authentication platform last autumn, calling it an IT security platform that ‘offers the optimal mix…

February 14, 2017

Applied Recognition Opens Ver-ID to Mobile Developers

Toronto-based Applied Recognition is enabling its Ver-ID biometric credential verification solution for iOS and Android applications. The company has announced…

February 13, 2017

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

MePIN Platform Gets Facial Recognition

MePIN/Meontrust Inc. has brought additional biometric security technology to its eponymous authentication platform. While MePIN already facilitated biometric…

February 13, 2017

Idemia Likely Winner of IRS Biometrics Contract After Compressed RFQ Process

Veridium Launches Multimodal Enterprise Solution Designed For Microsoft Active Directory

Veridium has taken the opportunity of this week’s RSA Conference to launch a new authentication solution for the enterprise. Called VeridiumAD, the platform is…

February 13, 2017

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