Uber, Lyft Threaten to Leave Maryland Over Biometric Background Checks
“The legislation is set to take effect December 15th, but the Maryland Public Service Commission will hold hearings on the matter starting this Thursday, with…
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Fujitsu to Offer Vascular Biometric Security for SAP Customers
Fujitsu has sealed a deal to offer its vascular biometric authentication technology for SAP IT systems. The company has signed on to a global reseller…
NEXT Biometrics Wins Third Order for Flexible Smart Card Sensors
“One hundred fifty thousand sensors will start shipping to the client in the latter half of next year, with plans to add another 200,000 after that.” NEXT…
NEXT Biometrics to Show Off Smart Card Tech at Trustech
NEXT Biometrics is going to take the opportunity of the upcoming Trustech 2016 conference to show off its biometric smart card technology, the company has…
Israeli Bank to Introduce Passive Mobile Behavioral Authentication
“The system continuously monitors behavioral metrics including a user’s finger size and the pressure of the user’s touch to enable passive authentication…” An…
Theme Park Swaps Tickets for Facial Biometrics
A Chinese theme park is replacing tickets with facial recognition, reports The Verge. The park is actually a 1300-year-old town called Wuzhen, and its historic…
BIO-key Signs Up Big New Japan-Based Distributor
BIO-key has signed up a big new distributor in the APAC region. Called Shinden Hightex Corporation, it’s a Japan-based electronic components seller…
Huawei Extends Mate 9 Brand, Sticks With FPC For Biometrics
“[The Huawei Mate 9 Lite] features an FPC1025 sensor, while the Porsche Design and Pro devices each have an FPC1268 embedded under their front glass faces.”…
Neurotechnology’s Smart Card Solution Passes MINEX III Test
Lithuania-based biometrics specialist Neurotechnology has put its MegaMatcher On Card algorithm through a major test. The algorithm software was submitting to…
News Roundup: The Year in Review is Upon Us
Last week at FindBiometrics we launched our 2016 biometrics industry Year in Review Survey as Financial Biometrics Month continued with a look at emerging…