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Idemia Likely Winner of IRS Biometrics Contract After Compressed RFQ Process

Bio-Metrica Announces Biometric Identification System

Florida-based Bio-Metrica has announced a new biometric enrollment and identification system. Called BIS (‘Biometric Identification System’), it’s based on the…

November 4, 2016

Biometrics News - Invixium Looks to Expand with $3.5 Million in CIBC Financing

BFSI Biometrics to See CAGR of Almost 20 Percent Through 2020: Technavio

Technavio expects strong growth for the BFSI biometrics market. In a new report, the market research firm predicts growth of almost 20 percent for the next…

November 4, 2016

Biometrics News - Qualcomm and BOE to Develop Biometric Finger-scanning Displays

Huawei Mate 9 Features FPC1025 Sensor

Fingerprint Cards has announced another new smartphone integration with Huawei. The FPC1025 fingerprint sensor is being used in the new Huawei Mate 9. The new…

November 4, 2016

ROC Upgrades SDK and Officially Rebrands

WATCH: Samsung SDS America Addresses FinServ Biometrics Concerns

On November 2, 2016, our sister site Mobile ID World and Samsung SDS America hosted the online biometric FinServ event of the year, FinServ in the New Age of…

November 4, 2016

Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Hack Raises Privacy Concerns Over AI and Facial Recognition

Facial Recognition-Fooling Glasses Allow Researchers to Change Identities

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a new method of fooling facial recognition software that requires nothing more than a pair of glasses,…

November 4, 2016

Pakistan Mandates Biometric Screening at Airports

Aadhaar Biometric Screening Coming to Bangalore Airport

Aadhaar, India’s pioneering national biometric ID program, is expanding its presence in air travel security. As The Economic Times reports, the Bangalore…

November 3, 2016

Saudi Arabia to Deploy Iris Biometrics at its Borders

EyeLock Iris Scanner Integrated Into AMAG’s Symmetry Access Control Platform

EyeLock LLC has teamed up with a new software partner. It’s now part of security solutions provider AMAG Technology’s Symmetry Preferred Partner Program. What…

November 3, 2016

Behavioral Biometrics Specialist Wins Canadian Government Contract

Behavioral Biometrics Platform Gets Upgrade

BioCatch has launched a new version of its flagship behavioral biometrics platform. The company’s eponymous BioCatch 2.0 now sports improved scalability,…

November 3, 2016

Kansas Bureau of Investigation Completes ~$7M ABIS Upgrade

Smartphone Companies Working Toward In-Display Sensors

Leading companies in the smartphone biometrics industry are hard at work trying to bring fingerprint sensors into the glass displays of mobile devices. As…

November 3, 2016

Microsoft Lists FPC as Approved Windows Hello Technology Vendor

Precise Biometrics Gets New CFO

Precise Biometrics has appointed a new CFO. Göran Thuresson will take the position starting November 9th. Thuresson joins the company from a position as CFO at…

November 3, 2016

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