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Mobile Biometrics Can Improve KYC Self-Registration: Safran

Safran Identity and Security is urging companies to embrace mobile and biometric innovations for Know Your Customer and self-registration applications. A new…

July 28, 2016

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

FPC, Precise Biometrics Technologies Return in ZUK Z2 Rio

Lenovo is once again using Fingerprint Cards and Precise Biometrics technology for the biometric capabilities of a new ZUK smartphone. The ZUK Z2 Rio features…

July 28, 2016

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

Shift to Biometric Banking Occurring ‘Faster Than Anticipated’: ABI Research

The shift to biometric banking “is occurring faster than initially anticipated,” according to ABI Research Industry Analyst Dimitrios Pavlakis. In a new…

July 28, 2016

Kansas Bureau of Investigation Completes ~$7M ABIS Upgrade

Qualcomm Licenses Precise Biometrics Tech

“…Precise Biometrics CEO Håkan Persson called Qualcomm Technologies ‘a leader in the mobile industry,’ adding that the partnership ‘will help further…

July 28, 2016

South African Mobile Provider Under Investigation for RICA Biometric Compliance Failures

Biometrics Expert Helps Police Spoof Fingerprints for Smartphone Access

Police in the US have successfully spoofed a murder victim’s fingerprints in order to gain access to his smartphone. It’s result of a collaboration recently…

July 28, 2016

Gionee Sticks with Precise Biometrics Software for Mobile Biometrics

Precise Biometrics software is being used to power the biometric scanning capabilities of Gionee’s latest pair of smartphones. Called the M6 and M6 plus, the…

July 27, 2016

Mastercard Introduces Biometric-Based Identity Check for Enhanced Security in South Africa

Ghana Development Official Voices Concern About Decentralized Biometric ID Efforts

The head of Ghana’s National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Prof. Kwesi Botchwey, is decrying the decentralized nature of biometric identification in…

July 27, 2016

US Marine Corps Contract Mobile Biometric Identification Tech

The United States Marine Corps is going to start using biometric identification technology provided by Aware, Inc. Announcing the contract in a statement,…

July 27, 2016

Xiaomi Maintains FPC, Precise Biometrics Tech in Redmi Line

“Xiaomi is one of the smartphone OEMs singled out in FPC’s latest corporate update as a key client for the company…” China-based smartphone OEM Xiaomi keeps…

July 27, 2016

Responding to Demand, Jenetric Expedites Sensor Into Production

Germany-based Jenetric has rushed its LiveTouch quattro fingerprint sensor into production. In a statement announcing the move, the company emphasized the…

July 27, 2016

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