ekin Patrol Police Vehicle Can Scan Plates, Speeds, and Faces
Turkey-based smart city solutions provider ekin Technology has announced a new kind of smart vehicle for law enforcement applications. Called ekin Patrol, it’s…
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Kenya’s GTBank Implements Touch ID Login
Kenya’s GTBank has implemented fingerprint based login on its mobile banking app. The biometric authentication capability comes by way of the Touch ID…
Mobile Biometrics Boom ‘Accelerating’ in Financial Services: Report
The mobile biometrics boom is underway and just getting started, at least when it comes to financial services. That’s the analysis of Goode Intelligence in a…
News Roundup: Biometrics in Africa
Last week at FindBiometrics we brought a close to Voice Biometrics 2016 with the latest entry in our renowned expert webinar series. The identity industry had…
Apple Pay Wins Support of Singapore Banks
Only a little more than a month after launching in Singapore with only American Express support, Apple Pay now has five of the country’s major banks on board.…
Multimodal Biometrics to Gain ‘Widespread Acceptance’ by 2020: Technavio
Market research firm Technavio sees growth in the cards for the ‘global advanced authentication market’. In a new report, the firm predicts a CAGR of 17…
As Smart Home Hub, Siri Might Recognize Your Face
Apple is working on its own version of the Amazon Echo, and it could include a facial recognition capability, according to new leaks. Like the Echo, Apple’s…
Report Assesses Nascent LAMEA Automotive Biometric Access System Market
A new report from KBV Research is pointing to signs of life for the automotive biometric access system market in the LAMEA region. The report’s authors suggest…
How Hundreds of Terror Suspects’ Biometric Profiles Were Deleted
A new report from the UK’s Biometrics Commissioner is highlighting the complexities of managing biometric data. In the particular case of Alastair MacGregor…
New Acer 2-in-1 Brings Biometrics to Budget Computing
Acer has announced two new budget-priced notebooks, and one of them features a fingerprint sensor. The devices are actually two-in-one tablet-based notebooks,…