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Gionee W909 Features FPC Fingerprint Sensor

Fingerprint Cards and Precise Biometrics’ technologies are once again powering the fingerprint scanning capabilities of a new smartphone from China-based OEM…

March 29, 2016

Amazon Looks to Ramp Up Biometric Payments With Promotional Offer

Samsung Pay Has Launched in China

Samsung Pay has at last launched in China. The mobile payment service was launched this week in cooperation with China UnionPay, the country’s sole domestic…

March 29, 2016

iProov Provides Liveness Detection for Caribbean Identity Start-up

Chinese Researchers Unveil Face-Scanning Police Vehicle

Chinese researchers have developed a police car that can automatically scan pedestrians’ faces in search of a match against criminal databases. Developed by a…

March 29, 2016

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

Mobey Forum Findings Illustrate Mainstreaming of Biometrics in FinTech

Biometric technology is going mainstream in the world of banking and payments, says Morpho (Safran). In a statement on its website, the company highlighted the…

March 29, 2016

South African Mobile Provider Under Investigation for RICA Biometric Compliance Failures

Innovatrics Launches AFIS Platform

Slovakia-based biometric technology developer Innovatrics has announced the launch of its Automated Fingerprint Identification System. The Innovatrics AFIS has…

March 29, 2016

eBay Is The First e-Commerce Company To Directly Achieve FIDO Certification

eBay has joined the FIDO Alliance, the company announced Tuesday. Joining a legion of other Alliance members in the common goal of bringing strong online…

March 29, 2016

Iris And Face Biometrics Could Be Coming to the iPhone

Apple may be planning its first serious departure from its usual iPhone design with a new device planned for 2017, according to a note obtained by AppleInsider…

March 28, 2016

Biometric Security to Help Fuel Digital Wallet Transactions: Juniper Research

Financial Institutions Are Investing in Tech Companies With an Eye for mPayments

Market research firm Technavio has named its top vendors in the area of mobile payment services. They are very big names: Amazon Payments, HP, IBM, MasterCard,…

March 28, 2016

Is Apple Preparing Apple Pay for Mobile Websites?

Rumor has it that Apple is preparing to bring its mPayment platform to mobile websites. While Apple Pay started as a mobile payment platform allowing…

March 28, 2016

Kansas Bureau of Investigation Completes ~$7M ABIS Upgrade

ICE Agents to be Equipped with NEC Mobile Identification Solution

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, commonly known as ICE, has a powerful new tool at its disposal in its work securing US borders against illegal entry.…

March 28, 2016

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