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South African Mobile Provider Under Investigation for RICA Biometric Compliance Failures

RCMP Scanner Malfunction Highlights Importance of Biometric Background Check Tech

Having been out of operation for about a week, the Whitehorse RCMP’s fingerprint scanner has now been repaired and is back in business. It isn’t clear what…

January 29, 2016

Lawrence County, SD, Embraces PortalGuard Security

Biometric Padlock Exceeds Crowdfunding Goal

There’s a new crowdfunded biometric security solution for consumers. Called TappLock, it’s essentially a padlock that uses a fingerprint sensor instead of a…

January 29, 2016

Saudi Arabia to Deploy Iris Biometrics at its Borders

Bovine Biometrics to Help Indian Farmers

Surat-based Biomatiques Identification Solutions has developed a retina scanning system for cows. It’s the product of an Andhra Pradesh state initiative…

January 29, 2016

Biometrics Year in Review: The Maturity of Consumer Biometrics

The end of January is here, which means it’s time to get on with 2016. We’ve spent all month here at FindBiometrics looking back on 2015—one of the biggest…

January 29, 2016

Wacom Launches eSignature App for iOS, Android

Wacom has launched a new eSignature app for iOS and Android. Called Sign Pro PDF, the system is designed to facilitate fast and cheap electronic signature…

January 28, 2016

Kansas Bureau of Investigation Completes ~$7M ABIS Upgrade

Singapore to Implement Biometric Screening at All Points of Entry

The Singapore government will soon implement fingerprint scanning on all individuals entering the country, whether by land, sea, or air. The announcement came…

January 28, 2016

New Partnership Aims to Bring On-Device Image Recognition to Android Smartphones

Google is teaming up with computer vision specialist Movidius to bring enhanced image recognition to its Android smartphones. The partnership will see Google…

January 28, 2016

Illuma Labs Secures $9M in Series A Funding to Enhance Voice Authentication and Combat Emerging Fraud Threats

Google Capital Backs Pindrop in Latest Financing Round

Call-based fraud prevention specialist Pindrop has raised another considerable sum in investment. The company has announced that its Series C funding round…

January 28, 2016

Republic Bank Offers Touch ID, Eyeprint ID Security for Mobile App

Kentucky’s Republic Bank has enabled two different biometric login options for its mobile banking app. One of the new password replacement options is the…

January 28, 2016

Behavioral Biometrics Specialist Wins Canadian Government Contract

NuDetect Wins Judges’ Choice Distinction at 2016 Pay Awards

NuData Security’s NuDetect behavioral biometrics platform has won a Judges’ Choice award in the 2016 Pay Awards. This was the tenth year of the Pay Awards,…

January 28, 2016

Partners

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Unico is a global identity network that forges trust between people & companies. We identify people globally so they can have safe, efficient and private digital access to services around the world. Unico is present in over 20 countries, and serves 165 million users with over 1.5 billion identity verifications every year. We are the leading global identity network. www.unico.io

Innovatrics is an EU-based provider of trusted biometric solutions for governments and enterprises. Our algorithms consistently rank among the fastest and most accurate in fingerprint, face, and iris recognition. Since 2004, we have partnered with all types of organisations to build trusted and flexible biometric identification solutions. Our solutions are used in more than 80 countries, benefiting over a billion people worldwide. www.innovatrics.com

Identity Week aims to be a significant identity industry catalyst. It’s our mission is to help accelerate the move towards a world where trusted identity solutions enable governments and commercial organisations to provide citizens, employees, customers and consumers with a multitude of opportunities to transact in a seamless, yet secure manner. All the while preventing the efforts of those intent on doing harm. identityweek.net

The Biometric Digital Identity Prism is a market landscape framework designed to help influencers and decision makers understand, innovate, and implement digital identity technologies and solutions. This innovative framework for understanding and evaluating the rapidly evolving biometric digital identity marketplace is the only market model that is truly biometric-centric based on the foundational conviction that in the age of digital transformation the only true, reliable link between humans and their digital data is biometrics. www.the-prism-project.com