Japanese Authorities Initiate Biometric Border Screening with Panasonic Tech
Government authorities in Japan have opted to use Panasonic technology to implement facial recognition for border security at a major airport in the country.…
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NEC Australia to Upgrade Facial Recognition Platform with Triangulation Capabilities Thanks to New Partnership
NEC Australia is enhancing its NeoFace facial recognition platform in Australia with the integration of technology from CrowdOptic, a Silicon Valley firm…
Iris Authentication Brings Digital ID to Gentex’s New Concept Car
Cutting-edge automotive technology from Gentex is being showcased in a new vehicle concept from Rinspeed. The latter company specializes in issuing provocative…
Discover’s Mobile App Now Supports Face ID Login
Discover has become the latest financial services institution to embrace Face ID for user login on its mobile app. The move means that Discover cardholders and…
Vivo Will Be The First Smartphone to Use Clear ID
Synaptics’ in-display fingerprint sensor technology is going to be used first in a Vivo smartphone. The news comes just a few days after Synaptics’…
Gemalto Rejects Atos Offer
Gemalto is fighting tooth and nail against a hostile takeover attempt from Atos, a France-based IT services firm. Atos came forward with an offer of EUR 46 for…
Year in Review 2017: The Advent of In-Display Fingerprint Sensors
While 2017’s mobile biometrics story of the year is probably Apple’s Face ID system – at least as far as media attention goes – another one has been developing…
Apple Invests in Face ID’s Future
Apple is going all in on 3D facial recognition with a new investment of $390 million in Finisar, the second-biggest supplier of vertical-cavity…
Chinese Authorities Implement Mass Collection of Biometrics in Uyghur Region
Chinese authorities are in the process of a mass collection of biometric data from the residents of a region with a high population of the Uyghur minority…
Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Nigeria’s CreditRegistry Services Implementation of Biometrics
“What really makes the CRS credit risk software platform stand out is the fact that it is scalable and is able to support large enterprises and millions of…