Singapore Schools to Connect Student Accounts to Fingerprints
“…a student could walk into a cafeteria, choose a lunch meal, and pay by tapping a Touché screen, with no need for connected devices or payment cards.”…
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Arrow Electronics Signs On for IoT-Focused Distribution Agreement with NEXT
“The agreement will place a particular focus on the emerging Internet of Things market, with NEXT Biometrics promoting SDKs and reference designs for bringing…
Mobile Biometric Payments Are Continuing To Evolve
It’s now a more-or-less normal thing to be able to buy something by holding your phone near a payment terminal and scanning your finger to confirm the…
Report Gives Insight Into iPhone 8’s Face Matching Speed
The iPhone 8’s facial recognition system will allow it to “deeply sense a user’s face in the millionths of a second,” according to a new report in The Korea…
Novetta Weighs in on Amazon Rekognition’s Biometric Capabilities
Novetta is weighing in on the facial recognition capabilities of Amazon Rekognition. Unveiled late last year, Amazon Rekognition is Amazon’s machine learning…
New Barclays App Feature Lets Users Send Money Transfers By Asking Siri
“…Siri represents a useful technological tool to enhance the bank’s appeal to customers who have iPhones and iPads.” Barclays has become the first bank in the…
Actors in Training to Use Zwipe Access Solution at Rose Bruford College
Zwipe‘s biometric access control card has been deployed at Rose Bruford College, a high-profile dramatic arts school based in London. The system was deployed…
iSign International Gets Well-Connected Advisor
Biometric signature specialist iSign International has signed up a new member of its Advisory Board who could help to extend the company’s reach. The new…
South Africa-Based Priority Group Holdings To Market And Sell Zwipe Access Biometric Cards
Zwipe has found a new distributor in the southern African market. The company has announced that South Africa-based Priority Group Holdings will market and…
Rebranded UK Gov’t Advisory Body to Consider Biometrics Ethics
The UK’s National DNA Database Ethics Group has been renamed the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group (BFEG), and will have an expanded focus. The…