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Vivo X9S & X9S Plus Each Feature an FPC1245 Fingerprint Sensor

Fingerprint Cards technology is being used in a new pair of smartphones from Vivo: The X9S and X9S Plus each feature an FPC1245 fingerprint sensor. Vivo is a…

July 7, 2017

Pakistan Mandates Biometric Screening at Airports

Confused Messaging on Israeli Biometric IDs Leads to Delays at Airport, Ministry Offices

Israel’s implementation of a national biometric ID program is causing serious delays at the country’s main airport, reports Haaretz. Israel’s legislature, the…

July 7, 2017

Trinidad and Tobago to Implement e-Passports, Digital Travel Forms

Gemalto Offers Further Details on French Biometric Airport Deployments

Gemalto is offering further details on its biometric passenger screening projects at the Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Paris-Orly airports as they start to get…

July 7, 2017

IDEMIA Renews Fingerprint Contract With State of Indiana

FPC to Announce Q2 Results on July 21

Fingerprint Cards will issue its second quarter fiscal update on July 21st, the company has announced. The report is eagerly anticipated. While FPC has seen a…

July 7, 2017

TSA PreCheck Reaches Five-Million Mark

“It comes after the implementation of new initiatives to extend the program’s reach, including an expansion into concert and festival screening, and the…

July 7, 2017

Fujitsu Deploys Improved Face and Palm Recognition Tech in Contactless Concept Store

Frost & Sullivan Recognizes NEC Public Safety Efforts in APAC

NEC has received the 2017 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Integrated Biometrics Solutions for Public Safety Leadership Award. In a statement announcing the award…

July 7, 2017

Behavioral Biometrics Startup Sardine Partners with Experian

Microsoft Has Launched Its Biometric Keyboard

Microsoft’s biometric keyboard launched in the US this week. Called the Microsoft Modern Keyboard with Fingerprint ID, the device’s frame is aluminum, making…

July 6, 2017

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

Baidu & Conexant Team Up To Offer Far-Field Voice Interaction Dev Kits

Baidu and Conexant have teamed up to offer development kits for the integration of far-field voice interaction for AI systems. Available starting this week,…

July 6, 2017

Kaspersky Lab Unearths Dark Web e-Shop that Sells Stolen Digital Identities

Samsung Flow Update Allows For Windows PC Login Via Galaxy Biometrics

Owners of Samsung’s Galaxy S6, S7, and S8 smartphones can now use their fingerprint scanners to unlock their Windows 10 PCs and laptops. The functionality…

July 6, 2017

FacePhi Enters Partnership With ICBC

“The agreement should further raise FacePhi’s profile in the financial services sector in which it specializes…” FacePhi has a new client, and it may be its…

July 6, 2017

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