Austria Extends EU Entry-Exit System Contract to 2029 After Decade of Delays
Austria’s Federal Ministry of the Interior has extended its contract for the national implementation of the EU Entry-Exit System (EES) by three years, pushing…
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Sweden Awards 27.2M SEK ABIS Contract to Thales Subsidiary
Sweden’s Migration Agency, Migrationsverket, has awarded a contract worth 27.2 million SEK (approximately $2.5 million USD) for a new Automated Biometric…
Norfolk Constabulary Scans 50,000 Faces in First Live Facial Recognition Deployment
Norfolk Constabulary scanned 50,000 faces and identified two suspects in its first live facial recognition deployment in Norwich, as UK police LFR use…
Fime EMEA Lab Gains EMVCo Recognition for Biometric Payment Card Sensor Testing
Fime’s EMEA lab gains EMVCo recognition to test fingerprint sensors for biometric payment cards, supporting the shift from pilot deployments to commercial…
Wink and Vouched Integrate Biometric Proof of Personhood Into AI Agent Workflows
Wink and Vouched integrate multi-modal biometrics into AI agent workflows, creating verifiable human consent chains for agentic commerce transactions.
NIST Releases 10,000-Print Dataset and Open-Source Quality Software for Fingerprint Examiners
NIST releases 10,000 annotated fingerprints and open-source quality assessment software to train fingerprint matching systems and forensic examiners.
Apple Introduces Age Verification for UK iPhone Users With iOS 26.4
Apple requires UK iPhone users to verify their age via credit card or ID scan with iOS 26.4, automatically restricting features for unverified or underage…
Merseyside Police Make First Arrests Using Live Facial Recognition in Birkenhead
Merseyside Police arrested two men in Birkenhead using live facial recognition for the first time, adding to the rapid expansion of LFR across UK police forces.
Singapore Rolls Out Facial Recognition for Motorcyclists at Woodlands Checkpoint
Singapore’s ICA will deploy facial recognition at Woodlands Checkpoint motorcycle lanes from March 31, replacing fingerprints after trials with 150,000 riders.
Indian Fintech Firm Enables Biometric Authentication for UPI Payments
CRED launches Face ID and fingerprint authentication for UPI payments up to Rs 5,000 in India, developed with NPCI as an alternative to PIN-based verification.