NEC Fiscal Update Shows COVID-19 Impact and Tentative Recovery
“Looking ahead, NEC anticipates what it described as “New Normal demand” for things like contactless technology and remote work solutions…” NEC Corporation has…
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Council of Europe Asks Countries to Prohibit Face-based Profiling Technology
The Council of Europe is asking national lawmakers to implement much stricter facial recognition regulations. To that end, the organization has released a set…
Canadian Civil Rights Organization Calls for Temporary Facial Recognition Ban
A Canadian civil rights organization is calling for a temporary ban on the use of facial recognition in the country. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association…
CyberLink Continues to Climb NIST Rankings
CyberLink is once again celebrating a strong performance in the NIST’s Facial Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT). The company’s FaceMe algorithm achieved a top-six…
WhatsApp for Business Gets Third Party Voice Authentication
Biometric solutions provider ID R&D and Wittybots by SimpleTech, a robotic process automation (RPA) and conversation management platform, have announced the…
Onfido Provides Biometric Onboarding Tech for MANGOPAY
Onfido will be outfitting MANGOPAY with face-based identity verification technology. MANGOPAY operates an end-to-end payment platform that allows businesses to…
BioCatch Pushes for Behavioral Biometrics on Mobile Banking Channels
BioCatch is encouraging financial institutions to use behavioral biometrics to secure their mobile banking platforms. The company noted that mobile banking…
Entrust Survey Shows Consumers Will Trade Personal Information for Better Service
Entrust has released the results of a survey that suggests that consumers are not terribly consistent when it comes to data security. The survey specifically…
French Bank Delivers First Sign of 2021’s Biometric Payment Card Commercialization
“BNP Paribas’s biometric payment card was developed by Thales, which obtained Visa certification for its solution last summer.” The first sign of a major,…
AZ-N1 SoC Solution Supports Small Device Biometrics
Atlazo has unveiled a new System-on-Chip (SoC) solution designed specifically for tiny devices. The first-generation AZ-N1 is built with an Axon I processor…