Government Biometrics Month 2018: The Ascent of Biometric Border Control
Biometric border control is not a new concept. At its most basic level, in fact, border control has always been biometric, with authorities comparing…
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Government Biometrics Month: The Primer
The government sector has long been a key driver – if not the key driver – of the biometrics market. But with biometric technologies having advanced by leaps…
Biometric Border System Busts Impostor On Third Day of Operation: CBP
The US Customs and Border Protection agency is using a recent bust to highlight the advantages of its escalating use of facial recognition technology at US…
Apple Patent Describes Biometrically Secured Mobile Passports
A new Apple patent suggests the company is considering the idea of letting users put their passports into their virtual Apple wallets. As AppleInsider reports,…
INTERVIEW: Caryn Seidman Becker, Co-Founder and CEO, CLEAR
The biometric border control market has been growing for nearly 20 years, with recent innovations in strong authentication technologies spurring impressive…
New Biometric Screening Requirements Take Effect in Canada
Today, July 31, 2018, marks the official start of Canada’s expanded biometric border screening program that mandates all European, African and Middle Eastern…
Veridos to Provide ePassports, Border eGates to Bangladesh in €340M Contract
Veridos has won a 12-year, €340 million contract to provide the Bangladeshi government with next-generation passport and border control solutions, the company…
SmartCore Upgrades Airport Kiosks with Integrated Biometrics Tech
South Korea-based SmartCore has upgraded its biometric airport kiosks at Seoul’s Incheon International Airport. The kiosks now feature fingerprint scanning…
CLEAR Network Extends to Phoenix
“Phoenix Sky International Airport has become the 25th airport in the US to support CLEAR…” CLEAR‘s biometric passenger screening system has landed in Phoenix,…
Vancouver Airport’s Biometric Kiosk Solution Flies to Europe
“Developed by YVR’s independent business unit, Innovative Travel Solutions (ITS), it’s designed to let travelers perform their own passenger processing at…