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Articles tagged with COVID-19

Touch ID May Come to the Apple Watch: Report

According to a report from Israeli news site The Verifier, a future version of the Apple Watch is set to feature Touch ID for biometric authentication, as well…

April 1, 2020

IDEMIA Renews Fingerprint Contract With State of Indiana

Precise Biometrics Sees Higher Sales, Profit in 2019 Annual Report

Precise Biometrics has issued its Annual Report for 2019, outlining what its CEO calls “an eventful year”. In the broadest financial terms, it appears to have…

April 1, 2020

South African Mobile Provider Under Investigation for RICA Biometric Compliance Failures

Daon Makes Biometric Employee Access Control Free for All New Customers

Daon has become the latest company to offer free identity verification services during the COVID-19 pandemic, and this time, there are fewer strings attached.…

March 31, 2020

Precision Offers Biometric Kiosks to Monitor Inmates During COVID-19 Pandemic

Precision Kiosk Technologies is emphasizing the utility of its AB Kiosks in an effort to assuage the public’s concern about inmates who are being released from…

March 31, 2020

Jamaican Government Aims to Fast-Track National Identification System to Help with COVID-19 Aid

The Jamaican Government has expressed its desire to fast-track the creation and implementation of a national identification system (NIDS) to help it with its…

March 31, 2020

Innovatrics' Palm Print Tech Can Use Smartphone, IP Cameras for IDV

Redrock Makes Palm Biometrics Solution Free for Essential Service Providers

Redrock Biometrics has announced that it will be waiving the licensing fee for its PalmID software during the COVID-19 pandemic. The offer will make the…

March 31, 2020

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SecuGen Shipping Biometric Tech Through Pandemic

“… the company continues to keep business going in order to fulfill customers’ fingerprint scanning needs, with remote staff continuing to act in a customer…

March 30, 2020

Guangzhou Deploys Biometric Tablets to Track Coronavirus on City Buses

China is expanding the scope of its biometric network in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Guangzhou Public Transportation Group is now using biometric…

March 30, 2020

Pandemic Will Spur Biometric Innovation Comparable to Post-9/11 Period: Acuity

“…with so much business going online and virtual, organizations will need to be sure that the people they’re working and interacting with are who they say they…

March 30, 2020

INTERVIEW: Jumio VP Dean Nicolls on Biometrics and ID Verification in the COVID-19 Crisis

The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has dramatically accelerated the migration to remote work across all business sectors, giving rise to fraud threats and…

March 30, 2020

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