Face and fingerprint biometrics for retail payments advancing by inches
Biometric technologies for retail payments made up a pair of the most-read articles of the week on Biometric Update, in…
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Chris Burt is managing editor and industry analyst at Biometric Update. He has also written nonfiction about information technology, dramatic arts, sports culture, and fantasy basketball, as well as fiction about a doomed astronaut. He lives in Toronto. You can follow him on Twitter @AFakeChrisBurt.
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Fingerprint Cards anticipates bounce-back in smartphone biometrics revenues in 2023
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Sentry builds Infineon secure elements into biometric cold-storage wallet
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Advanced digital ID document analysis devices from Elyctis, Regula deployed
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Biometric payment cards launched by G+D, demoed by STMicroelectronics
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Lack of talent and focus on users pose barriers to Canada’s digital ID ambitions
There is plenty of optimism about the future of digital identity in Canada, but that was not the focus during…
Biometrics providers push further into financial services, past digital ID misconceptions
A set of stubborn myths about digital ID are posing stubborn barriers to its application in banking and financial services,…
Program nearly set for biometrics workshop from EAB, CITeR and Idiap in April
A joint biometrics workshop has been announced for later this year by the European Association for Biometrics and America’s Center…
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