Biometric payment card first highlights fast start to year of mass adoption
Biometric payment cards start 2021 with a bang after their progress was closely followed in the industry for all of…
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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.
Biometric visitor management market draws $100M investment as touchless kiosk platform launched
Visitor management firm iLobby has raised $100 million in funding from Insight Partners to bring its self sign-in kiosks and…
Indian publication alleges biometric data from doorstep banking may be vulnerable
Allegations that India’s doorstep banking system is leading to predatory lending, and potentially exposing biometric data to unscrupulous companies in…
Criticism sparked by delay of biometric election systems unveiling in Uganda, procurement in Kenya
Uganda’s Electoral Commission (EC) is being asked to provide details on its Biometric Voter Verification Kits (BVVK) and related technologies…
Fingerprint Cards announces large volume sale of biometric sensors to ‘top-tier’ PC manufacturer
Fingerprint Cards has received an initial purchase order of several hundred thousand biometric sensors from what it calls a top-tier global…
ID R&D reports passive liveness and voice biometrics fuel 140 percent new customer growth in 2020
ID R&D more than doubled its new customers over the past 12 months, saying its growth has been fueled by explosive…
ID document and selfie biometrics for content monetization and fighting pandemic aid fraud launch
Onfido has signed up a new customer for its facial recognition and government ID document comparison tool, and Ipsidy has…
Preciate plans biometric retail payments expansion after pandemic delay
From the ambitions of a startup based in Israel to a partnership for smartphone-based biometric payments in Russia, retail payment…
Rank One patents passive biometric facial liveness for standard mobile devices
Rank One has been awarded a patent for a passive biometric liveness detection technology based on micro-texture analysis by the U.S….
India will use Aadhaar authentication, considering biometrics for vaccination management
India’s government is planning to use Aadhaar biometrics for authentication of vaccine recipients through its CoWIN (COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network)…
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