Virgin Atlantic deploys app with Yoti biometrics to secure COVID test results
Virgin Atlantic has begun a trial using the FRANKD app powered by Yoti facial biometrics to conduct pre-flight COVID-19 testing…
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Werum integrates Integral Biometrics for pharma and biotech access control
Werum has a new biometric access control solution for the pharmaceutical industry developed through a partnership with Integral Biometrics, Touchless…
Aware mobile biometrics with liveness detection verifies parolees in Arkansas
Mobile biometric authentication with face and voice liveness detection from Aware has been used to authenticate the identity of offenders in…
Innovatrics passive liveness biometrics excels in iBeta presentation attack detection test
The passive facial biometric liveness checking technology recently developed by Innovatrics has passed Level 1 iBeta Quality Assurance Presentation Attack Detection (PAD)…
Biometrics Institute, ID4Africa, ID2020, Amber and NIST host online events this month
Biometrics Institute Congress 2020 continues online with sessions on ‘The Power of Digital ID – Authentication in Digital Trust Frameworks’ and…
NEC acquires Avaloq for $2.2B to combine biometrics and analytics with cloud services for digital transformation
NEC has announced the acquisition of Swiss financial software company Avaloq Group AG to integrate its biometrics and artificial intelligence technologies…
Heathrow’s dormakaba biometric boarding installation to reach 400 gates by year-end
Biometric integration for the facial recognition boarding process at Heathrow is provided by dormakaba, a case study for IFSEC Global reveals….
Researchers show modest progress in face biometrics bias reduction, find a possible cause
Facial recognition developers appear to be making progress in reducing “bias” or demographic disparities in biometric accuracy, based on the…
ExtoWallet’s biometric card with FPC sensor and smartphone face recognition secures crypto assets
A new cryptocurrency wallet secured with a biometric smart card, smartphone-based face recognition and distributed ledger technology, the ExtoWallet, is…
Biometrics innovation and investment on the rise, government digital ID drive continues
Innovations in biometric technology and government digital ID are the twin themes of the week’s top biometrics news. A new…
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