Hybrid capacitive and optical biometric sensor patented by Fingerprint Cards
A new kind of biometric sensor has been patented by Fingerprint Cards, combining capacitive and optical fingerprint sensing to provide…
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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.
Suprema wins marketing award for Leicester City stadium biometrics integration, Imprivata honored
A video depicting biometric fingerprint devices as part of an access control solution provided by Suprema to Leicester City Football Club’s…
Digital identity market to reach $33B in 2025, Malaysia plans biometric national online ID system
The international market for Digital Identity solutions will grow at a 16 percent CAGR from 2020 to 2025 to reach…
Building trust in biometrics and building trust with biometrics present industry with related challenges
Trust in biometrics for applications from digital health credentials to humanitarian aid delivery, as well as how to build up…
Biometrics providers announce stock investments and revenue jumps
BIO-key has closed a $24.8 million public offering, surpassing its stated expectations and reflecting optimism in the company’s biometrics and IAM…
Biometric digital health credentials for NHL and London theatre, Privacy International warns of risks
As biometrics and other digital identity technologies are deployed to enable big league sports to resume operations, National Hockey League…
Cities in China most watched by CCTV surveillance, new face biometrics systems for Moscow and Spain
There are 770 million public CCTV surveillance cameras in the world’s 150 largest cities by population, and 54 percent of…
Facebook adds $100M to biometric privacy settlement in attempt to satisfy skeptical judge
Facebook has added $100 million to its proposed settlement in a Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) lawsuit, Fortune reports. The…
ID4Africa webinar shows gradual shift of digital ID systems in Africa towards individual control beginning
Should national identity schemes, biometrics-backed or otherwise, use a single unique digital ID number to identify people for different services,…
PayByFace launches touchless payments with facial biometrics to coffee chain in Romania
PayByFace has launched a biometric facial recognition-based payments system to Tucano Coffee shops in Bucharest in collaboration with Romanian online card…
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