First commercial biometric payment cards issued in France to be powered by Thales and Fingerprint Cards
BNP Paribas is expected to launch a new biometric bank card this fall in significant numbers, according to Le Parisien,…
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Public health and retail biometric facial recognition applications expand amid uneven trust environment
A survey by the European Union’s agency for fundamental rights (FRA) shows that only 6 percent of consumers are willing…
Thales, Idex Biometrics and SmartMetric see biometric payment cards opportunity in contactless spike
Biometric technology providers continue to prepare for the mass adoption of fingerprint-enabled payment cards, and taking a recent spike in…
Facial biometrics ban in Boston for local government use, flouted best practices cause concern
The dynamics of the biometric facial recognition market may be shifting, as failures by police to follow best practices for…
Biometrics industry urges support for public-private partnerships in ID4Africa webinar
Biometric processes from enrollment to authentication in various settings will be different for the foreseeable future, attendees heard in the…
Apple launches web authentication using FIDO standard with Touch ID or Face ID biometrics in Safari
Apple has launched support for Touch ID and Face ID biometrics for web logins with Safari through the Web Authentication…
Face biometrics use in U.S. schools, policing, airports and public housing faces legal challenges and questions
A lawsuit over the use of biometric facial recognition in schools has been filed by the New York Civil Liberties…
Will smart cities in Belt and Road Initiative bring Xinjiang-style facial recognition to other countries?
Much of the digital security apparatus operated in Xinjiang by China’s government, including biometric facial recognition, is making its way…
iProov to provide facial biometrics for COVID-19 digital health credential through Mvine partnership
iProov has partnered with Mvine Limited to collaborate on a prototype for a biometric antibody test results sharing system, the companies…
Google seeks dismissal of face biometric privacy suits and accuses firms of ‘forumshopping’
Google has alleged in court filings that two law firms have brought duplicate cases against the company under Illinois’ Biometric…
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