New South Wales plans major biometrics integration with transport system
The Government of New South Wales, Australia, is planning to make biometrics a central part of its future transport plans,…
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BIO-key raises $2.55M to weather unforeseen circumstances
BIO-key has raised $2.55 million in a private placement of a Senior Secured Convertible Note to repay outstanding debts and…
Facebanx brings biometric live-stream onboarding to NICE Actimize financial risk management platform
Facebanx has joined the X-Sight Marketplace from NICE Actimize to bring its biometric live streaming technology to the financial crime…
Startup Anchorage raises $40M Series B funding round for multi-biometric crypto vault
Startup multi-biometric cryptocurrency vault provider Anchorage has received $40 million in a Series B investment round to accelerate the growth…
Kairos launches biometric facial recognition solution for retail stores
Kairos has launched a plug and play data visualization and analytics solutions with biometric facial recognition for retail stores to…
Lawmakers call for new restrictions on U.S. federal agency access to state biometric data
Several U.S. lawmakers are calling for regulations to govern the use of state databases for biometric facial recognition searches by…
NEC to provide facial biometrics for customs at 6 more airports in Japan
NEC Corporation has received an order from Japan Customs for a facial recognition system to perform biometric customs checks at…
Nuance launches new voice biometric engine eliminating need for passphrase
Nuance Communications has unveiled a new artificial intelligence tool using fourth generation deep neural networks (DNNs) and combining voice biometrics…
Committee calls for national debate on UK single digital identifier plan for government services
British members of parliament have called for a national debate on the government’s plans to introduce a “single unique identifier”…
CyberLink climbs NIST FRVT rankings for facial recognition accuracy in wild category
CyberLink has announced that its FaceMe AI Facial Recognition Engine has scored a biometric accuracy rate of 97.02 percent in…
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