Contactless payment security concerns drive Dutch desire for biometric bank cards
Nearly half of Dutch consumers want their banks to provide fingerprint authentication for contactless payments as soon as possible, and…
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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.
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New South Wales dedicates $12 million to integrating facial recognition for police
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On the heels of Synaptics’ announcement of the integration of its in-display fingerprint sensor in the new Xiaomi Mi8 family,…
SenseTime C+ funding round closes at $620 million as investors flock to AI unicorn
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BioCatch scales to 70 million users with Redis Enterprise
BioCatch is deploying Redis Enterprise VPC to scale its database as it keeps pace with rapid growth and product adoption….
Zetes to continue supplying Belgian drivers’ licenses
Zetes will retain the contract for Belgian drivers’ licenses until 2023, after the country’s Federal Public Service (FPS) Mobility and…
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