Blockpass and Edinburgh Napier University to open blockchain research lab
Hong Kong-based “regtech” provider Blockpass and Edinburgh Napier University have announced a partnership to build the Blockpass Identity Lab, which…
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In-display fingerprint sensors to surpass 300 million units per year by 2022, IHS Markit predicts
The market for in-display fingerprint sensors could grow by 1073 percent in 2019 to over 100 million units shipped, with…
Mastercard’s remote enrollment solution for biometric payment cards developed with IDEX
Mastercard has unveiled remote biometric card enrollment, allowing customers to register fingerprints onto a biometric payment card from home. A…
Aadhaar enrollment software being illegally distributed with biometric safeguards disabled
The Aadhaar program’s ECMP enrollment software is being distributed illegally for 500 to 2,000 rupees (US$7.50 to $30) in the…
Fingerprint Cards annual report focuses on new segments and multimodal biometrics
Fingerprint Cards has published its annual report for 2017, reporting a net profit of over SEK 120 million ($13.5 million),…
UK prisons implementing biometrics for safe prisoner self-service
Digital transformation including biometrics is coming to UK prisons to create a better environment with improved safety and greater access…
New Zealand bank launching biometric onboarding app to beta
New Zealand bank ASB has announced it is about to launch a beta pilot of its biometric ASB ID mobile…
VoiceTrust joins Horizon2020 partnership to develop new biometric platform SpeechXrays
VoiceTrust has been accepted as a member of a EU Horizon2020 program in which a group of organizations is working…
Australian Foreign Affairs seeks automated process for applying facial biometrics
The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has admitted shortcomings in the way it processes requests to use…
NEC iris recognition achieves highest matching accuracy in NIST testing
NEC has announced that its Bio-IDiom iris algorithm has been recognized as having the highest matching accuracy in the recent…
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