Top biometrics news stories, week of August 3
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Access Control
Biometric access control is a form of security. Physical access control regulates who or what can access locations such as building, campuses, rooms, or safes, and therefore ranges from automatic doors to padlocks. Logical access control limits accessibility to computer networks, accounts, systems and data. Find biometric access control solutions here.
My Verified ID gets $3M from Invigor Group
My Verified ID has signed an agreement that will give the Invigor Group a 20 percent equity stake in the…
LaserLock signs $7M contract with Mexican gaming company for biometric authentication service
LaserLock Technologies has announced that it has signed a 10-year, $7 million contract with a Mexican gaming company for its…
NexID Biometrics joins the FIDO Alliance
NexID Biometrics has joined the FIDO Alliance, the group announced this week. “The decision to join FIDO Alliance stems from…
Allegion deploys hand geometry readers at London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Allegion recently completed a biometric access control deployment at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London. This is the same place…
Eight in 10 Brits would opt for biometric security
An online poll of 2,000 consumers in the UK commissioned by Intelligent Environments has found that eight in 10 Britons…
Apple rumoured to launch iWallet app using fingerprint sensors to make purchases
Apple is preparing to launch its ‘iWallet’ app, which would allow customers to use the iPhone’s Touch ID fingerprint sensor…
Suprema provides Turkish supermarket chain with biometric employee tracking
Carrefour, a supermarket chain in Turkey, has selected fingerprint recognition terminals from Suprema, that will be used to track employee…
Brussels Airport to introduce facial recognition scanners
Following the lead of other major airports throughout Europe, Brussels Airport in Zaventem plans to deploy facial recognition scanners next…
NCR expands use of BIO-key’s fingerprint authentication solutions for POS
BIO-key International announced that NCR Corporation has expanded its use of integrated BIO-key fingerprint authentication solutions through several national retail…
