FST Biometrics granted factory certification from Lenel Systems, joins OpenAccess Alliance Program
FST Biometrics announced it has been granted factory certification from Lenel Systems International, and has become a member of the…
Commercial Applications
Biometrics are used in retail and customer-facing settings for point-of-sales services such as payments, access control in systems for purposes such as shoplifting prevention, and identification or characteristic analysis for personalization or customer insights. Access control systems are also increasingly used for automated commercial applications, such as hotel check-ins. Typically, these use palm vein, fingerprint, iris recognition, facial recognition.
Apple denied trademark for Touch ID authentication system due to confusion with biometric timekeeping firm Kronos
Apple has been denied a trademark application for its Touch ID fingerprint identity authentication system, which the company introduced with…
Samsung Galaxy Note 5 may feature iris scanning technology
In a recent tweet by certified Samsung Twitter account @SamsungExynos, the smartphone device manufacturer teased it is currently developing iris…
IDEX to integrate fingerprint swipe sensors into Card Tech’s biometric cards
IDEX ASA has received an initial order to deliver fingerprint swipe sensors to Card Tech. IDEX will integrate its fingerprint…
Top biometrics news stories, week of July 13
Biometrics Week in Review: biometric visa for South Africa tourism, FiDELYS smartwatch, VISA Europe considers biometrics, biometric intelligence lab, travel…
Visa Europe considers biometric authentication for payment
In his latest blog post, Visa Europe director of new payment propositions Jonathan Vaux attributes the increase in the popularity…
Biometric eyeprint startup EyeVerify raises $6 million investment
EyeVerify announced it has raised a combined strategic investment of $6 million, courtesy of Samsung Electronics, Sprint, an unnamed major…
SuperCom to launch electronic monitoring suite with fingerprint biometrics in North America
SuperCom announced that its M2M division will soon be launching its newly improved electronic monitoring suite PureSecurity, which includes its…
Nuance and TRUSTID to provide voice biometric solution to contact centers
Nuance Communications announced that it has partnered with contact center authentication technology firm TRUSTID to provide an effective customer authentication…
Hitachi Europe and MIG Int. launch mobile Wi-Fi finger vein scanners for Turkish hospitals
Hitachi Europe and MIG Int. announced the launch of mobile Wi-Fi scanners, which use finger vein authentication technology to analyze…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection