NTIA launches new privacy process for commercial facial recognition
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has announced a new privacy multi-stakeholder process regarding the commercial use of facial recognition technology….
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.
Central Bank of Nigeria teams up with Dermalog for biometric POS, ATMs
The Central Bank of Nigeria has contracted Dermalog Identification Systems to deploy a biometric technology throughout the country’s banking system. In particular,…
Tesco uses face detection to target ads in gas stations
Tesco is set to introduce facial recognition technology at certain gas stations to target ads to its customers standing at the…
Global market for commercial biometrics to reach $6.15B in 2019: Frost & Sullivan
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan estimates that the global biometrics market will reach $6.15 billion in 2019, thanks in…
Optimal Payments, Daon enter strategic partnership for biometric payments
Optimal Payments and Daon have just entered into a strategic partnership to implement biometrics into Optimal’s existing payment services. Under the new…
UINT and Mereal Biometrics launch smart card with embedded biometric sensor
UINT and Mereal Biometrics have just launched a new smart card with an embedded fingerprint sensor. Designed by Patrick Partouche, President of…
Wacom launches new signature pads to capture biometric profiles
Wacom has just launched two new models of its signature pads that it says are optimal for creating legally-binding biometric profiles….
Fingerprint Cards nabs new Android design win
Fingerprint Cards has just announced another design win from Asia. This time, it’s from a major Tier 2 smartphone manufacturer,…
VoiceVault boasts expanded range of biometric deployment models
VoiceVault has announced that it now offers a complete range of voice biometric deployment models for private, public and hybrid cloud…
Medbox and AVT team up for new biometric medicine sample dispenser
Medbox has teamed up with retail automation specialist AVT to launch a new system, which relies on fingerprint identification to store and…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection