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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.

 

Call center report shows consumer preference for voice biometrics

55 percent of UK consumers would use voice biometric technology for some phone banking tasks, but many still appreciate personal…

 

Indian dept. of telecommunication to consider biometric verification for SIM cards

Momentum has been gathering quickly to force a move that would see Indian SIM card sales verified with biometrics. Now…

 

IBM, ICS and Sunnet Systems look to bring iris recognition to banks in Ghana

Reports are emerging to suggest that biometric banking will soon be introduced in Ghana, through a strategic collaboration of International…

 

Cognitech Inc announces certification course on forensic video processing for end users

Cognitech Inc., has announced its upcoming Fall 2013 training and certification course on forensic video processing and forensic photo/video grammetry for…

 

Suncoast Communities Blood Bank uses BIO-key donor identification tech

Suncoast Communities Blood Bank has launched BIO-key International’s TruDonor’s donor search and identification solution to perform donor identification at its centers….

 

NEC launches two new facial recognition tools for hospitality industry

NEC is set to introduce a new biometrics-based solution for the hospitality industry, during the Hospitality Industry Technology Expo & Conference,…

 

Oberthur NFC embedded secure element included in Samsung GALAXY S4

Oberthur Technologies has announced that its NFC embedded Secure Element will be included in the newly-released Samsung GALAXY S4. The secure element…

 

Delhi Police commissioner wants mandatory biometrics for SIM card sales

Biometric registration and verification for SIM card sales is really catching on. Just this week, Delhi Police commissioner Neeraj Kumar…

 

Morhpo, Bahrain Airport Company, sign memorandum of understanding

Morpho has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Bahrain Airport Company in regards to cooperation on aviation security. This particular MoU…

 

Saudi Call Company to study fingerprint verification for SIM card sales

Saudi Call Company, along with a separate unnamed French company are looking to file an integrated study into the use of…

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