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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.

 

Getin Bank turns to Hitachi finger vein technology for authentication

Poland’s Getin Bank has announced that it is implementing Hitachi’s finger vein biometric authentication system in its new branch network….

 

Researchers find biometrics a popular choice for security-conscious shoppers

New research from WorldPay suggests paying for goods and services through fingerprint, palm and iris scanners is the most popular…

 

Monkeetech announces iris-based credit card fraud prevention system

Monkeetech has announced the development of a new (patent-pending) iris scan biometric credit card fraud prevention system, called EyeWatch. Monkeetech, a…

 

Summer Nights festival adopts Nexus Smart Pay system

Nexus Smart Pay has announced that the Summer Nights festival has adopted the company’s unique biocryptology payment system for select beer…

 

Boston University introduces CBORD biometric turnstile and ID card system

Boston University has announced that it is now using a biometric ID card system from CBORD on its campus. Specifically, the…

 

Sindh High Court orders SIM card sales to be biometrically verified in Pakistan

SIM card sales and the biometric identification and verification of buyers are back in the news in Pakistan. The Sindh…

 

Natural Security boasts results of biometric payment pilot test in France

Natural Security has just announced the results of a massive pilot test in France for a new method of payment, which…

 

BIO-key International to provide fingerprint technology for SIM card program in Nigeria

BIO-key International has announced that SW Global, a provider of Information Technology Services throughout Africa, will implement the company’s fingerprint biometric…

 

Des Moines Public Schools turn to NOVAtime for biometric workforce management

NOVAtime Technology has announced that the Des Moines Public Schools has chosen NOVAtime to automate its time and attendance process for…

 

Westfield Shopping Centers deploy Morse Watchman and Blue Glue biometric system

Westfield Shopping Centers throughout Australia have implemented a biometric system which allows pre-approved users streamlined access to-and-from authorized center locations….

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