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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.

 

RadioShack deploys M2SYS biometric ID software for buy-back program

RadioShack has installed M2SYS biometric identification software to capture the fingerprints of customers using RadioShack’s “Trade & Save” buy-back program….

 

BIO-key International’s ID Director gets CA SiteMinder validation

BIO-key International has achieved CA validation status for its Bio-Key ID Director for CA SiteMinder. The CA Validation program is…

 

Opus Research announces financial services roundtable at Voice Biometrics Conference

Opus Research, presenters of the Voice Biometrics Conference, set to take place May 8-9 in San Francisco has announced it will…

 

San Antonio International set to introduce CLEAR kiosks

CLEAR has announced that its traveler services at San Antonio International Airport by this summer. “We are thrilled to bring CLEAR…

 

MVP Sports Clubs deploy Fujitsu biometric access control system

Fujitsu Frontech North America has announced its latest installation of PalmSecure authentication technology: in all MVP Sports Clubs. “Prior to using…

 

Papa John’s restaurants in China turn to DigitalPersona for biometric POS and workforce management

More than 30 Papa John’s pizza restaurants in northern China are now using DigitalPersona fingerprint readers as a part of its workflow….

 

Indian banks resist Aadhaar subsidy transfer system

Several banks in India have come out against a platform created by the Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI) which would…

 

Precise Biometrics’ Tactivo gets FIPS 201 certification, stock jumps

The Precise Biometrics Tactivo reader has just been awarded FIPS 201 certification from the U.S. Government Services Administration (GSA). Upon the…

 

CLEAR and Visa partner to offer expedited travel for select customers

On the back of a new relationship with CLEAR, Visa Signature account holders can now use their biometrics to move…

 

EyeLock launches new iris biometric access control system

EyeLock Inc. has just launched its new HBOX iris biometric access control system at ISC West in Las Vegas. Capable of…

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