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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.

 

HID Global acquires Codebench to uncover new market opportunities for identity verification

HID Global has announced that it has acquired physical security identity management solutions provider Codebench. HID Global provides secure identity solutions and…

 

NTDC, Orbit Tech set to implement biometric registration in Nigeria’s hotels

A formal agreement on workforce management biometric registration in hotels and other hospitality outfits is set to be signed between…

 

Valve to create video game console with biometric controllers, gaze tracking

Valve has announced it will begin to make a Linux-powered console video game system and has plans to integrate biometrics…

 

NICE Systems uses voice biometrics to fight call center fraud

NICE Systems has announced the launch of its Contact Center Fraud Prevention solution, which tracks fraud patterns and screens all…

 

Cross Match Releases Mobile Essentials SDK for Android, Blackberry smartphones

Cross Match Technologies, Inc., has announced the release of two new versions of its Mobile Essentials SDK that integrates its…

 

VoiceTrust secures major new customers in 2012

VoiceTrust has announced that in 2012 it successfully secured major new customers and several pilot projects in North America, Europe,…

 

Human Recognition Systems secures new contracts for London Olympic Park, Athletes Village

Following the successful deployment of Human Recognition Systems’ (HRS) award-winning MSite solution during the London 2012 Olympic Park construction phase,…

 

Precise Biometrics’ Tactivo selected by OpenPeak to enhance app wrapping technology

Precise Biometrics’ popular Tactivo reader for mobile devices has been selected as part of OpenPeak’s evolving Advanced Device and Application Management (ADAM)…

 

Validity Sensors joins GlobalPlatform

Validity Sensors, a manufacturer of fingerprint sensors has just joined GlobalPlatform, an organization which standardizes the management of applications on…

 

Trusted traveler programs offer speedy and unfair advantage

Trusted traveler programs provide expedited travel for pre-approved, low risk travelers through dedicated lanes and kiosks. The programs have proliferated…

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