One in 10 New Zealanders have a voiceprint
According to the Inland Revenue service, New Zealand’s tax-collection agency, over 400,000 people have registered since last November to use…
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.
Pune, India using biometric survey to identify illegal vendors
Pune, the seventh largest city in India, has been dealing with illegal merchandise vendors, referred to as “hawkers”, for years….
GIA to release a comprehensive report on fingerprint sensors
Global Industry Analysts, Inc. is slated to release a report covering the silicon-based fingerprint sensors market. The comprehensive report will…
ANZ to examine use of biometrics for everyday banking
Australian and New Zealand bank ANZ will introduce new technologies including near field communication and will seriously consider implementing biometrics…
SecurLinx enters into integration partnership in Brazil
SecurLinx Brasil, a subsidiary of SecurLinx Holding Company has completed a comprehensive integration agreement for its biometric identity management solutions…
Taiwan added to U.S. visa waiver program
Taiwan has been added to the U.S. visa waiver program, streamlining travel for thousands of eligible biometrically credentialed Taiwan passport…
Apple to team up with biometric security firm Microlatch
According to a story first published in The Australian newspaper, Apple is working with Australian biosecurity firm Microlatch on a…
CITI profiles manageID biometric credential software
Creative Information Technology, Inc. (CITI) recently profiled manageID, its family of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) identity management and credentialing software products at…
Google to purchase Viewdle for $30 million
According to industry sources, Google is near to completing a deal to purchase Viewdle, a facial recognition software vendor. The…
UK phasing out iris-based biometrics at airports
The UK Home Office has begun to phase out its IRIS border control system. IRIS was the first biometrically enabled…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection