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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.

 

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…

 

Japanese bank launches palm scan ATMs

Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank has begun to offer card-free ATMs that allow customers to withdraw cash, make deposits and check account…

 

Ghana to use biometrics to manage civil service attendance

Biometric attendance records will soon become a “must” for all ministries and government facilities in Ghana. The announcement was made…

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