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…
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.
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…
InAuth unveils native voice biometrics for mobile banking
InAuth, which delivers and deploys advanced mobile security software to protect financial institutions and their customers from fraud and advanced…
Retired Florida police officer launches mobile biometrics business
An article in The Palm Beach Post, highlighted the story of a 56-year old former Florida Highway Patrol Trooper, Dwight…
U.S. Homeland Security and Loews Hotels promote expedited travel clearance
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has entered into a partnership with Loews Hotels & Resorts to promote the Department’s…
Biometric Research Note: ImageWare Systems, Inc.
ImageWare Systems, Inc. (OTCQB : IWSY) is a “speculative buy” for both retail and institutional share market investors because the…
Midwest security company offers access control with face and voice recognition
J. Becher & Associates Inc., an electrical contractor for commercial, industrial and residential industries, has been licensed to sell security…
100 million Nigerians to be registered in new biometrics database
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) of Nigeria announced a proposal to register 100 million Nigerians in its recently introduced…
MorphoTrust CTO and biometrics expert joins Center for Identity at UT-Austin
MorphoTrust USA’s Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Mohamed Lazzouni, has been named as a new member of the Board of Advisors…
Biometric identification system strengthens security at Buenos Aires airports
In an effort to promote a more efficient and secure immigration process, Ezeiza and Aeroparque airports in Buenos Aires, Argentina,…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection