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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.

 

IWS CloudID, the next-generation identity management solution

ImageWare Systems, Inc. introduced IWS CloudID on Tuesday at the Biometric Consortium Conference and Biometric Technology Expo in Tampa, Florida….

 

Cross Match unveils new fingerprint scanners

Cross Match Technologies, Inc., a global provider of biometric identity solutions, launched its next generation Guardian fingerprint scanners today. The…

 

iView Systems’ biometric identification solution wins ASIS award

This year’s recipient of ASIS International “Security’s Best” Accolade Award is iView Systems’ iGWatch IP(TM) iDentify Face Search Module. It…

 

Wavestore predicts high demand for facial recognition software in 2013

The facial recognition software market appears to be poised for huge growth next year. In an article that appeared in…

 

DNA paternity, profiling, banking advocated in Nigeria

In Nigeria, men are encouraged to take a DNA paternity test to ensure they are the rightful father of their…

 

Intel to use biometrics to replace passwords

Passwords remain the common, yet inconvenient way of protecting access to valuable or sensitive information. In an effort to eliminate…

 

Canada’s first permanent kid fingerprinting station launches in Calgary

A free fingerprint identification program is now available at Charlesglen Toyota, an auto dealership in Northwest Calgary. It is Canada’s…

 

Invixium Identity becomes Hitachi finger vein reseller

Invixium Identity has entered into a partnership agreement to become a value added reseller (VAR) of Hitachi’s Finger Vein Authentication…

 

TeleSign and Deepnet collaborate on secured security solution

TeleSign and Deepnet Security Solutions have announced their partnership to merge TeleSign’s 2FA with Deepnet’s DualShield Authentication Server. Merging both…

 

G4S admits to errors in prison visitor fingerprinting approach

Bosses at Oakwood Prison in the UK admitted that forcing children as young as two-years old to have their fingerprints…

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