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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.

 

Biometric Research Note: Commercial Applications for Biometrics Growing

Biometrics Research Group Inc. projects that the global biometrics market will grow to $15 billion by 2015 from its 2012…

 

Better biometric security to enhance Apple’s mobile enterprise offerings

The proposed acquisition of AuthenTec by Apple is set to provide iPhones and iPads with a level of mobile device security…

 

Fingerprint scanners to boost mobile security

The Apple bid to acquire AuthenTec further boosts its chances of outfitting the iPad with a fingerprint reader. However, some groups do not…

 

AuthenTec investor challenges Apple takeover in court

An unhappy investor has filed a legal suit against AuthenTec, claiming that the company has been remiss in its duty…

 

VoiceVault sets new standard for voice biometric accuracy

VoiceVault, a U.S. based private voice biometric company, has released the next generation of its voice biometric speaker verification engine….

 

South African welfare agency issues biometric MasterCards

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has teamed up with MasterCard in a bid to offer its clients biometric…

 

Ford demonstrates its biometric car seat

Ford recently demonstrated its biometric wellness car seat at the “Ford Go Further” event in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford’s wellness seat…

 

Biometric security to be added to smart mobile devices

Goode Intelligence, a research consultancy, has predicted that mobile biometric security will become a “must-have” feature for all smart mobile…

 

Biometrics Institute releases survey

The Biometrics Institute today released the results from its third annual industry survey. The survey found that experts thought the…

 

Interview: Javier Peso, CEO of PayTouch

Javier Peso, CEO of Spanish biometric payment processing startup PayTouch is a tireless entrepreneur who envisions a world in which…

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