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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.

 

Precise Biometrics wins first deal with U.S. government

Precise Biometrics has signed its first U.S. Government related purchase orders for Tactivo and is set to implement pilot projects…

 

SutiSoft releases new-installed features across its fingerprint line of solutions

SutiSoft Inc., an IT solutions company specializing in strategic synchronization of business solutions and security, recently announced the release of…

 

Biometric debit card to encourage more banking in Vietnam

In a bid to provide banking services to those in Vietnam without the need for bank accounts, Temenos T24 was…

 

Biometrics raises athletic performance at London Olympics

Sports scientists at the UK’s Loughborough University are building in new levels of customization to athletic shoes in a bid…

 

Kenyan PM calls for biometric voting halt

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has called for a halt to the biometric voter registration tender in favor of the…

 

Nuance unveils voice-based virtual assistant

Nuance Communications, Inc. has introduced a new virtual assistant called “Nina” in order to compete with other voice assistants like…

 

Biometric Research Notes: FLIR Systems

The stock price of FLIR Systems is projected to rise over 25 percent over the next year. The firm which…

 

Pennsylvania to use Animetrics facial recognition system

The Pennsylvania Justice Network (JNET) has selected Animetrics, a leading developer of advanced 3-D facial recognition and identity management solutions,…

 

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…

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