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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 Fingerprint Scanning for Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

The recently approved medical marijuana dispensing in Connecticut is embracing fingerprint scanning for safer and more controlled distribution to patients….

 

CLEAR Expands DFW Airport with Fingerprint Scanners

Yesterday, BiometricUpdate.com reported that CLEAR fast-pass lanes have returned to San Francisco International Airport, and today, CLEAR has expanded its…

 

Face.com fixes major facial recognition exploit

Israeli facial recognition firm Face.com has patched its mobile application due to a major vulnerability that allowed anyone to use its…

 

Lumidigm providers Biometric Fingerprint Readers to Brazilian ATMs

Biometrics company Luimidigm Inc., in cooperation with Brazilian international bank Itautec, is deploying 12,000 automated banking/teller machines (ATMs) with Lumidigm’s…

 

Digicel offers World’s First Fingerprint ID System for International Money Transfers

Digicel Mobile Money customers in New Zealand will soon know how convenient it is to send money back home. A…

 

Nuance’s Voice Recognition Software Saves Healthcare Time and Money

A San Diego medical group has determined that using voice recognition software has lowered costs and improved efficiency. Rees-Stealy Medical…

 

Clear Biometric Fast-Pass Lanes Return to SFO

Clear fast pass lanes are making a comeback at the San Francisco International Airport, reports Santa Cruz Sentintel. The recently…

 

TechConnect West Virginia Biometrics Forum discusses Local Job Growth

As reported on BiometricUpdate.com last week, TechConnect West Virginia hosted The Biometrics Forum yesterday in Fairmont called “Next Steps in…

 

Biometrics in Video Games explored today at Future of Entertainment 2012

Investors.com reported that the emerging field of game biometrics was showcased today at the Future of Entertainment 2012 conference in…

 

ProccessingPoint launches Biometric Fingerprint Workforce Management solution

Clocking a colleague in for work just got a little harder if the time card has been substituted with a…

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