Survey shows biometric authentication about to take off among Asian corporations
Nearly a third of all large corporations in Asia believe biometric authentication modalities like fingerprint, face, voice, and iris recognition…
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.
Fujitsu featuring breakthroughs in biometric customer authentication at NRF 2018
Fujitsu Frontech North America will feature its latest breakthroughs in PalmSecure biometrics and washable/wearable RFID at next week’s NRF 2018…
NEC showcasing immersive retail experience that incorporates biometrics and AI at NRF 2018
NEC will showcase an immersive retail experience that incorporates NEC’s retail technologies, including POS hardware, software, biometrics, artificial intelligence, analytics…
Biometric entry and connected-car applications popular at CES 2018
Numerous concept cars and connected-car systems featuring integrated biometrics are being showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las…
Illinois BIPA lawsuits depend on what makes plaintiffs “aggrieved”
The results of dozens of biometric privacy suits filed in Illinois state court depend on the legal definition of the…
Corporate world following consumer market in biometric adoption
Biometric integrations in consumer electronics will drive the global biometrics market to nearly double in size on 14 percent CAGR,…
K&L Gates launches biometric data compliance and defense practice
K&L Gates, a fully integrated global law firm with lawyers in five continents, has started a practice in biometric data…
Majority of European consumers trust organizations using biometrics for online authentication
More than two in three Europeans (68 percent) would trust organizations more if they used biometrics for authentication, according to…
Australia mulls piloting Facial Verification Service for businesses
Australia’s Attorney General’s Department is considering selling access to its national facial recognition database to private companies, The Guardian reports…
Hotel selfie check-in showcased at Singapore Tourism Board conference
A mobile app enabling hotel guests to check-in through an automated process including authentication with a selfie was among eight…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection