Biometrics market research: law enforcement, hospitality, fingerprint sensors and China
A handful of analyst firms have recently published reports exploring various areas of the biometrics industry, including the global biometrics…
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.
Facial recognition for online stores: Q&A with Hoyos Labs CEO Hector Hoyos
The Dutch online pharmacy Koopjesdrogisterij has become the first online store to use facial recognition or fingerprint authentication for purchases….
Biometrics fuelling growth for Australian security firm
Australian security solutions firm MaxSec Group Limited has reported that it has achieved its fifth consecutive full year as a…
Biometrics in the data center, fingerprints, authentication and privacy concerns top this week’s news
Here is a recap of the most popular biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week Authentication A…
Sthaler trialing biometric payment solution with Visa Europe Collab and Worldpay
Sthaler is currently trialing its Fingopay biometrics payment solution with Visa Europe Collab and Worldpay, which enables consumers to authenticate…
New white paper highlights how biometrics could improve air travel
Tascent, Inc. has published a new white paper, “A New Golden Age for Air Travel,” which looks at a handful…
Facial recognition use by retailers raise privacy concerns
Big-box retailers such as Walmart are using facial recognition technology to identify suspected thieves, which has raised a number of…
Verificient Technologies signs the Student Privacy Pledge
Verificient Technologies has signed the Student Privacy Pledge developed by The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and The Software &…
Biometrics insight service, four-finger smartphone solution, facial recognition platforms top this week’s news
Here’s a recap of the most popular biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week. In one of…
Security Canada Expo: Video interview with Richard McMullen of CANASA
Organized by CANASA (Canadian Alarm and Security Association), Security Canada Expo brought the largest international security conference and exhibition, October…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection