Hungarian soccer fans protest biometric scans required upon entering stadium
Fans of Hungarian soccer team Ferencvaros (or “Fradi”) came en masse to their home stadium in Budapest to protest a…
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.
Apple Pay to debut this week; Icahn optimistic; PayPal skeptical about security
An internal memo sent to Walgreens employees that was obtained by Mac Rumors suggests that Apple Pay may be launching…
Biometric Update: most popular news for week ending October 12
Here’s a recap of most popular and noteworthy biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week. Biometrics Week…
Alaska Air considers biometrics for boarding
Alaska Airlines is exploring the use of passenger fingerprints as a way of replacing customer boarding passes, according to a…
Ipsos uses biometrics to measure advertising engagement
Ipsos is harnessing the power of neuroscience to understand the intensity of emotional response in its clients’ advertising campaigns. The…
Suprema’s new fingerprint modules are significantly faster and include new interface options
Biometrics and identification technology company Suprema, Inc. has launched a new series of fingerprint embedded modules featuring an updated CPU,…
IDC says banks should not stop using traditional passwords despite biometric identification
An IDC analyst says that despite implementing new biometric identification technologies to authorize financial payments, banks should not stop using…
MedBox raises $2.5 million in financing
Medbox, a software and biometrics developer for medicine dispensing systems, has raised $2.5 million, according to an SEC filing. Based…
Digitus Biometrics releases server cabinet access control platform
Digitus Biometrics announced it has released its new db Cabinet Sentry server cabinet access control platform, which can be deployed…
Indiana hospital implements CrossChx biometric fingerprint identification system
Floyd Memorial Hospital in New Albany, Indiana recently implemented fingerprint scanners from CrossChx, which scans patients’ fingerprints to generate a…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection