ING demos voice biometrics for banking app
ING says it is the first bank in Europe to offer voice recognition biometric capabilities by offering voice control mode…
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.
Biometrics use at Massachusetts school raise privacy concerns from parents
The school system in North Adams, Massachusetts is introducing biometrics tofacilitate lunch lines at schools, which has raised concerns among…
Fujitsu signs master distribution deal with Biyo for digital wallet solution
Fujitsu Frontech North America announced that Biyo (formerly PulseWallet) has signed a master distribution agreement with Biyo’s Digital Wallet for…
Vrai Mobile launches a consumer voice biometric mobile application
Vrai Mobile Limited announced it has launched its first mobile application, My Voice KeePass (MVK), which acts as a personal…
Top biometrics news stories, week ending September 14
Here’s a recap of most popular and noteworthy biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week. Biometrics Week…
U.S. teen wins $50,000 grant for fingerprint-access handgun sensor
A young inventor in Boulder, Colorado will receive a $50,000 grant from the Smart Tech Challenges Foundation to continue working…
SIBA chairman discusses responsible use of biometrics in private and public sectors
In a statement released yesterday, Paul Schuepp, chairman of the board at the Secure Identity & Biometrics Association (SIBA) discussed…
More than 30,000 Australians registered voiceprints with ATO in biometric authentication rollout
The Australian Taxation Office announced that it has recorded more than 30,000 “voiceprints” from Australian citizens since the agency rolled…
Fujitsu PalmSecure to provide biometrics technology for Robocoin kiosks
Bitcoin currency and cash dispensing firm Robocoin will use Fujitsu’s PalmSecure biometrics technology to positively authenticate customers on its entire…
Dropbox recruits facial and object recognition technology firm KBVT founders
Dropbox acquired Columbia University’s professor Peter Belhumeur and UCSD’s professor David Kriegman, the computer vision and machine learning professors who…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection