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News, interviews and reports relating to government contracts for biometric systems used in eGovernment, border control, national security and national ID.

 

Biometric Research Note: Mobile devices to drive bank adoption of voice biometrics

Financial institutions have identified voice biometrics as one of the best means to secure its client accounts and financial information….

 

Irish Department of Social Protection, 3M, tackle fraud with facial recognition

The Irish Department of Social Protection has initiated a contract with 3M Ireland to deploy facial recognition technology into department…

 

Social welfare in India to go directly into recipient bank accounts, secured with biometrics

In an attempt to cut notoriously corrupt middlemen out of India’s social welfare system, the country has kick-started a new…

 

Israel’s biometric database pilot test to last two years

As soon as 2013 began, so too did Israel’s database test project to collect the biometric data of its citizens,…

 

Second phase of biometric collection in Uttar Pradesh takes form

Biometric data collection for Aadhaar UID numbers and the National Population Register has begun after a gap of nearly one…

 

Indian Fisheries Department begins distributing biometric ID cards to fishermen

The Fisheries Department of India has begun the distribution of Biometric Fingerprint Identity Cards (BFICs) to fishermen in the Paradip…

 

Mamata government looks to biometric workforce management systems to control absentee employees

The Mamata Banerjee government in India has decided to introduce hidden cameras and fingerprint scanners to monitor the attendance of…

 

India looks to create biometric database of foreign visitors

India is looking to create a biometric database of all foreign visitors, starting with Pakistani spectators of cricket matches. Once…

 

Large government contracts defined biometrics industry in 2012

BiometricUpdate.com covered the largest publicized contract wins within the biometrics industry over the past year. This can be challenging for…

 

Haryana Police launch biometric fingerprint system in Karnal district

Police in Haryana have begun to pilot test a biometric fingerprint device to detect criminals by their fingerprints in the…

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