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In today’s rapidly changing economy, businesses need to get consumer recognition right

This is a guest post by David Britton, VP Industry Solutions at Experian. While the coronavirus has caused major public…

 

Biometrics deployed by Interpol to fight terrorism in Africa’s Sahel region

The breadth of applications of biometrics is evident in this week’s roundup of news in Africa, from counter terrorism activities…

 

Lack of digital identity policy progress, errors spark frustration in UK, Australia

UK tech sector representative TechUK has sent an urgent request to DCMS secretary of state Oliver Dowden, drawing attention to…

 

Global ID files patent application for 3D vein biometrics in U.S. after developing solutions for banks

Global ID has filed a patent application for a biometric 3D finger vein recognition technology in the U.S. as part of…

 

Vision-Box face biometrics launched to Osaka Airport and extended to AirAsia India at Bengaluru

Pre-security gates with biometric facial recognition, supplied by Vision-Box, have been deployed at Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan to…

 

Idemia, HID Global, Aisino, Muehlbauer ID in bidding war over Nepal biometric passport deal

Nepal has been negotiating multi-million dollar contracts with four international companies to implement its biometric passport plan, restarting a process…

 

Cisco buys Modcam, NXP adds GLOW as companies smarten up edge devices with biometrics

Up and down the edge device value chain, companies are buying and building technology needed to add biometric smarts to…

 

Facial recognition temperature scanning, wearables and voice biometrics deployed for COVID-19 spread prevention

New solutions combining biometrics with other technologies like body temperature scanning have been launched by ZKTeco and Arteco, Local Security…

 

Efforts to understand impact of AI on society put pressure on biometrics industry to sort out priorities, role

Companies involved in face biometrics and other artificial intelligence applications have not come to a consensus on what ethical principles…

 

Law, HR experts say government needs to lead on health identity

In a discussion last week about the practicalities of immunity certificates and health identity systems and digital health credentials in…

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