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Intersec 2018 to feature 1,337 exhibitors from 59 countries

Intersec will open for the 20th time in Dubai next week and will feature 1,337 exhibitors from 59 countries. The…

 

Visa announces pilot for biometric payment cards

Visa has announced pilot projects for a new EMV dual-interface biometric payment card with chip and contactless transaction capabilities in…

 

Precise Biometrics appoints new CEO

Precise Biometrics has appointed Stefan K Persson CEO. Current CEO Håkan Persson has resigned effective immediately. Stefan K Persson is…

 

UIDAI announces plans to add facial recognition to Aadhaar

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has announced the addition of facial recognition to the Aadhaar program to provide…

 

Cato Institute calls biometric exit program “a big waste of money”

The Cato Institute is calling on the U.S. Congress to resist efforts to fund the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s)…

 

FST CTO featured speaker at Biometrics Israel 2018, ISO biometrics committee meeting

Shahar Belkin, CTO of FST Biometrics, will lead the Israeli delegation at this month’s International Meeting of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC…

 

FIDO Alliance lauds first-year progress of Japan Working Group

The FIDO Alliance has announced that membership in its FIDO Japan Working Group (FJWG) has doubled in the first year…

 

American Green names Canadian distributor of biometrics-based marijuana vending units

Dispension Industries Incorporated will be the exclusive Canadian distributor of American Green’s Verified Identity Dispenser. The Verified Identity Dispenser was…

 

DISA working on gait recognition for multi-factor mobile authentication platform

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is working to enable seven different types of biometric authentication with mobile devices for…

 

Startup Bite offering automated kiosks with facial recognition for restaurants

U.S. fast-food chain Jack in the Box is considering deploying automated kiosks to replace human cashiers at its points-of-sale, CEO…

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