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Integrated Biometrics says ID4Africa “exceeded our expectations”

Integrated Biometrics reports a highly successful engagement at the 2016 ID4Africa international forum in Kigali, Rwanda. The three-day event, held…

 

Top new features coming to smartphones: Gartner

Gartner has released its “Top 10 Smartphone Technologies and Capabilities in 2016 and 2017” report which identifies smartphone technologies and…

 

Ireland police service modernization program includes facial recognition software

Ireland’s National Police Service (Gardai) will soon have access to facial recognition software as part of a five-year, $225M USD…

 

Lux Research report finds mobile payments require biometrics to increase adoption

Lux Research has released a new report entitled “Securing Mobile Payments with Biometric Authentication”, which suggests that current mobile payment…

 

Paytm to launch Indian bank using mobile technology, biometrics

In 2015, Paytm received a license from the Reserve Bank of India to start India’s first payments bank. The bank…

 

BioCatch integrates additional Microsoft Azure capabilities into its behavioral biometrics technology

BioCatch has integrated additional Microsoft Azure capabilities into its behavioral biometrics technology, which further improves its ability to detect and…

 

Vision-Box discusses its border control solution at Portuguese government conference on migrant crisis

The Portuguese Immigration and Borders Service and its union held a conference last week under the theme “Europe and the…

 

Canadian government used facial recognition to detect passport fraudsters

Canada’s Federal government officials revealed they used facial recognition technology to identify 15 suspects wanted on immigration warrants, who all…

 

Snapchat acquires 3D selfies app developer Seene

A couple of months ago, Snapchat quietly acquired 3D photo app developer Seene (also known as Obvious Engineering) which allows…

 

Sciometrics joins NIST’s contactless fingerprint capture devices research program

Sciometrics has revealed a partnership with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop standards for image quality…

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