South Africa considering biometrics to fight housing fraud
South Africa’s Human Settlements Minister recently said that her department is considering the use of biometrics technology to prevent people…
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Keynote speaker announced for 2016 MorphoTrak Users Conference
Jeff Bauman, a survivor of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, will be a keynote speaker at next month’s MorphoTrak Users…
Microsoft introduces biometric protection to Web browser
Microsoft has announced that its latest generation of Web browser will natively support its new biometric authentication standard. In a…
FPC annual report for 2015 finds revenues up by 1,142%
Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has published its annual report for 2015 documenting a record year that includes SEK 2.901 billion (US$356.6…
India launches new digital payment scheme
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) Ltd. launched its new Unified Payments Interface (UPI) system on Monday. A P Hota,…
Biometrics Institute continues work on proposed Privacy Trust Mark
The Biometrics Institute has been working with Lockstep Consulting on a proposed Privacy Trust Mark since early 2015 and stage…
A primer on voice biometrics
This is a guest post by Steve Hoffman, CEO of SayPay Technologies, Inc. Overview Speech recognition services like Apple’s Siri…
Russian photographer uses facial recognition in social media experiment
A recent project entitled ‘Your face is big data’ saw an art school student photograph people who happened to sit…
MorphoTrust UES and ABIS platforms get SAFETY Act certification
Identity services and solutions provider MorphoTrust USA (Safran), has achieved SAFETY Act certification on its Universal Enrollment Services (UES) and…
Cognitec releases new software version for its eGates facial recognition technology
Cognitec has released a new software version for its facial recognition solution, FaceVACS-Entry, used in eGates for APC procedures. According…
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