Congress calls on ride-hailing companies to run fingerprint background checks on drivers
Eight members of the U.S. Congress have called on ride-hailing companies Uber Technologies, Lyft and Sidecar Technologies to begin running…
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Rockwell Collins, Atkins to deploy biometric identity management solutions for airports
Avionics and IT systems firm Rockwell Collins is integrating its ARINC vMUSE and ARINC Veripax technologies with the Atkins identity…
Venezuela government installing 20,000 fingerprint readers to curb food smuggling
The Venezuelan government will install 20,000 fingerprint recognition readers to prevent smugglers from purchasing goods in the country at lower…
UK police recommend installing CCTV cameras ‘at eye level’ for facial recognition
People should install hidden CCTV cameras at “face level” outside their homes and businesses to improve the chances of successfully…
ISS launches biometric time and attendance terminal with HID Global’s fingerprint sensors
Intelligent Systems & Solutions recently launched iSattva, a desktop time and attendance terminal powered by HID Lumidigm Venus and Mercury…
St. Louis-based high school installs facial recognition system
St. Louis-based St. Mary’s High School recently became one of the first schools in the nation to install a new…
NEC ranks first in the NIST Fingerprint Vendor Technology Evaluation
NEC Corporation announced that its fingerprint identification technologies ranked first in the Fingerprint Vendor Technology Evaluation (FpVTE 2012 or FpVTE)…
ING, OCBC banks integrate Touch ID into mobile apps
Financial institutions ING and OCBC both recently launched Touch ID-integrated mobile banking apps to enable customers to sign into their…
Report address MPs’ concerns about UK government not providing guidelines on biometrics usage
In the UK’s Science and Technology Committee new report titled “Science and Technology – Sixth Report: Current and future uses…
Vein scanners to outperform other biometrics segments: report
TechSci Research has published the “Global Biometrics Market Forecast and Opportunities, 2020” report, which projects that the biometric authentication systems…
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