NIST issues new publication on PIV cards, adds standards for iris, fingerprint comparison
As promised, NIST has delivered a new publication for Personal Identity Verification cards that now adds iris images and on-card fingerprint…
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Diebold, Tracom launch biometric ATMs in Kenya
Diebold, along with Kenya’s Tracom Services, have jointly launched a new line of fingerprint ATMs in Nairobi, in an attempt to curb…
Thermal imaging of face vein patterns enters the biometric discussion
The development of new modalities are always exciting for the biometrics community, and an Indian research team has just come…
Philippines Comelec suspends biometric voter validation to build up workforce
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the Philippines has ordered that the validation of biometric voter records be stopped, but not…
Matrix Systems access control system now supports Ingersoll Rand readers
Access control specialist Matrix Systems has announced that its Frontier access control and security management platform now supports aptiQ multi-technology readers…
Winthrop University eyes Iris ID access control system
South Carolina’s Winthrop University is set to roll out an iris recognition access control system on its campus. The technology for…
Voice biometrics and how far we’ve come
When I first sat down to write about voice biometrics, I couldn’t shake the images of old TV commercials for…
Synqera brings facial recognition to Ulybka Radugi
Facial recognition technology is at the center of a new deal between retail technology startup Synqera and Russian cosmetics chain, Ulybka…
Burkina Faso completes voter registry, Innovatrics and Gemalto technology used
The Electoral Commision in Burkina Faso has just completed its biometric voter registry, and as Innovatrics has just announced, its WebAFIS…
Nigeria’s Central Bank says ATMs, POS will be biometric by 2015
Debit cards could soon be obsolete in Nigeria. The Central Bank of Nigeria is set to introduce biometric authentication for point-of-sale…
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