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NEC (stock info) is the global leader in the field of biometric authentication, bringing the best of their class in the world, providing the most suitable solutions to customers’ needs in six areas—face recognition, iris recognition, fingerprint/palmprint recognition, voice recognition and ear acoustic authentication. In addition, by combining multiple biometric authentication systems, NEC’s solutions bring about even more robust security, creating a safe, secure and seamless future cities.
NEC Biometrics News
Biometrics continue to enhance airport security, traveler experience
Several airlines and airports around the world are involved new biometrics projects designed to increase security and create contactless traveler…
| Dec 19, 2022 | NEC, Suprema each expand ops teams, Beyond Identity and Veridas hire tech talentSeveral companies in the biometric space have recently completed new hires and/or expanded their teams. The first is NEC Corporation… |
| Dec 8, 2022 | NEC, Alcatraz AI deliver new facial recognition solutions for more efficient access controlFacial recognition tools are being introduced to ease congestion and manage access control at events and other venues, according to… |
| Nov 1, 2022 | NEC in talks with researchers commercializing infant fingerprint biometrics scannerThe developer of a device for capturing infants’ fingerprint biometrics is working towards commercialization as one of its co-founders prepares… |
| Oct 25, 2022 | Ears are big for consumer biometricsSo far, ears are the only orifices of the human body that biometric sensors enter to do their work, and… |
| Oct 19, 2022 | ABIS contracts are swirling in Southeast Asia. NEC and Totm sign biometrics dealsA pair of biometric identification contracts in Southeast Asia have been signed, one in Indonesia by Totm and another in… |
| Oct 13, 2022 | NEC America promotes public sector leader to engage government, biometrics provider groupsNEC has promoted Brent Bombach to vice president and head of government relations and public policy, amid several senior leadership… |
| Aug 24, 2022 | 4 digital identity firms appoint new VPs, Okta expands boardSeveral biometrics providers have completed new executive hires over the last week. NEC Corporation of America welcomed Gary Lac as… |
| Jul 14, 2022 | British police deploy live facial recognition, license plate recognition to make 11 arrestsBritish police operating in London and the northwest of England recently used live facial recognition (LFR), operator initiated facial recognition… |
| Jul 5, 2022 | Secunet deploys biometrics for EES border control at Zurich Airport, NEC supplies Hong KongGerman security and biometrics firm Secunet will equip Zurich Airport in Switzerland with its technologies to make the facility compliant… |
| Jul 4, 2022 | NEC biometrics experts discuss accuracy headway following science and technology commendationNEC strives to continue reducing biometrics error rates towards zero as it outlines the efforts and challenges that have led… |
| Jun 3, 2022 | Growing biometrics providers unveil leadership appointments: Phonexia, Corsight, NEC AmericaFacial recognition specialist Corsight hires a new chief financial officer, Moshe Fink, as part of the firm’s continuing growth. Corsight recently… |
| May 31, 2022 | India’s Telangana minister talks public facial recognition trust on WEF panelThe development, deployment and use of artificial intelligence-based technologies such as facial recognition is spreading like wildfire across the world… |
| May 17, 2022 | Miami International Airport plans for biometric boarding at all gates by 2023Miami International Airport (MIA) says all of its passenger gates will feature face biometric boarding by 2023 to forge what the… |
| May 17, 2022 | Mastercard launches retail biometrics program with Brazil pilotMastercard launches its Biometric Checkout Program for ‘pay by smile’ facial recognition payment authentication with Brazil’s Payface at five São Paulo… |
| Apr 29, 2022 | New biometrics deployments at US, Greek, German airportsUpdates and new data show steady growth in biometric applications for air travel, with a new survey from Ipsos revealing… |
| Apr 28, 2022 | NEC enrolls biometrics of 50M Vietnamese for ID authenticationAround 50 million Vietnamese have had their biometrics captured for ID authentication as the country is modernizing its digital ID… |
| Apr 11, 2022 | NEC, Hitachi biometrics planned for payments, hospitality check-in in JapanNEC has partnered with Osaka Metro to bring face biometrics-powered payments to retail stores, starting with a pop-up shop it… |
| Apr 11, 2022 | Honors and recognition for Jumio, Socure, Alcatraz AI, NEC, Prove, Experian, CanariaBiometrics solution providers Alcatraz AI, Jumio, Experian, Prove, Canaria Technologies, NEC and Socure have earned different recognitions for the quality… |
| Apr 6, 2022 | Face biometrics for payments continue advance with PopID-Visa partnershipPopID has recently entered a new collaboration with Visa to launch its PopPay face biometrics-powered payments solution in the Middle… |
NEC White Papers
Finding a face in a crowded arena
Face recognition has improved leaps and bounds in the last five years. From a technology once associated with science fiction…
| Oct 16, 2018 | How digital technology can be the difference in making cities safer |
