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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
4 digital identity firms appoint new VPs, Okta expands board
Several 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… |
| Apr 1, 2022 | NEC Corporation of America gains ISO/IEC 27001 complianceNEC Corporation of America, a subsidiary of NEC, has acquired ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation from independent certification body NQA for the… |
| Mar 16, 2022 | Brunei gets facial recognition system from NEC to improve securityAuthorities in Brunei have received facial recognition technology from NEC as part of efforts by the Department of Internal Security… |
| Mar 4, 2022 | Oracle, NEC tell their lawyers to take a break, settle suit involving biometrics softwareThere is one fewer courtroom drama involving biometrics. Database software monolith Oracle and Japanese electronics giant NEC have notified a… |
| Feb 2, 2022 | NEC America facial recognition adopted by Canadian police forceNEC Corporation of America says it will work alongside an FBI-affiliated security group to combat human trafficking, while a Canadian… |
| Jan 5, 2022 | Easier queues with biometrics, touchless check-ins set to reach more airportsAn acquisition by Clear, a super app service developed with Vision-Box, and the growth of HID Global’s airport IAM platform… |
| Dec 20, 2021 | Startup support for biometrics and AI development: Intema joins Nvidia Inception, new NEC fundIntema, a subsidiary of Russian company MTS AI, has announced that its US$100 million AI accelerator program for education has… |
| Dec 17, 2021 | NEC streamlines 1:N biometric matches for homomorphic encryption to protect dataHomomorphic encryption for biometric matching holds the promise of data protection even in use, and NEC Corporation is the latest technology… |
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 |
