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NEC Asia Pacific Pte Ltd Biometrics News

Smart Engines OCR technology integrated with two biometric onboarding systems

Feb 11, 2021, 4:18 pm EST

Smart Engines’ identity document recognition technology has been adopted by Oman Arab Bank (OAB) as part of biometric user onboarding…

Feb 1, 2021	Soft market conditions hit biometrics revenues but fundraising, deals foreshadow expected bounce Earnings reports by publicly-traded companies that provide biometrics are showing some effect from the generalized financial turmoil of the pandemic….
Jan 28, 2021	NEC CTO sees boost to biometrics and AI R&D from pandemic as potential Olympics push looms NEC Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Motoo Nishihara said the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly increased the speed of development of face…
Jan 19, 2021	NEC targets major sales year for biometrics and touchless interactions in 2021 With mask-wearing relatively common among those with allergies in Japan even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, NEC was already working…
Jan 4, 2021	IPO, financing and biometrics stock price hike signal optimism for growth year ahead A series of announcements made over the holidays clearly indicate the momentum of investment in the biometrics market. Biodit has…
Dec 16, 2020	Certification and audit framework for face biometrics in aviation pitched by World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum has launched a toolkit and certification framework that it says has been shown in testing to…
Dec 14, 2020	Idemia chosen for Iceland’s biometric border checks, more CBP facial recognition rollouts A series of new biometrics deployments have been announced by CBP at U.S. borders, while Idemia’s technology has been chosen…
Dec 7, 2020	IdTA members to guide SIA’s new identity and biometric technology advisory board Some major companies in the biometrics and identity solutions industry are joining the U.S.’ Security Industry Association (SIA) and will…
Nov 25, 2020	SITA, Nagarro and NEC each help airport partners expand face biometrics Etihad Airways is trialing face biometrics from SITA to check cabin crew into the Crew Briefing Centre at Abu Dhabi…
Nov 18, 2020	Star Alliance selects NEC biometrics as airport ID verification integrations advance Star Alliance has completed the development of a platform for interoperable biometric identification to improve the travel experience of its…
Nov 6, 2020	Selfie biometrics provided by NEC for SIM registration and by Jumio for e-scooters Rakuten says it is the first mobile carrier service in Japan to introduce digital KYC checks by introducing an ID…
Nov 2, 2020	NEC facial recognition deployed for tests to ensure spectator safety at Japan sports venues Authorities in Japan say they are carrying out biometrics-based tests to determine the possibility of increasing the number of spectators…
Oct 27, 2020	Biometrics stocks update: NEC positioning, SuperCom warning and a wild ride for BrainChip Three NEC divisions have made announcements related to biometrics and digital identity, while SuperCom has issued notification about a stock-price…
Oct 26, 2020	Anviz intros biometric temperature screening, Digital Ally partners to help businesses reopen Anviz has launched a pair of new facial recognition solutions for biometric access control and workforce management to help protect businesses…
Oct 12, 2020	New Zealand to make NEC face biometrics available to public, private organizations The Department of Internal Affairs in New Zealand has signed a contract with U.S. giant DXC Technology to make face…
Oct 9, 2020	NEC New Zealand and JNCTN to bring together biometrics and cloud digital identity tools NEC New Zealand has announced a new biometrics partnership with identity and credential management solutions firm JNCTN on Tuesday. The…
Oct 5, 2020	NEC acquires Avaloq for $2.2B to combine biometrics and analytics with cloud services for digital transformation NEC has announced the acquisition of Swiss financial software company Avaloq Group AG to integrate its biometrics and artificial intelligence technologies…
Oct 2, 2020	NEC supplies face recognition for cashless payments pilot at 30 locations in Toyama, Japan Digital Garage subsidiary VeriTrans is providing a biometric facial recognition payment service in partnership with NEC for a pilot program in…
Sep 29, 2020	NEC features biometric technology at new Malaysian office, details touchless airport screening partnerships NEC has provided details on a previously-announced biometrics partnership and another for body temperature screening, and has announced the opening of…
Sep 29, 2020	A laser hits finger veins with a ‘poof,’ and a new biometric tool is born A team of academic and industry researchers say they have created a biometric scanner that uses light and sound to…