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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
UK awards NEC $25M facial recognition policing contract
UK’s law enforcement agencies have awarded a £20 million ($25.2 million) contract for live facial recognition to three suppliers, including…
| Apr 7, 2025 | SITA and NEC partner on digital identity interoperability, airport biometricsSITA and NEC Corporation have joined forces in a collaboration designed to accelerate the adoption of digital identity technology in… |
| Apr 1, 2025 | NEC claims world-first facial recognition system for genomic custom cancer vaccinesA news release says NEC Corporation has developed and successfully demonstrated a facial recognition system for personalized cancer vaccine therapies…. |
| Apr 1, 2025 | Explosion in identity and payments fraud forces governments, private companies to actA common enemy can bring together unlikely allies, and right now the common enemy of banks, tech and telecoms firms… |
| Mar 26, 2025 | MLB Go-Ahead Entry adds new parks to growing biometric rosterIt’s baseball season again, and in biometrics circles, that means it’s time for a fresh round of Go-Ahead Entry deployments… |
| Mar 25, 2025 | NEC supplying biometric walkthrough gates for Japanese airportsBiometric walkthrough gates from NEC are coming to three of Japan’s largest airports to streamline airport arrivals. The country’s Immigration… |
| Mar 21, 2025 | NEC face biometrics for passenger boarding in self-driving bus trial with JALThe Japan Airlines Co. (JAL) and NEC Corporation are experimenting with self-driving buses and using Neoface facial recognition to verify… |
| Mar 12, 2025 | New Zealand police say NEC AFIS contract expiring soonNew Zealand’s police are warning that the contract for its fingerprinting system, supplied by biometric firm NEC, will expire soon… |
| Mar 11, 2025 | Corsight showcasing face biometrics platform at Security & Policing 2025The UK government’s Security & Policing 2025 expo opened in Hampshire, England today. The public safety and security-focused show for government officials, law enforcement… |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Vendors make their case why biometrics and the healthcare sector go togetherCompanies such as Amazon have been introducing biometric authentication systems into the healthcare sector, adapting its Amazon One palm biometrics… |
| Mar 6, 2025 | NEC says biometric ‘fluctuation’ estimation preserves privacy and accuracyMatching face biometrics with consistent accuracy but without stored facial information has long posed a challenge for hashing systems, but… |
| Mar 5, 2025 | Limited use of mobile biometrics, data analysis weakens immigration enforcement, US lawmakers toldAt a recent House subcommittee hearing, experts and former U.S. homeland security officials testifying on the evolving role of technology… |
| Feb 24, 2025 | EU-funded project to boost identification capabilities for law enforcement with AIThe European Union is seeing a new AI-powered security security project focusing on developing techniques that improve identification with the… |
| Feb 21, 2025 | PopID, BigBear.ai bring face biometrics to US payments partnersA pair of partnerships in America bring face biometrics from PopID and BigBear.ai to point-of-sale devices, while implementations in South… |
| Feb 20, 2025 | Georgia’s surveillance cameras under scrutiny amid anti-government protestsOver the past years, Georgia has installed more than 4,300 “smart” cameras on its streets. The surveillance networks – built… |
| Feb 4, 2025 | American Family Field to get biometric gates with MLB Go-Ahead EntryAmerican Family Field, home to Major League Baseball’s Milwaukee Brewers, is getting MLB’s biometric Go-Ahead Entry system at its Home… |
| Dec 31, 2024 | Biometric ticketing for sports and live events set to explode in 20252024 was arguably the year in which sports finally became a major market for biometrics. While experiments with biometric ticketing… |
| Dec 31, 2024 | Biometrics highlighted as a crucial part of trusted patient ID verificationThere is general consensus on the need for high-level security and trust when it comes to digital ID verification, but… |
| Nov 25, 2024 | NEC launches single-image multimodal biometricsTech giant NEC has developed a new technology that allows authentication with both face and iris biometrics with a single… |
| Nov 20, 2024 | Japan supporting identity system upgrades in Vietnam, LaosJapan is providing funding and technical expertise to neighboring countries to help them upgrade their identity ecosystems, as its own… |
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 |
