Facial recognition startup Blink Identity raises $1.5M
Texas-based startup Blink Identity announced today that it raised $1.5M USD in a seed round led by Sinai Ventures with…
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Privacy groups urge Illinois Supreme Court to rule for plaintiff definition of harm in BIPA suit
A coalition of privacy advocacy groups have filed an amici curiae brief urging the Illinois Supreme Court to rule that…
Western Union patents money transfer system using biometrics-based sender verification
A Western Union patent application that describes a system to manage recurring transfer notifications and secure payments for an electronic…
Researchers develop model to scale 3D facial recognition
Researchers from The University of Western Australia (UWA) have developed a model for scaling 3D facial recognition which they say…
DERMALOG’s ABIS enables real-time multi-biometrics recognition
German biometrics firm DERMALOG announced its new Automatic Biometric Identification System (ABIS) that compares multiple biometric features simultaneously and sets…
Cognitec improves the accuracy and speed of its face matching algorithm
Cognitec Systems announced today that extensive research and development efforts have led to significant improvements in the accuracy and speed…
PSD2 to drive biometric adoption for online payment authentication: Mastercard
With the number of online transactions requiring cardholder authentication to increase from roughly one or two percent today to as…
WTTC moving quickly to solve travel infrastructure crunch with harmonized biometric traveler identity
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is very busy. It advocates for all of the companies that participate in…
Focus on authentication and contactless payments at upcoming trade association events
U.S. Payments Forum members representing global payment networks, financial institutions, merchants, processors, acquirers, domestic payment networks, industry suppliers and industry…
IDEX joins the Asia Pacific Smart Card Association
IDEX has signed on as a member of the Asia Pacific Smart Card Association (APSCA) reinforcing the company’s commitment to…
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