Facial recognition payment systems rolled out in Denmark, growing rapidly in China
Nets has rolled out biometric facial recognition payment trials for 1,000 people in Copenhagen to see how people react to…
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European interest in facial recognition and other Chinese tech balances U.S. absence at Shenzhen event
A record 44 delegations from countries including Russia, Iran, Hungary, Austria, Sweden were present this year at China’s Hi-Tech Fair…
Open Banking & SCA Forum
Open Banking & SCA Forum Amsterdam February 4 – 5, 2020 The European Union’s revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) has…
Police consider facial recognition in Denmark, Sweden, Romania, but bias concerns persist
Copenhagen police could gain a “huge advantage” in investigations by implementing a biometric facial recognition system to scan footage from…
Netherlands stands up Biometrics Standards Committee as UK adds new ethics group members
A pair of European government bodies have boosted their biometrics governance initiatives; one for international engagement, and one for national…
Chinese biometric surveillance technology deployed internationally amid criticism
Authorities in Bolivia have deployed 600 cameras with facial recognition, to go along with 2,000 units already in service, as…
Border Security Conference
Border Security Conference Rome, Italy February 11-12, 2020 Join us in Rome on the 11th and 12th February, to explore…
NEC facial recognition border tech for Kenya as airport biometrics rollouts continue
Airport biometrics use continues to expand rapidly all around the world, with a series of new deployments announced and detailed….
A third of European consumers want biometrics to speed up financial service onboarding
Financial service providers are not taking full enough advantage of biometrics to speed up onboarding processes, 34 percent of European…
EAB awards three researchers for contributions to fingerprint and facial biometrics
University of Ljubljana researcher Dr. Klemen Grm has won the first EAB Max Snijder Award for his research on processing…
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