Indian Supreme Court to hear Facebook argument against linking Aadhaar biometrics with accounts
The Supreme Court of India has agreed to hear arguments from Facebook that accounts on social media platforms should not…
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India to use Aadhaar biometrics to eliminate middlemen from farmer payments
The government of India is planning to leverage Aadhaar biometrics in a reformed food procurement system to deliver benefits to…
Biometrics research briefs: face matching software in India, Asia-Pacific and global mobile market
The Indian market for cloud-based 1:N facial matching is among the next hot biometrics markets, according to a new market…
Indian central bank publishes criteria for participation in regulatory sandbox
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has published the “fit and proper” criteria it will use to select biometrics companies…
Aadhaar enabled payment system used for 220M biometric transactions in July
India’s Aadhaar enabled payment system (AEPS) surpassed 200 million transactions with biometric authentication in the month of July, 2019, ZeeBiz…
India National Population Register to collect biometrics and seeks Aadhaar database access
India is planning to collect biometric and family data from residents for the next stage of its National Population Register…
NEXT Biometrics Aadhaar-certified technology integrated in Sunmi POS terminals for India
Shanghai Sunmi Technology Co. is integrating Next Biometrics` STQC and UIDAI-certified fingerprint sensor modules into its P1 POS terminals for…
Mantra’s Aadhaar-enabled biometric devices deployed for food distribution
In an effort to curb fraud and better verify the identity of eligible food distribution recipients, the Uttar Pradesh government…
STQC certification opens new opportunities in India for biometrics firm Aratek
Two of Aratek‘s fingerprint scanners have received certification for India’s Aadhaar program. The Aratek A400 capacitive scanner and A600 optical…
Biometrics-based micro-finance provider Satya passes Rs 1B in cashless collections
Biometrics-based authentication provider Satya MicroCapital Limited has surpassed 1 billion rupees (US$15 million) in cashless collections over the past two…
