Miami International Airport sees largest deployment of SITA-backed EPP screening
One of the busiest airports in the U.S. has introduced Customs and Border Protection (CBP)’s Enhanced Passenger Processing (EPP) system,…
Simplified Arrival
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TSA’s new identity verification fee signals major shift in post–REAL ID enforcement
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has quietly taken a consequential step in how it will handle travelers who show up…
CBP seeks biometric photo capture technology for border vehicle inspection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) on commercial solutions for capturing high-quality facial…
Inching closer to the day when a face is all that is needed at world airports
Biometric verification has taken another small step forward in the United States, with the addition of optional cruise-ship debarkation checks…
San Francisco, Cancún now direct travelers through face biometrics checks
Vacationers traveling in North America by ship and plane are seeing more biometric verification at ports of entry. Princess Cruises…
US is decades from completing biometric exit scans, but Customs plays by its own rules
Biometric systems in the U.S. federal government made news this month and as often is the case at that level,…
Simplified Arrival biometrics in place for all international air passenger arrivals to US
As passenger numbers rocket, airports and airlines are struggling to cope. Toronto Pearson’s boss is calling on Ottawa to allow…
2021 a good year for facial recognition at US ports
The U.S. government says it doubled the number of international travelers who were processed last year using facial recognition tools….
CBP’s new biometric kiosks processing travelers in 3.5 seconds
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is nearing completion on an upgrade of the software for its biometric ‘facial comparison’ kiosks,…
Airports integrating biometrics from Idemia in US, Vision-Box and Unisys in ANZ
Airports and air agencies from the U.S. announced a series of updates to their adoption of Idemia I&S NA’s biometric…
