Spanish data protection regulator targets 14 misconceptions about biometrics in technical note
Unauthorized access to biometric data in one system would allow the biometrics to be used in the rest of systems…
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Facial recognition deployed for ATMs in Spain, POS systems in Brazil and relief payments in Australia
CaixaBank has installed biometric facial recognition-enabled ATMs across Spain, enhanced with cameras and software that can process 16,000 facial points,…
FacePhi acquires Ecertic for gains in biometric identification and authentication market
Spanish biometrics company FacePhi reports it has acquired Ecertic for €2 million (USD$2.20 million) which will be paid with €1.16…
Facial recognition avoided by Spanish smart city project, planned in Dominican, Indonesia, Brazil
Police in Marbella, Spain are using computer vision analysis of gait, clothes gender, and hair color, but not biometric facial…
Facial recognition systems for retail payment launched in Spain, trialed in Australia, company acquired
Australian fintech company RoyalPay is planning to bring facial recognition payments into the country’s mainstream commercial sector, The Sydney Morning…
Biometric boarding introduced at airports in Spain and China
Menorca Airport in Spain and Huangshan Tunxi International Airport in Anhui Province, China are the latest airports to announce biometric…
FacePhi and Fujitsu technology deployed in new CaixaBank facial recognition ATMs
Spanish financial services company CaixaBank has introduced ATM withdrawals using facial recognition. CaixaBank collaborated with technology partners FacePhi and Fujitsu…
Startup Biometric Vox secures 1 million euro investment
Voice authentication startup Biometric Vox has received a €1 million (US$1.23 million) seed round investment from InnoCapital, the corporate venture…
Umanick to promote IriTech iris recognition healthcare app in Spain
Following a successful pilot of IriTech’s iris mobile solution, Umanick will promote the biometric ID app to penetrate the biometric…
Next Biometrics signs Intuate Biometrics as its distributor in Spain
Next Biometrics announced it has signed Intuate S.L., which operates under the name Intuate Biometric, as its official distributor in…
