Face biometric payments launch at scale in Moscow Metro
Moscow’s metro system has seen the launch of a new biometric facial recognition payment system, Face Pay, at over 240…
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Smart Engines’ digital ID scanning to speed up Russian Railways ticket purchases
Smart Engines has entered a new partnership with Russian Railways to speed up ticket purchases using artificial intelligence and digital…
NtechLab contracted by Indian Railways to deploy facial recognition at 30 stations
India’s newest railway facial recognition surveillance project is underway, with a contract to deploy the technology to 30 stations, though…
Is your public transport ticket the beginning of your digital identity?
As COVID has pushed even more people to switch to smartphone-based ticketing for public transport, these transit payment methods could…
Face biometrics tested for payments in Moscow Metro, banking in Japan
The Moscow Metro transport system has begun testing its Face Pay biometric fare payment service with 1,000 users to provide…
Maxima Telecom win $13.5M contract to deploy face biometric cameras to Moscow roads
Two thousand cameras with object detection and face biometrics are coming to the roads and highways of Russia’s capital, through…
U.S. pols probe Uber, Lyft about facial recognition tech facing riders
Biometric privacy is not something most U.S. consumers worry — or even know — about yet, but news of facial…
Watching the ride-hailing watchers with computer vision tablets
A freshly minted public company is one step closer to getting its facial recognition software in ride-hail fleets to record…
Comparitech facial recognition report highlights growing, variable global market
China retains its status as the country with the most face biometrics-based surveillance in a new report. Research service Comparitech analyzed…
Face biometrics systems shut down in Washington, DC and São Paulo, Brazil
The National Capital Region Facial Recognition System (NCRFRILS) operated in the U.S. Capitol will be discontinued due to a new…
