Korea turns to biometrics to secure mobile finance

A South Korean government agency is developing a biometric authentication system, combining data from wearables and smartphones,…

AIIMS to start biometric attendance system for security guards

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has decided to implement mandatory biometric system to register the…

JetBlue to test Self-Boarding program using Facial Recognition

JetBlue will deploy biometrics technology at Bostons Logan Airport to test a self-boarding process in which paper tickets are…

India leads globally in adoption of biometric tech

With advancements in the field of biometric technology, India has topped globally in adoption of biometrics techniques, says a…

Biometric banking most popular in UK

The survey of 12,000 people in 11 countries found that less than half (46 per cent) trusted fingerprint recognition to replace…

India makes biometrics compulsory in e-govt programmes

The Indian government has released new e-govt guidelines that make biometrics a compulsory authentication factor. The staff…

HSBC's voice recognition security breached by customer's brother

HSBC's voice recognition software - launched last year and hailed as highly secure - has been successfully foiled by the brother…

Australia to process 90% of incoming passengers based on biometrics by 2020

Australias Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) has launched a tender for companies to submit technology…

Mobile biometric payment volumes to reach nearly 2Billion in 2017

Juniper Research has released a new study that forecasts that the number of mobile biometric payments will increase to nearly 2…

NEC Biometrics Division is Now NEC Advanced Recognition Systems

NECs biometrics division has rebranded. The company arm formerly known as NEC Biometrics Solutions is now called NEC Advanced…

UIDAI launches new security feature to shield customer's data

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched a new feature where users can lock and unlock their biometric…

Canadian airports implementing facial recognition technology this spring

Major Canadian airports will be implementing facial recognition technology this spring as part of Canada Border Services Agencys…