Biometrical payments to approach $5bn by 2019

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the increased rollout of contactless payment services using fingerprint scanners…

JCB starts trials of payment by palm vein authentication

JCB Co., Ltd. (JCB), the only international payment brand based in Japan, will be conducting a trial of payment using palm vein…

Biometrics on the increase in Turkey

Turkeys access control systems market is expected to proliferate over the next six years, influenced by surging demand from the…

UGC sets new norms to boost campus security

In its attempt to step up security of students in hostels in educational institutes across the country, the University Grants…

Biometrics a must for Schengen visa

In a couple of months, travellers headed to Schengen countries in Europe will have to enter their biometric data while applying…

Passenger screening methods to become increasingly less intrusive

A new report from market research firm Frost & Sullivan predicts that passenger screening methods at airports around the…

Government Sector drives India s Biometrics Market

Indias biometrics market is in for continued strong growth over the next several years, according to a new report from TechSci…

FBI opens biometrics research centre

The FBI is opening a new biometrics research centre as the technology continues to take off among both government and the private…

India to launch biometric e-signature initiative

Indias Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) plans to launch an Aadhaar-based e-sign service in the next…

Australia to spend $18.5M on facial biometrics

The Abbott government is spending $18.5 million to roll out a national facial biometric capability to support efforts to catch…

MorphoTrust launches America first mobile driver license pilot

Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) employees are the first to use the MorphoTrust mobile driver license (mDL) software as…

Biometrics testing to begin soon at U.S.-Mexico border

Aiming to crack down on foreigners who remain in the country with expired visas, the federal government is turning to biometrics…