Andhra Pradesh adopts iris scanning for pension payments

An iris recognition system is going to be used to identify pensioners for their pension payments in Andhra Pradesh. This new…

Younger users prefer biometrics to passwords

The new generation of banking customers would rather use biometric security devices than PINs and passwords for authentication,…

Morpho signs biometric eBorder contract with the UAE

Morpho (Safran) has signed a major deal with the United Arab Emirates which will see the French biometric security firm deploy a…

Indian navy to deploy biometric security devices

Indias government has granted the countrys navy and coast guard a first set of mobile biometric security devices to check the…

Biometrics make officials spend more time in office

Introduction of the Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance marking for close to 50,000 central government employees has seen the "…

California cops sign contract to begin using massive biometric database

The Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department the fourth largest local policing agency in the United States has taken another step…

Gesture & biometric interface market to reach $1.2B by 2019

A new report from Juniper Research has predicted that by 2019 the global market for services based on gesture and biometric…

ISS launches Lumidigm Biometric system LM-01 at IFSEC Delhi

Intelligent Systems and Solutions (ISS), announced the launch of ISS LM01: Standalone Biometric & RFID access control…

India deploys biometric scanners along Bangladesh border

The Border Security Force (BSF) has rolled out biometric scanners at 40 points along Indias border with Bangladesh to catch…

Police to record biometric data and photos of drunk drivers

Central District Police in Wellington, New Zealand recently began collecting the biometric data of individuals caught driving…

From January 1, Govt. to use biometrics to track late-comers

The Narendra Modi government will phase out the manual system of attendance in all central government offices over the next…

India to introduce mandatory biometrics for passport

Indias government plans to make the biometrics-based Aadhaar unique ID number and a criminal background check mandatory for the…