Biometrics

Facewatch comes under the public eye again

Biometric security company Facewatch will provide its technology to UK retailer Iceland. News of a…

Biometric screening goes live at Terminal 4 of Changi Airport, Singapore

Terminal 4 of Singapores Changi Airport is now open, with biometric passenger screening enabled by…

Finger, eye scan promise to get travelers through airport security faster

New technology is coming to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport that…

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…

Biometrics take off for BA passengers on boarding

British Airways will become one of the first airlines to replace its boarding gate staff with automated biometric technology as…

Videonetics & Cognitec Announce Technology Partnership

Videonetics, a leading provider of Intelligent Video Management, Video Analytics and Traffic Monitoring software, has announced…

NEC's Video Face Recognition Technology ranks first in NIST Testing

NEC Corporation has announced that NECs face recognition technology achieved the highest performance evaluation in the recent…

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…

American states considering biometrics legislation

Following the lead set by Illinois, four other US states are now considering legislation related to biometric data. Since January…

Safran and FotoNation partner on iris solutions in India

Biometric and identity firm Safran Identity & Security and iris specialist FotoNation have revealed plans to work together on…

Atlanta Airport installs Biometric Security Screening Kiosks

Travellers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airports south terminal will now have the option to verify their…

Biometrics, face scanners to replace registers across Maharashtra police stations

In a years time, each police station in Maharashtra will be able to record biometric data of criminals. The state government is…

Facial recognition to replace passports in security overhaul at Australian airports

A radical overhaul of security at Australias international airports is the first step towards the governments goal of automating…