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ID.me digital identity supports gas discount program for healthcare workers and first responders
U.S. gas stations BP and Amoco have launched an initiative supported by digital identity from ID.me to provide 50 cents off per gallon on gas purchases to healthcare workers and first responders working during the coronavirus outbreak. The program already had 100,000 users over the weekend, and the numbers are increasing daily, ID.me CEO Blake Hall tells Biometric Update .. Read the full story here.

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Industry touts biometrics and digital identity to support remote services and pandemic recovery
Biometrics companies are variously offering advice on remote working and services and safe fingerprinting, as well as facial recognition discounts...
 
Biometrics could help identify those with antibodies and needing vaccines as coronavirus lockdowns lift
Biometric identification could provide an invaluable tool for countries lifting coronavirus lockdowns, and in ensuring an eventual vaccine reaches vulnerable...
Integrated Biometrics case study details fingerprint verification of food aid recipients in Yemen
Integrated Biometrics has published a case study detailing the use of the company’s Five-O ten-print biometric scanner to support food...
 
Oura biometric wearable tested with healthcare professionals for early coronavirus detection
A national study of a biometric wearable for early onset detection of COVID-19 has been launched, with Oura Rings worn...
What pandemic? China biometrics startup clinches $141M fund
It is a precarious moment for the waylaid Chinese economy, but a Shenzhen biometrics startup has just closed a round...
 
Fingerprint Cards broadens partnerships to scale biometric payment cards
Fingerprint Cards is looking for smartcard industry partners such as payment networks, top card manufacturers and issuers, leading secure element...
Facial biometrics deployment for residential access control in Canada concerns privacy advocates
A Canadian real estate management firm has deployed biometric facial recognition to prevent unauthorized access of its buildings and track...
 
Idemia, Zwipe, Idex Biometrics announce milestone, sensor deal for biometric payment cards
The first samples of the biometric secure element developed through the exclusive partnership between Idemia and Zwipe have arrived and...
SAFR reports biometric recognition algorithm adapts to work with masks
Performance accuracy of SAFR biometric facial recognition technology from Real Networks is not affected by people wearing masks to protect...
 
IGEL integrates Fujitsu palm vein recognition to boost endpoint security
Edge OS provider IGEL Technology now offers support for Fujitsu‘s PalmSecure technology to improve the speed and security of endpoint...
Deputy introduces contactless biometric workforce management toolkit
Workforce management software developer Deputy has released a workforce management toolkit with a touchless time clock, biometric facial recognition and...
 
Biometrics analyst says outbreak marks death of most of touch-based fingerprint reader market
The market for low-end single fingerprint biometric sensors and readers outside of smartphones has just fallen off a cliff, according...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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