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Biometrics adoption rates adjust, fingerprint growth paused by pandemic, analyst Goode says
Goode Intelligence explores the major shifts in demand the biometrics market is seeing for fingerprints and digital identity, and in sensor production due to the impact of the COVID-19 crisis ... Read the whole story here.

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Datasonic stock analysts and Precise Biometrics CEO hear industry opportunities knocking
Malaysia’s Datasonic is rumored to be on the heels of a series of government contracts, while Precise Biometrics’ CEO is...
 
D-ID secures $13.5M to further develop anonymization and facial biometrics-blocking software
D-ID has secured $13.5 million that will be invested in further developing its technology that digitally anonymizes faces in videos...
New NIST FRVT Quality Assessment report seeks to improve face biometrics performance metrics
A second draft of the FRVT (Face Recognition Vendor Test) Quality Assessment Report has been published by the National Institute of...
 
Behavioral and passive biometrics argued as key to secure online user experience by BioCatch and NuData
Behavioral and passive biometrics are the means for businesses to rescue online user experiences from the friction used to secure...
Startup receives funding from Indian government for real-time biometric and thermal scanning solution
A funding body with India’s government has announced a loan for biometric facial recognition provider Cocoslabs Innovations to develop a...
 
Secure Technology Alliance rolls out online resource to promote mDL adoption in U.S.
Secure Technology Alliance has introduced an online educational resource to promote the adoption of mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) to provide...
Startup AI firm impresses with massively crowd sourced biometrics algorithm training
DefinedCrowd, which bills itself as a crowd-as-a-service AI firm, has closed a $50.5 million series B funding round destined for...
 
FIDO launches consumer outreach with website and trust mark; eIDAS white papers and webinar
The FIDO ecosystem has been built up, and the organization is now reaching out to educate consumers on the value...
Korean hospital implements CMITech’s biometric iris recognition
CMITech’s dual iris recognition technology has been deployed by the Hallym University Medical Center hospital in Anyang, Korea for biometric...
 
Google testing biometric voice payments via Assistant
Google has confirmed it is testing a new Assistant feature that authorizes transactions through Voice Match biometrics, writes Android Police....
Biometrics in healthcare to see four-fold increase by 2024 to over $2.7B
Although biometric adoption in the healthcare sector was initially limited to patient identification and verification, the adoption of electronic health...
 
Chinese government and biometrics suppliers respond to U.S. Entity List expansion
State publication China Daily reports expert opinion that the addition of 33 new companies, including five biometrics providers, to the U.S....
 
 
 
 
 
 
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