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Biometrics Institute announces updated mission statement
The Biometrics Institute has updated its mission statement to add support for the ethical use of biometric technology to its goals, and announced the addition of three new directors to the group’s Board ... Read the whole story here.

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CLEAR provides facial and fingerprint biometrics for faster car rentals from Hertz
CLEAR is providing biometric technology to car rental giant Hertz to speed up the car rental process for customers at...
 
Deep fake technology outpacing security countermeasures
In July, Sen. Marco Rubio appeared to be a lone cry in the dark when he declared in remarks he...
IARPA looks to industry for help identifying tampering with AI systems
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) is proposing a TrojAI program to build tools for predicting if artificial intelligence...
 
Zwipe survey shows banking community support for biometric cards
Biometric tech company Zwipe reports that at last week’s Fintech Connect show it surveyed more than 100 delegates who shared...
YITU develops highly accurate Mandarin speech recognition system
YITU Technology has developed a Mandarin speech recognition system it says provides an unprecedented degree of accuracy, leveraging its artificial...
 
ARATEK fingerprint sensor featured in new BITEL POS terminal
BITEL recently launched a new point of sale terminal featuring an ARATEK fingerprint sensor. The new IC7200 terminal is designed...
Facewatch tech selected for UK prison service facial recognition trial
Facewatch announced that its biometric technology has been selected by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) for a facial...
 
Element to provide software-only palm biometrics for PSI healthcare access initiative
Element is partnering with health organization Population Services International (PSI) to pilot a biometric identification platform to support community health...
Payments provider ACI Worldwide partners with BioCatch to reduce fraud with behavioral biometrics
Real-time payments and banking services company ACI Worldwide is leveraging behavioral biometrics from BioCatch to prevent online and mobile banking...
 
New Samsung trademark filings may indicate facial recognition coming to Galaxy S10
Samsung has filed three trademarks in Korea which seem to be related to camera functions, and possible facial recognition, of...
HYPR rolls out passwordless employee access solution for MacOS
HYPR today announced the launch of its Employee Access solution for MacOS. With this roll out, HYPR becomes the first...
 
Twice as many consumers in emerging markets support retail facial recognition for purchase security
Using facial recognition to ensure purchase security is a good idea according to 61 percent of consumers in emerging markets,...
 
 
 
 
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