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Covid-19: Contactless biometrics in the spotlight
James Stickland, CEO at Veridium, discusses how contactless biometric authentication is the next logical step towards maximizing the growth of the aviation sector while meeting altered passenger needs and concerns ... Read the full post here.

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Daily Biometrics News
Face biometric systems promise protection with new capabilities, but effectiveness not yet proven
Biometric facial recognition with thermal detection systems continue to be rolled out by the industry to meet the expected requirements...
 
Industry push for balanced regulation of biometrics continues at UK policy conference
Companies selling biometric technologies should be required to provide documentation explaining their capabilities and limitations in plain terms, enable third-party...
Next Biometrics granted $1 million COVID-19 relief loan from U.S. government
The U.S. government has granted Next Biometrics ASA‘s Washington-based subsidiary Next Biometrics Inc. a loan of approximately $1 million under...
 
LumenVox named top biometrics vendor by Speech Technology Magazine
LumenVox has been honored by Speech Technology Magazine with three People’s Choice Awards for its biometrics, speech recognition and text-to-speech...
National digital IDs are essential, but can they be made secure?
Secure identity credentials are taken for granted by anyone who has had one since secondary school, but they are fundamental...
 
Orbo.ai buys Gemia to expand facial recognition features
Indian biometrics developer Orbo.ai has purchased U.S.-based startup Gemia to boost its facial recognition capabilities, reports Inc42. Previously part of...
Alcatraz AI facial biometrics integrated into Boon Edam security entrance products
Alcatraz AI and Boon Edam have partnered to integrate biometric facial recognition with entrance control systems, such as circlelock mantrap...
 
NEC describes new I:Delight platform for touchless biometrics, signs Australia smart city deal
Solutions to support the “new normal” of public health concern must make touchpoints contactless and provide a scalable biometric platform...
Biometrics companies Plurilock and Augentic announce appointments, new chair for ID2020
Plurilock has appointed veteran software executive Ed Hammersla to its board of directors to lend his expertise in virtual desktop infrastructure...
 
Advantech develops AI facial recognition edge SRP for online and offline city services
Advantech has released an AI facial recognition edge SRP (solution-ready package) enhanced with a deep learning algorithm to provide fast...
UK pushes back strong authentication for payments deadline and European industry requests extension
UK merchants have been given a little longer to implement biometrics and other authentication factors, as the strong customer authentication...
 
Biometrics stocks wrap: Fingerprint Cards, FacePhi, Mitek, Thales, Unisys, ImageWare, Precise, Nuance
Fingerprint Cards has reported financial results for the first quarter of its fiscal 2020, including revenues affected by capacity limits...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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