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2.5M biometric payment cards in 2021 could be first step for future ‘de facto payment type’
There could be 2.5 million biometric payment cards issued in 2021, ABI Research forecasts, in the first step towards becoming “the de facto payment type of the future” in the longer run. The advisory firm suggests that the efforts of various actors in the ecosystem have improved yield, simplified manufacturing, and crucially, reduced costs .. Read the full report here.

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Idex Biometrics CEO update emphasizes spiking contactless payments demand in US
Idex Biometrics is well-positioned to capitalize on spiking demand for contactless payments, CEO Vince Graziani writes in his bi-annual update. Multiple...
 
Biometric onboarding and compliance technologies launched as report shows ID fraud rising
Biometric technology upgrades and solutions for remote onboarding and compliance have been launched by Smart Engines, and Yoti, while new...
Biometric wearables deployed for worker safety, illness detection, therapy trial
Wearables with embedded biometric capabilities from Canaria are being used for safety monitoring, while devices from Garmin and Oura are...
 
More help wanted as leaders appointed to deliver biometrics, AR, health screening
Iris ID has appointed Kurt Wherley to be its Director of Sales for Workforce Management, to lead sales of the...
New biometric access control solution by Dahua and distribution partnerships for Invixium and StoneLock
Security solutions provider Dahua Technology has released a new facial recognition access control terminal solution. Named FACT, the new biometric...
 
Tech5 biometric fingerprint software made available to partners as NIST confirms accuracy
Touchless biometric solutions firm Tech5 has made its T5-Finger software development kits (SDKs) technology available to partners and customers, the...
Facial recognition CCTV system goes live in Myanmar, prepared in India
A total of 335 cameras with face recognition capabilities went live last week in the Myanmar capital of Naypyitaw, Myanmar...
 
Dutch grocer thinks loophole makes face biometrics legal in its store
A year after shutting off its facial recognition system under regulatory pressure, a Dutch supermarket wants to plug it back...
Veridos receives further order for biometric passports from Botswana
Botswana’s Ministry of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs has placed an order for ICAO-compliant passports with embedded biometrics from Veridos,...
 
COVID-19 and the lasting shift to contactless ID verification
A guest post by Alex Andrade-Walz, Director of Marketing at Evernym. The process of proving one’s identity in a physical...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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