Biometrics industry stocks this week Earnings season is again upon us. Publicly-traded companies are releasing their latest quarterly financial statements. As wider stock markets level off following the recent bout of volatility, fund managers will be scouring earnings releases for clues as to the...full story Categories: Biometric News | Biometrics Stocks Share: Facebook | Twitter

Report warns retailers to consider consumer privacy laws when deploying facial recognition tools Many vendors of biometrics-based solutions have not anticipated legal and compliance challenges posed by their products, or expressly deny responsibility for those challenges, leading to increased legal action, according to the National Law Review. The article “Buyer Beware: Facial...full story Categories: Biometric News | Commercial Applications | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Nuance reports return to organic growth and announces new strategic agreement Nuance Communications has announced Q1 2018 GAAP revenues of $501.6 million, up 2.9 percent from the same quarter a year ago, and also a strategic agreement to provide its voice biometric authentication technology to BME Inntech to allow customers...full story Categories: Biometric News | Biometrics Stocks | Voice Biometrics Share: Facebook | Twitter

Integrated Biometrics announces Brazilian distributor Integrated Biometrics has revealed that Grupo Neoyama will serve as the company’s primary distributor for Brazil, providing stocking services, training and support across the country for resellers and systems integrators who use Integrated Biometrics’ fingerprint scanners. The companies expect...full story Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Researchers develop accurate gender identification technique with keystroke dynamics New research shows that keystroke dynamics can be used to determine the gender of a person typing with accuracy as high as 95.6 percent, IFLScience reports. “Keystroke dynamics features for gender recognition” was recently published in the journal Digital...full story Categories: Behavioral | Biometric News Share: Facebook | Twitter

SITA acknowledged for work with JetBlue and CBP SITA won the Aviation Technology Achievement at Air Transport World’s 2018 Annual Airline Industry Achievement Awards for its work with JetBlue and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to deliver a biometrics-based secure, paperless and deviceless self-boarding process. The pilot...full story Categories: Biometric News | Border Security | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Horizon Robotics seeks funding to back embedded AI for facial recognition, autonomous vehicles Horizon Robotics, which provides facial recognition systems for some of Beijing’s busiest subway stations, is betting heavily on embedded AI as the future of facial recognition and autonomous vehicles, the South China Morning Post reports. The company was founded...full story Categories: Biometric News | Biometric R&D Share: Facebook | Twitter

IDEMIA MorphoWAVE integrated with Automatic Systems’ pedestrian control turnstiles Secure entrance control equipment provider Automatic Systems has announced the integration of IDEMIA MorphoWAVE biometric authentication with its SlimLane security lane products, American Security Today reports. SlimLane swing glass optical turnstiles combine a number of features including NFC mobile...full story Categories: Access Control | Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Fingerprint Cards, Altran partner on biometric solutions for automotive industry Fingerprint Cards has announced a partnership with Altran Technologies, SA to offer biometric solutions for the automotive industry. In a statement, FPC said it will offer its fingerprint and iris recognition technology to be used in a wide range...full story Categories: Biometric News | Biometrics Stocks | Facial Recognition | Iris / Eye Share: Facebook | Twitter

Smartphone growth to slow in 2018 as mobile biometrics mostly stay the course, TrendForce predicts Growth in global smartphone sales will slow to 2.8 percent in 2018, and only Apple and Nokia have a clear path to growth over the year, TrendForce predicts. Apple’s expansion in the Indian market and improved specifications for new...full story Categories: Biometric News | Consumer Devices | Mobile Biometrics Share: Facebook | Twitter

Border Security 2018 Border Security 2018 February 21-22, 2018 Crowne Plaza Rome, St Peter’s Hotel & Spa, Rome, Italy SMi Group at proud to announce the 11th Annual Border Security conference and exhibition which will convene on the 21st-22nd February 2018 in...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

Digital Integration in Wealth Management 2018 Digital Integration in Wealth Management 2018 February 21- 22, 2018 London, UK The only event to focus on integration of digital capabilities with existing processes to enhance client engagement and reach new segments Arena International is thrilled to announce...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

Biometrics for Government & Law Enforcement Biometrics for Government & Law Enforcement Identity Management & Biometrics February 26-28 Washington, DC Returning for its 12th iteration, Biometrics for Government and Law Enforcement enables 250+ Directors of Security Agencies, Directors of Operations, Directors of Intelligence, Heads of...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

The Middle East Financial Security Exhibition and Conference 2018 The Middle East Financial Security Exhibition and Conference (MEFSEC) February 27th to March 1, 2018 Four Seasons Hotel, Abu Dhabi, UAE Dome Exhibitions has announced the launch of the First Annual Conference and Exhibition dedicated to Cyber Security in...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

European Payments Forum 5th Annual European Payments Forum March 1-2, 2018 Amsterdam, The Netherlands After the great success of the September 2017 event, we will have our next annual European Payments Forum in March 2018. This time, the hosting city is going...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter