BioRugged to showcase new low-cost mobile biometric devices at ID4Africa BioRugged will showcase several new devices at its exhibit booth at the upcoming ID4Africa conference, in a major expansion of its portfolio of mobile biometric products. Among the hardware products it will present are the Suprema BioWolf LE biometric...full story Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition | Mobile Biometrics Share: Facebook | Twitter

IDEX fingerprint sensor featured in Mastercard’s biometric card IDEX revealed that its flexible off-chip fingerprint sensor is featured in the Mastercard next generation biometric card. Mastercard’s recently released biometric card combines chip technology with fingerprints to seamlessly and safely verify a cardholder’s identity for in-store purchases. The...full story Categories: Biometric News | Financial Services | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Iris Corporation and Zwipe to investigate potential biometric smartcard applications in Malaysia Iris Corporation is partnering with Zwipe to look into the potential for biometric smartcard applications and ways the two companies can work together to promote the technology in Malaysia, according to a report in The Edge Markets. “Iris has...full story Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition | Trade Notes Share: Facebook | Twitter

EU approve Advent’s acquisition of Morpho subject to smartcard business sale European Union antitrust regulators have approved private equity firm Advent International‘s €2.4 billion (US$2.57 billion) acquisition of Safran’s identity and security solutions firm Morpho, conditional on the sale of Morpho’s payment smart card business in France. The move comes...full story Categories: Biometric News | Trade Notes Share: Facebook | Twitter

Privacy group wants Australia to appoint a biometrics commissioner The Australian Attorney General’s Department is planning to add up to 12 million passport photographs to its Face Verification Service this year, which has prompted recommendations from a privacy rights organization to appoint a biometric commissioner to protect the...full story Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

NEC software uses facial recognition to verify mobile service users NEC Corporation has launched NC7000-3A, a data utilization platform software that leverages facial recognition to confirm the identity of mobile service users for organizations such as financial institutions and telecommunication operators. NC7000-3A is ideal for organizations that require ID...full story Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Sonavation licensing its ultrasonic biometric sensor technology to Analog Devices Sonavation has entered a commercial licensing agreement with Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) for its ultrasonic biometric sensor technology. Leveraging Sonavation’s research in ultrasound and ADI’s semiconductor technology and manufacturing expertise, the companies will develop and deliver complete biometric system...full story Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition | Trade Notes Share: Facebook | Twitter

Nok Nok Labs developing capabilities that go beyond basic FIDO standards Nok Nok Labs discussed in a recent blog post how its product and engineering teams are leading FIDO standards development, as well as mapping out and delivering capabilities that go beyond basic FIDO standards. The company said that all...full story Categories: Biometric News | Biometric R&D Share: Facebook | Twitter

Mastercard unveils biometric card, completed trials in South Africa Mastercard has unveiled its next generation biometric card, which combines chip technology with fingerprints to seamlessly and safely verify cardholder’s identity for in-store purchases. The credit card firm initially tested the technology in the South African market, having recently...full story Categories: Biometric News | Financial Services | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Zwipe introducing its biometric smartcard at Seamless Asia Zwipe is introducing its dual-interface payment card at Seamless Asia, currently being held in Singapore. The biometrics-based payments solution is the first of its kind to fully integrate EMV compatible contact and contactless transactions. The ISO and EMV compliant...full story Categories: Biometric News | Financial Services | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

TMR report forecasts military biometrics market to reach $10.62B in 2025 Transparency Market Research (TMR) has published a new research report on the global military biometrics market, which forecasts the market will grow at a CAGR of 7.4 percent between 2017 and 2025. At this pace, the global military biometrics...full story Categories: Biometric News | Military Applications Share: Facebook | Twitter

Navy bases transitioning to biometric ID system for access control The U.S. Navy is currently transitioning from its previous verification system to an improved identity authentication and force protection system, which is expected to take six months to complete, according to a report by San Diego Union Tribune. The...full story Categories: Access Control | Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

ID at the Borders Conference (Europe) ID at the Borders Conference (Europe) April 25-26, 2017 Frankfurt Main, Germany This annual event in Europe continues to bring together the critical players in the borders community. We focus our programme on the user perspective and invite key...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

ID4Africa 2017 ID4Africa 2017 April 26-28, 2017 Windhoek, Namibia Following two successful events in 2015 and 2016 which collectively brought together over 900 stakeholders in the identity space, ID4Africa 2017 returns as bigger and better than before! The annual government forum...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

Cartes Afrique Cartes Afrique April 27-28, 2017 Marrakech, Morocco Every year, Cartes Afrique gathers hundreds of leaders and experts of the Payment industry who are looking to learn about the latest innovative solutions in the market and to discuss the evolving...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

connect:ID 2017 connect:ID 2017:Physical & digital identity in the 21st century May 1-3, 2017 WEWCC, Washington, DC, USA Welcome to the 4th edition of connect:ID – with it’s leading global conference and exhibition that focuses on all aspects of identity technologies...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience Europe Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience Europe May 9th – 11, 2017 The Hague, Netherlands Held in The Hague, Netherlands May 9th – 11th, the conference will deliver discussion and thought provoking presentations on many of the serious critical infrastructure...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter