Biometrics in financial services, facial recognition, border security and fingerprints trending this week Here is a recap of the most popular biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week. Financial services BMO Financial Group and MasterCard began a phased roll-out this week of a biometric corporate credit card program in...full story Categories: Biometric News | Border Security | Facial Recognition | Financial Services | Fingerprint Recognition | Mobile Biometrics Share: Facebook | Twitter

Palm-vein biometrics helps Carolinas HealthCare improve patient safety According to a report in Healthcare IT News, Carolinas HealthCare System has helped bolster its patient safety initiatives and reduce its duplicate medical records error rate from 2.9 percent to 0.01 percent using ID and authentication technology by Imprivata....full story Categories: Biometric News | Healthcare Biometrics Share: Facebook | Twitter

WIN using NEC’s biometric technology in cold case investigations NEC Corporation of America (NEC) announced the results of its Integra ID 5 latent fingerprint matching technologies as measured in actual use by WIN, (Western Identification Network), a consortium of western U.S. state and local law enforcement agencies. In...full story Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition | Law Enforcement Share: Facebook | Twitter

ImageWare leverages AWS to deliver its biometric authentication solutions ImageWare Systems (IWS) will be leveraging the global scale, reliability and security of Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver its biometric authentication solutions. As a newly announced technology partner in the AWS Partner Network (APN), IWS will now build...full story Categories: Biometric News | Mobile Biometrics Share: Facebook | Twitter

MedixSafe introduces narcotic safe with facial recognition At last month’s Long Island Fire, Rescue & EMS Mega Show, MedixSafe unveiled its newest medicine safe model that incorporates face detection and a photo capture of every user each time the safe is opened. The official release date...full story Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition | Healthcare Biometrics Share: Facebook | Twitter

BIO-key International to review year-end results March 30 Biometric software and hardware solution provider BIO-key International, Inc. will host a conference call on March 30, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. ET to review its results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2015. Results will be...full story Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition | Trade Notes Share: Facebook | Twitter

CloudLock integrates RSA Via Access Cybersecurity-as-a-service solution provider CloudLock announced that through an interoperability collaboration with RSA, customers using the Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) and cybersecurity platform will now have better control and security with RSA Via Access. RSA Via Access is designed...full story Categories: Access Control | Biometric News Share: Facebook | Twitter

BMO’s biometric corporate credit card program uses MasterCard Identity Check BMO Financial Group (BMO) and MasterCard began a phased roll-out today of a biometric corporate credit card program in Canada and the U.S. that will let cardholders verify online transactions using facial recognition and fingerprint biometrics. In the first...full story Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition | Financial Services | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Mobile payments driving adoption of fingerprint tech by Chinese smartphone vendors Chinese smartphone vendors are expected to ship 200 to 300 million fingerprint recognition enabled smartphones in 2016, according to a report in Digitimes. Smartphone vendors increasing adoption of fingerprint recognition functionality for mid-range and high-end devices are driving the...full story Categories: Biometric News | Financial Services | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Israeli biometric database authority acknowledges potential security flaws A legal adviser to the Israeli Biometric Database Management Authority acknowledged this week that the potential for database breaches of the country’s experimental biometric identity database couldn’t be ruled out, but that it was not a pressing concern. According...full story Categories: Access Control | Biometric News | Government Purchasing Share: Facebook | Twitter

Southwest Border Security Week 2016 Southwest Border Security Week 2016 March 30 – April 01, 2016 McAllen, TX Southwest Border Security Week 2016 Scrutiny of the southwest border protection initiatives have been growing in recent years, particularly due to a surge in transnational crime,...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

Money20/20 Europe Money20/20 Europe April 4-7, 2016 Bella Center, Copenhagen Welcome to an entirely new, world-class experience for European innovators. A Eurocentric catalyst for the growth and development of a Payments & Financial Services Ecosystem increasingly defined by disruptive innovations in...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

ISC West 2016 ISC WEST 2016 April 5 – 8, 2016 Las Vegas, NV ISC WEST is THE largest security industry trade show in the U.S. At ISC West you will have the chance to meet with technical reps from 1,000+ exhibitors...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

European Association for Biometrics – CITeR Workshop EAB – CITeR Workshop April 5 2016 Amsterdam, The Netherlands Organizer: IDIAP in cooperation with the European Association for Biometrics Attendance is free of charge. Registration is required. Lunch not included. IDIAP and EAB will host an informative workshop...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

Cyber Security Summit Europe Cyber Security Summit Europe 6-7 April 2016, Prague Cyber-Mix for Business of Tomorrow Need to get out of your Cyber Security comfort zone? Attend the 6th Annual Cyber Security Summit Europe and learn more about out highly interactive program...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter