Yole releases fingerprint sensor report According to a new research report from Yole Développement, global fingerprint technology shipment volumes will experience a 19 percent compound annual growth rate through to 2022, at which time the market will be projected to be worth US$4.7 billion....full story Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Crossmatch unveils biometrics-based foreign assistance solution Crossmatch unveiled a new solution aimed at combatting the global issue of fraud, waste and abuse in assistance operations around the world, at the Action on Disaster Relief conference in Panama City. The World Food Program (WFP) reported in...full story Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

New E-Verify proposal would see addition of biometric data Senator Chuck Grassley has introduced an E-Verify bill designed to expand the employment verification program nationwide. The bill, if enacted, would make all employers in the United States participate in E-Verify, with respect to all employees, whether recruited or...full story Categories: Biometric News | Civil ID | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

NXP details top three global trends in biometric passports NXP Semiconductors has identified its top three trends in electronic passports (ePassports or biometric passports) as increasing functionality, stronger security, and the ePassport complemented by ‘virtual mobile identity’. Seven hundred thirty million out of 900 million passports issued are...full story Categories: Biometric News | Civil ID Share: Facebook | Twitter

Zimbabwe will no longer deploy biometrics-based voting in 2018 election The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) announced that it will no longer be implementing a biometrics-based voting system for the 2018 general elections, according to a report by Zim Eye. The move comes a year after ZEC unveiled plans to...full story Categories: Biometric News | Elections | Government Purchasing Share: Facebook | Twitter

Indian government may allow citizens to use Aadhaar ID for income tax return The Indian government is considering introducing a new option that would allow individuals who do not have a Permanent Account Number (PAN) card to use an Aadhaar card, according to Economic Times. The Ratan Watal panel report on promoting...full story Categories: Biometric News | Civil ID Share: Facebook | Twitter

Apple to become a member of AI research group Apple will reportedly join the Partnership on AI, a nonprofit artificial intelligence research organization with a membership that includes Amazon.com Inc., DeepMind, Alphabet Inc.’s Google, IBM, Facebook Inc., and Microsoft Corp, according to a Bloomberg article citing individuals familiar...full story Categories: Biometric News | Biometric R&D | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Bodet time and attendance terminal now tracks staff professional development status Workforce management and access control specialists Bodet Ltd has introduced a high specification employee time and attendance system incorporating interactive reporting which supports continuing professional development (CPD) and promotes greater employee engagement. Bodet’s Kelio Visio X7 smart terminal allows...full story Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition | Workforce Management Share: Facebook | Twitter

ZTE achieves facial recognition breakthrough with deep learning ZTE has achieved a breakthrough in deep learning and convolutional neural networks (CNN), working with Intel, which could enable new cloud applications performing picture search and matching, according to a Tuesday announcement. The companies say many others researching Internet...full story Categories: Biometric News | Biometric R&D | Facial Recognition Share: Facebook | Twitter

Trump’s executive order on immigration addresses biometric entry-exit tracking system President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday which includes a series of initiatives to address immigration, including a proposal to establish a national biometric ID program for non-citizens entering and leaving the U.S., according to a report by...full story Categories: Biometric News | Border Security | Civil ID | Government Purchasing Share: Facebook | Twitter

New reports on iris biometrics, next generation biometric markets Persistence Market Research will publish two reports in March focusing on the iris biometrics and next generation biometric markets for the forecast period of 2015 to 2021. In its upcoming “Iris Biometrics Market: Global Industry Analysis and Forecast 2015...full story Categories: Biometric News | Iris / Eye | Trade Notes Share: Facebook | Twitter

10th annual Border Security Conference 10th annual Border Security Conference Rome, Italy This conference program will explore how political issues affecting the border security community, such as increasing immigration in the Mediterranean as well as cross-border terrorism, can be combated and managed using innovative...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

DCD>Enterprise DCD>Enterprise March 14-15 2017 Marriott Marquis, New York Stay ahead of 2017 and join your peers in the biggest data center meet up in New York, visionary speakers include Google, JP Morgan, Vapor IO, Bank Street Group LLC, Nissan...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

World Border Security Congress World Border Security Congress March 21-23, 2017 Casablanca, Morocco The World Border Security Congress is a high level 3 day event that will discuss and debate current and future policies, implementation issues and challenges as well as new and...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

FinDEVr New York 2017 FinDEVr New York 2017 March 21 & 22, 2017 Metropolitan Pavilion 125 W 18th St., New York, NY FinDEVr is the only conference series focused exclusively on the TECHNOLOGY of fintech and the developers, CTOs and other creators of...full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter

IoT Asia 2017 IoT Asia 2017 29-30 March 2017 Singapore EXPO, Singapore #iotasia As the first dedicated platform in Asia to address the enormous potential of the IoT revolution, the first edition of IoT Asia in 2014 was ahead of its competition....full story Categories: Biometrics Industry Events Share: Facebook | Twitter