| | Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has acquired iris recognition firm Delta ID for US$106 million (approximately 938 MSEK) in combined cash and debt, expanding its fingerprint business and technology with a line of iris biometric security solutions. The acquisition is expected...full story
Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition | Iris / Eye
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| | NEXT Biometrics Group ASA announced that its board of directors has appointed Ritu Favre as the company’s new CEO. Current CEO Tore Etholm-Idsøe will stay on with the company in a full time role as chairman of the board....full story
Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition
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| | New federal government contractors in Canada will now be required to submit their fingerprints electronically to the country’s national police force, the RCMP, to run a criminal history check in its database, according to a report by the CBC....full story
Categories: Biometric News | Fingerprint Recognition
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| | Biometric security solutions provider ZKAccess announced today that its ZKBioPack software now allows for the integration of ZKAccess biometric readers with RS2 Technology’s Access It! access control software. RS2 Technologies provides access management solutions to customers in the energy,...full story
Categories: Access Control | Biometric News
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| | Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport has introduced SITA’s self-serve automated border control gates to speed up the immigration process for passengers from the European Union who hold a biometric passport. Last year Bologna Airport was the fastest-growing airport among Italy’s...full story
Categories: Biometric News | Border Security
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| | California may soon pass a third and more comprehensive measure that would provide greater public transparency for law enforcement’s use of surveillance technology, according to a report by State Scoop. Sponsored by Senator Jerry Hill (D), California Senate Bill...full story
Categories: Biometric News | Law Enforcement
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| | Gemalto has been awarded a multi-year contract with Swedish tax agency Skatteverketto in which it will provide its eGov authentication platform for online services, premium polycarbonate eID cards and a comprehensive enrollment and issuance solution. The electronic ID card,...full story
Categories: Biometric News | Civil ID
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| | Semiconductor firm STMicroelectronics reported strong financial results for 2016, driven by solid phone and car part sales and improved factory use, according to a report by Reuters. In addition, the company is planning to significantly increase capital spending on...full story
Categories: Biometric News | Mobile Biometrics
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| | This week, the Kyrgyzstan State Registration Service (SRS) Chairman Tayirbek Sarpashev told a parliamentary committee that the SRS has plans to replace citizen ID cards with biometric passports by year-end, according to a report by the 24 News Agency....full story
Categories: Biometric News | Civil ID
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| | In a recent blog post, EyeVerify summarized the key biometrics-based product launches in the financial industry for 2016, as well as made a couple of predictions regarding the biometrics in banking for 2017. For fingerprint products, Touch ID saw...full story
Categories: Biometric News | Financial Services | Iris / Eye
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| | A New York federal judge rejected a proposed class action lawsuit against Take-Two Interactive Software that asserted that the video game developer was collecting facial biometric data from users, according to a report by The Hollywood Reporter. The lawsuit...full story
Categories: Biometric News | Facial Recognition
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| | President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration and refugees also calls on the Department of Homeland Security to expedite development of its biometric entry/exit tracking system, according to a report by FCW. This marks the second time in a...full story
Categories: Biometric News | Border Security
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| | RSA Conference 2017 February 13-17, 2017 Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA RSA Conference 2017 RSA Conference 2017: Where the world talks security. Secure your seat Feb. 13-17 in San Francisco at the Moscone Center. Celebrating its 26th anniversary, RSA...full story
Categories: Biometrics Industry Events
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| | 10th annual Border Security Conference February 15-16, 2017 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...full story
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| | 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
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| | 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
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| | 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
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