India Building World’s Largest Biometric Database
India’s identification policy will amass the world’s largest biometric database. The plan’s stated objectives are to improve social welfare by providing identity numbers to each of the country’s $1.2...
View ArticlePanama Chooses Consortium led by Morpho for new e-Passport
The Government of Panama will be issuing e-Passports to its citizens and it has commissioned a consortium led by Morpho, a leading provider of electronic documents and identity management solutions, to...
View ArticleBiometric Verification Mandatory for Nigeria Bank Customers
A new “know-your-customers” exercise will commence by the Central Bank of Nigeria on September 1, 2012. The exercise aims to adopt a new national identity number (NIN) that will be used for all...
View ArticleBiometric Security combats South African Social Welfare Fraud
The U.S. National Biometric Security Project reported that South Africa will be using a new biometric-based payment system that will use fingerprint and voice verification to identify social grant...
View ArticlePrecise Biometrics Hires New Chief Commercial Officer
Late last month, Thomas Marschall, CEO and president of Precise Biometrics announced the new chief commercial officer and executive vice president, Etienne Veber. Veber’s entry to the company comes at...
View ArticleExplainer: Dynamic Signature
Dynamic signature is a biometric modality that uses, for recognition purposes, the anatomic and behavioral characteristics that an individual exhibits when signing his or her name (or other phrase)....
View ArticleBiometrics technology to be used in Zimbabwe’s elections
According to a recent editorial in the New Zimbabwe newspaper, election fraud and rampant cheating has always hounded elections in Zimbabwe and Africa, in general. Furthermore, election officials and...
View ArticleBiometric firm CIC wins e-signature contract
Communication Intelligence Corporation, a supplier of electronic signature solutions and the recognized leader in biometric signature verification, announced that a major U.S. financial services leader...
View ArticlePhilippine Congress passes bill for mandatory biometrics registration
Both houses of Congress have now approved a bill requiring all voters in the Phillipines to undergo biometric registration for the country’s 2016 elections. The bicameral conference committee, headed...
View ArticleNational Identity Management Commission looks to enroll Nigerians abroad
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in Nigeria has announced it will enroll Nigerians living abroad as a part of its new identity management project, ITV reports. “Our plan to enable us...
View ArticleCommunication Intelligence Corporation closes $1.1M funding round
Communication Intelligence Corporation announced it recently closed a new round of funding with a handful of existing and new investors providing working capital. The announcement comes a few months...
View ArticleNew biometrics market reports by Technavio and Sandler Research
Technavio announced it has published a new report, “Global Biometric Access Control Systems Market 2015-2019”, which predict biometrics access control systems to record a CAGR of over 18% until 2019....
View ArticleCardLogix intros ID credential validation software for passports and MRTDs
CardLogix announced it is now offering PassCheck, an ID credential validation software for passport and machine readable travel document (MRTD) verification. PassCheck is an out-of-the-box product that...
View ArticleExplainer: Signature Recognition
Biometrics Research Group, Inc. defines signature recognition as a behavioural biometric that identifies an individual on the basis of their handwritten text. Writing is human physical expression but...
View ArticleGemalto PKI portfolio enables compliance with new eIDAS Regulation
Gemalto announced today that its Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) portfolio now includes solutions for qualified electronic signatures that enable compliance with the new EU and EFTA-wide eIDAS...
View ArticleSoftware uses smartwatch motion data for signature verification
Researchers have developed software that leverages a smartwatch’s motion detection capabilities to verify a handwritten signature, according to a report by New Atlas. In a new paper, researchers from...
View ArticleFieldOffice Software introduces mobile biometric time and attendance solution
FieldOffice Software LLC is introducing its mobile biometric time and attendance solution FieldOfficeTime at the CONEXPO–CON/AGG 2017 trade show for the international construction industries in Las...
View ArticleTouchtech Payments to expand biometric payments service throughout Europe
Irish startup Touchtech Payments, which offers a solution that uses biometrics to authenticate online payments, is preparing to expand in Germany, France and Kuwait, according to a report by Irish...
View ArticleMitek, Asignio partner to deliver complete identity-as-a-service solution
Mitek has partnered with Asignio to provide a complete identity-as-a-service (IDaaS) solution. By providing identity verification combined with biometric authentication, Asignio and Mitek are able to...
View ArticleNational Identity Management Commission looks to enroll Nigerians abroad
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in Nigeria has announced it will enroll Nigerians living abroad as a part of...
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