Mobile ID and payments are the big trends in this week’s roundup of Mobile ID World’s most popular stories, with items including some big Apple news and an expanding naked payments platform. First, though, it may be that Pakistan had the biggest mobile ID news of all this week. The country’s National Database and Registration […]

One of the main themes of the week’s biometrics news is fingerprints, with Integrated Biometrics adding touchless technology, a hint at Touch ID possibly appearing on iPhone power buttons and an Idemia survey showing perhaps the strongest support yet for biometric payment cards. All the action has FPC considering its options, as investment rolls on […]

Amid forecasts of rapid growth and huge market potential, digital ID platforms launches by Techsign and Ping Identity, new services, features and even an investment fund have been launched. A new camera solution for under-display 3D face biometrics from Infineon and partners, and IPO filings by Clear and SenseTime show parallel investment activity in biometrics, […]

The markets for fingerprint biometrics in cards, facial recognition for physical access control systems, and both in mobile devices are gaining momentum. Fingerprint Cards leads the week with a U.S. patent and a rollout related to biometric payment cards, while Thales is in the news for payment and national ID cards and Idemia for the […]

Plus MFA, computer vision, crowd analytics, identity authentication market outlooks Public security and safety biometrics are expected to grow over the next five years, with particular gains in immigration enforcement, transportation security, border security, critical infrastructure protection, private sector security, and access control, according to a new report. The 612-page ‘Biometrics in Security & Public […]

Whether Alcatraz for touchless biometric access control, Enacomm for contact center authentication, or OneLogin extending the reach of its IAM platform, another round of partnerships and distribution deals have been reached to bring biometrics to more businesses and consumers. CardLogix has a new reseller agreement with Iriscan, ZKTeco USA has a new strategic partner, and […]

A partnership has been formed by Plastic Logic and OneWave to produce a smartcard with fingerprint biometrics and a thin touchscreen display for a range of logical access control functions, along with payments. The OneWave card connects to the user’s smartphone through Bluetooth, enabling different cards, such as for loyalty programs or travel programs, with a […]

FacePhi has been chosen to implement its face biometrics for access control at the Valencia CF stadium. Fans will use FacePhi’s technology to submit a photo of their identity document, along with a biometric selfie. Having been onboarded to Valencia CF’s system, their identity will be verified at the stadium entrance with selfie facial recognition […]

Imprivata is bringing facial recognition to the healthcare industry through a new biometrics partnership with Aware and Idemia. The new mobile face biometrics solution is intended to enable simplified self-enrollment for electronic prescriptions for controlled substances (EPCS) in compliance with U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) regulations. “When a provider gets a new mobile phone, they […]

Suprema Inc. has updated its X-Station access control system with support for touchless mobile access, QR codes and RFID cards. The X-Station 2 also reads barcodes and accepts PINs for identity verification. The terminal is now also compatible with most types of RFID cards, including EM, MIFARE, iCLASS, DESFire and FeliCa. QR codes and barcodes […]