Biometric e-passports with fingerprint data included, both tested and certified by FIME, are now being issued by the Russian Migration Service. Appointed by the Federal State Unitary Enterprise, Scientific and Technical Centre, STC Atlas, FIME provided official testing and certification services throughout the development of the machine readable travel documents. A series of independent and […]

Ghana is getting ready for its first-ever biometric voter registration ahead of December’s general elections. The $45-million project has been piloted in some areas, but social and technological difficulties remain, according to a report in Voice of America. Ghana joins Nigeria, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo who adopted the fingerprint scanning technology to […]

Reportlinker.com is offering a new report on the biometric industry that calculates the market’s growth at a compound rate of 21% from 2012 to 2014. Entitled “Biometric Market Forecast to 2014,” the report discusses the drivers of this growth, including national security, maintaining individual identity, corporate security and fighting identity theft. Both civil and private […]

In an effort to prevent tampering of its core banking solution platform, the State Bank of India plans to integrate biometric authentication devices, reports The Hindu. The bank intends to install single finger capture readers at select branches throughout India. The front line employees will use these devices, which tie into a centralized backend system […]

The Bank of China and other major Chinese banks are deploying new bank terminals designed to reduce teller fraud in branch offices. Miaxis Biometrics Co. LTD created the product by integrating AuthenTec’s TCS2 TouchChip fingerprint sensors into its Bank ID Terminals. Bank tellers will use their fingerprints to provide a unique identification marker, which will […]

Zvetco Biometrics launched ten new biometric readers in its Verifi line of products. These include both biometric-only and biometric/smart card combination devices. The new models include the Verifi P4600 and P5200 desktop fingerprint readers that are about 1/3 of an inch thick. Zvetco has five new readers in its industrial grade product line. The P6000M […]

FingerTec USA has expanded its line of fingerprint time clock software systems with the Face ID 3, which utilizes facial recognition capability. Face ID 3 is a contact-free computer timeclock that can be used in business or home environments. The system weighs about four pounds and uses facial recognition plus a network of infrared scanners […]

Fingerprint scanners and healthier menus are some of the renovations for schools in the Tallmadge, Ohio City School District. The finger scanners alone speed up the lunch lines as students no longer have to juggle cash when paying for their lunch. The scanners identify students and faculty, but the fingerprints aren’t collected. The scanners also […]

Hamburg, Germany’s DERMALOG Identification Systems has created middleware for its automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS). While enabling fingerprint logins through any type of software application, this product may help eliminate the need for usernames and passwords. DERMALOG’s AFIS creates a login system based on biometric fingerprints. It functions on PCs via the DERMALOG FingerLogin keyboard […]

The British Home Office has expanded its Biometric Residence Permit program to include more immigration categories. The changes, which took effect on Feb. 29, make the biometric residence permits mandatory for anyone who’s applying to stay in the UK for more than six months, as well as those who apply for “indefinite leave to remain” […]