DigitalPersona announced the release of its new fingerprint feature extraction technology called FingerJetFX. Unlike most releases from the company, however, the FingerJetFX solution has been release with an Open Source Edition in addition to its commercially available edition. The open source edition opens up the source code for free to application developers and manufacturers looking […]

Neurotechnology has announced the release of two new software development kits (SDKs) from their MegaMatcher line of offerings. The two new releases, MegaMatcher 4.2 and MegaMatcher On Card 3.0, both offer support for fingerprint, facial and iris recognition to be used either individually or as a multi-factor solution by Neurotechnology’s VeriFinger 6.4, VeriLook 5.1 and […]

Kosovo has begun issuing new biometric passports powered by chip technology from Switzerland’s Trüb AG. The Balkan nation of 1.7 million has contracted the Austrian State Printing House (OeSD) to manufacture the new passport booklets and integrate Trüb’s the polycarbonate film datapages, which contain an ICAO-compliant antenna and chip module that stores the document holder’s […]

Oberthur Technologies and AuthenTec, a provider of mobile and network security solutions, have teamed up to create SIM-based designs that will make NFC mobile payments via smart phones faster and more secure. The two worked with NFC technology provider INSIDE Secure to implement control of NFC functions using a fingerprint scanner. This mobile payment solution […]

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency is working together with Unisys Corp. on a Land Border Integration (LBI) project to deploy one of the first pedestrian border crossings in El Paso, Texas. The initial phase of the Pedestrian Re-engineering initiative comprises a combination of gate systems along with handheld devices and RFID technology to […]

The First National Bank (FNB) in South Africa has implemented a biometric identification system enabling customers of the bank to secure access to their accounts with their fingerprints, according to a Business Live article. Moreover, the bank is utilizing the country’s national database as a means of authenticating identities by comparing a provided fingerprint sample […]

SecuGen announced that the General Services Administration added two of its fingerprint scanners to the FIPS 201 Evaluation Program Approved Products list. The solutions, which are both compliant with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Personal Identity Verification FIPS 201 standard, are the Hamster IV v2 fingerprint reader and ID-USB SC/PIV v2 combined fingerprint […]

Oberthur Technologies announced that the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) selected it to deliver secure and anti-counterfeiting electronic driving licenses to Bangladeshis. Oberthur emerged as the winning bidder with Evolis and TigerIT. Oberthur and TigerIT have been working together on this project to offer a biometric, secure solution to the Bangladesh citizens. Oberthur will provide […]

The November meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a […]

Fulcrum Biometrics has been given two separate awards for innovation at the Cygnus Law Enforcement Group’s Innovation Awards in Chicago at the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference. The two awards Fulcrum won were the Cygnus Law Enforcement Group Innovation Award for Forensics and the Paramount award, which is given for a single product […]