SecuGen has announced that its Hamster IV series of fingerprint readers have been delivered and implemented into on e of the largest retail banks of Kenya via Kenyan information technology company CompuLinx. The bank turned to CompuLinx with the need for a biometric authentication solution of its more than four million accounts across 115 branches […]

The Afghan National Army Air Force (ANAAF) is utilizing biometrics as a way to improve upon the military branch’s accountability, according to a NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan article. While there was no system for those entering the military before, the ANAAF now has a system that collects a digital picture, a thumb print and […]

Mobile and Wireless Multi-Modal Biometric Offender Recognition and Information System (MORIS), developed by BI2 Technologies in conjunction with Apple, is improving identification capabilities for police officers in Plymouth County Massachusetts. The solution uses a special hardware sleeve that fits over an iPhone to collect fingerprints, iris biometrics and photos in the field thus expediting suspect […]

SecuGen has announced it has been awarded patents for fingerprint-based biometric technology in Japan and Canada. The two patents awarded in Canada are called “Method and Apparatus for Reduction of Trapezoidal Distortion and Improvement of Image Sharpness in an Optical Image Capturing System” and “Optical Fingerprint Image Capturing System” and the Japanese patent is called […]

DigitalPersona has announced that wireless retailer Prime Communications has implemented DigitalPersona’s U.are.U fingerprint solution in an effort to reduce payroll fraud. The solution from DigitalPersona is combined with retail management software called RQ4 developed by iQmetrix and is expected by Prime officials to help reduce labor costs through more reliable punch times and eliminating buddy-punching.  […]

Integrated Biometrics was touting its light emitting sensing fingerprint biometrics at the ISC West show. Jim Seaborn, vice president of business development at Integrated Biometrics, talked about how the technology uses a different type of fingerprint sensor that is resistant to “spoofing,” or using a fake biometric to fool a scanner. “The light emitting sensing […]

Morpho, a developer of biometric systems, has announced it has been chosen by the Malaysian National Registration Department to provide identity management systems for the country’s planned updated ID document system. The system Morpho will be supplying for the new system is their Morpho Civis, a software-based solution that collects fingerprints with photos and personal […]

In their investigation of a Chinese woman accused of credit card theft, Japanese police discovered that the woman had had her fingerprints surgically altered, according to an Epoch Time article. The woman, named Lin Xiuai, confessed to having a special clinic China perform the surgery to have her fingerprints changed for the equivalent of just […]

An apartment building in downtown Montreal, Quebec has had a new security system installed that utilizes the tenants’ fingerprints to unlock the main doors, according to a CBC News article. Some of the residents, however, are fighting the new security system claiming they will not use it citing feelings of discomfort with having their fingerprint […]

RNCOS, a consulting firm, has announced it expects the financial sector to be a potential driver of biometric technology adoption in the global market. The reposts stated that biometrics will be used to fight fraud the the industry will see a compound annual growth rate of 18% for the global biometrics market through 2012. Other […]