The introduction of biometric multimodal fusion has helped lead to greater accuracy in biometric authentication, but its adoption rate is still overall fairly low, reports ZDNet Asia. Biometric authentication today is relying on more methods to determine a person’s identity. Rather than just using fingerprints, identities can be determined through face, iris, vein and body […]

In order to release its H1Biometric Finger Vein scanner to the U.S. market, Hitachi Europe Ltd. has signed a strategic partnership with M2SYS, making the company Hitachi’s primary Value Added Reseller for this product in North America. Hitachi developed the technology behind the finger vein identity management for secure authentication for access control and other […]

Fujitsu Frontech North America and Sensometrix, which provide biometric authentication systems, have been awarded a series of services by Pearson VUE, a testing administration and services provider that delivers millions of licensure, certification, academic admissions, regulator, and government tests a year. Pearson VUE has, in recent years, has deployed Fujitsu’s PalmSecure biometric identification technology to […]

MorphoAccess VP from MorphoTrak Inc. took the top honor at the Security Industry Association’s 2012 New Product Showcase, winning the Best New Product Award at the awards ceremony at ISC West. MorphoAccess VP is a physical access control reader that integrates multi-modal finger vein and fingerprint biometric technology into a single sensor and device, thus […]

EyeVerify, a company founded in Kansas City, Mo., has developed a new mode of eye-based biometric authentication that authenticates people by the unique vein pattern in the whites of an individual’s eye, according to a Silicon Prairie News article. Moreover, the new development is only software and EyeVerify intends to push the solution as a […]

A new report created by the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law & Social Policy at UC Berkeley School of Law predicts a price tag of at least $40 billion for a mandatory biometric employment verification card for all U.S. workers that would utilize either fingerprint or fingervein scans. Additionally, the report finds other […]

Hitachi partnered with Turkey-based banking company Isbank to bring biometric identification authentication to roughly 3,400 ATMs in Europe. While the new network of biometric ATMs, which utilize Hitachi’s finger vein scanning technology, is the largest in Europe, it is far from the largest worldwide where Japan has embraced the technology and installed more than 75,000 […]

The Pinellas County School Board District in Clearwater, Fla. has paired up with technology provider Fujitsu Frontech North America to provide a reliable and secure method of handling school food service program transactions. With more than 102,000 students, the district is the seventh largest in the state and the 24th largest in the nation. Efficiently […]

M2SYS Technologies announced its RightPunch line of biometric time and attendance tracking solution, which had already been deployed to Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, has been deployed to the California State University, Fresno Association. The RightPunch time clocks at both the California State University locations, which rely on scanning a user’s unique palm vein pattern via […]

The University of Central Florida (UCF) implemented a biometric vein scanning system in an effort to prevent unauthorized persons from entering certain campus facilities, according to a student newspaper. The campus’ Recreation Wellness Center (RWC) is one of the first to install the system, after many complaints of too many unauthorized people being caught trying […]