Lumidigm shows significant market presence in Latin America Biometrics technology provider, Lumidigm, has established itself as a supplier of fingerprint technology for bank ATMs in Latin America. Several of private and public sector banks along with many ATM manufacturers in Brazil have chosen Lumidigm as their biometric provider. Lumidigm reports some 50,000 ATM units deployed in […]

Large concert and festival organizers have been issuing RFID-enabled wristbands for ticketing so attendees don’t have to worry about losing paper tickets. As an added utility, these same wristbands often enable a user to check in at different stages or performances and have that info posted on social media sites. Adding payments to these wristbands […]

Sarasota County Sheriff’s Dept. turns to Morpho for fingerprint identification The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Department has adopted the MorphoBIS solution, which will be used to examine latent fingerprints and cold cases. The biometric purchase will set the county back $1.2 million, and will replace  a ten-year old system with faster technology and improved algorithms that are expected […]

The latest smart card specification for U.S. government employees was released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Federal agencies will have 12-months to issue cards that comply with the revised standard. As expected, FIPS 201-2 will enable derived PIV credentials on mobile devices as well as a virtual contact interface that expands the […]

Biometric vendor Bionym is launching its flagship solution, Nymi, a wearable authentication device that leverages the user’s unique heartbeat to unlock their identity. Nymi enables authentication through an embedded electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor. After a short activation process wherein Nymi recognizes the wearer’s personal ECG, the bracelet then communicates your identity to your devices. An ECG […]

Datacard Group reveals secure indent module for government credentials Datacard’s new MX Series Secure Indent Module promises to deliver high-quality indent printing that adds tactile elements to national IDs, driver’s licenses and other card credentials. The new Secure Indent Module is designed to operate in alignment with the Datacard MX Series card issuance system as […]

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., has revealed plans to create a new research center focused solely on scientific inquiry related to biometrics. Purdue is a member of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), and together with university’s College of Technology has defined plans for the International Center for Biometric Research (ICBR). ICBR will be led […]