Fingerprint Cards gets mobile phone design win for area sensor
Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has won its first mobile phone design win for its FPC1080A swipe sensor from one of China’s most prominent mobile phone design houses. According to the company, the design house...
View ArticleFingerprint Cards lands second design win this week for biometric swipe sensor
Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has received its second design win this week, this time for its swipe sensor technology from a leading Japanese mobile phone manufacturer. According to the company, the initial...
View ArticleTop 10 most-read stories on BiometricUpdate.com in 2012
2013 is just around the corner and we’ve gone back to look at the stories that captured the greatest attention of the BiometricUpdate.com community and represented the most-read articles on our site...
View ArticleNadra lacks the biometric data of 3.72 million women voters in Pakistan
The National Database and Registration Authority in Pakistan (NADRA) does not have the biometric records of as many as 3.72 million women voters, according to a report in Dawn.com. The two places...
View ArticleDermatitis can cause fingerprint verification failures: study
Excessively dry hands can make adults four times more likely to fail fingerprint verification tests, according to a new study conducted in Malaysia, Reuters reports. “Because of the emerging use of...
View ArticleMobiCash and KCB Bank launch fingerprint banking in Rwanda
Mobile payment platform MobiCash and KCB Bank in Rwanda have launched BioCash, a financial service that uses a fingerprint scanner to authenticate users. As a part of a larger objective to spread...
View ArticleGhanaian election official in prison for allegedly stealing biometric...
For the second time now, the Goaso Circuit Court in Ghana has put the presiding officer of the Bediako CMB Shed polling station in prison for allegedly stealing a biometric verification machine, used...
View ArticleMedbox founder to fund company expansion
Medbox, Inc. has announced that the company’s founder and senior consultant, Vincent Mehdizadeh, will fund the necessary capital to expand operations and close identified target acquisitions for a...
View ArticleGlobal Entry to be introduced in Saudi Arabia
Global Entry, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection program that uses biometric verification to allow expedited clearance for pre-approved, traveling low-risk U.S. citizens and permanent residents, is...
View ArticleSecuGen demonstrates fingerprint technology at CES
SecuGen Corporation, a leader in advanced optical fingerprint recognition talked about its Android compatible Hamster Plus fingerprint readers and soon-to-be released SDK for Android with...
View ArticleBio-key International announces over $1 million in orders from healthcare...
BIO-key International has announced that it has received orders in excess of $1 million form healthcare and blood center customers in the fourth quarter of 2012. New orders include expanded services...
View ArticleFulcrum publishes case study on Bergen County DHS Biometrics Data Management...
In looking for a new biometrics-based system that would help track utilization of high-volume, high-traffic services provided for the homeless, The Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Human...
View ArticleArkami’s biometric password management drive makes a splash on Kickstarter
With just less than a month to go, California-based Arkami, Inc. has raised nearly half of its $150,000 goal, having found 700 backers (and counting) on Kickstarter for its myIDkey voice-activated and...
View ArticleSecurity Solutions announces biometric gun container for schools
Following the brutal massacre of 20 children and six adult staff members at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut last November, there have been many calls to restrict access to...
View ArticleBQu TMS launches biometric student attendance system
BQu TMS has announced the launch of its cloud-based biometric Student Attendance Management System (SAMS), designed specifically to support higher education institutions to comply with United Kingdom...
View ArticleMajor U.S. mobile carrier to begin selling Precise Biometrics Tactivo, places...
An unnamed mobile operator, one of the largest in the United States, will begin selling the Precise Biometrics Tactivo in Q1. According to the company, the operator has placed an initial order of 5,000...
View ArticleViolence erupts along Kenyan coast on election day, while biometric machines...
Several people have been killed in Kenya today as attacks against security forces erupted at two polling stations along the country’s coast. Adding to an already arduous election day, failing biometric...
View ArticleNext round of smartphones to incorporate biometrics
Biometrics Research Group, Inc. expects that biometrics will become integrated within a wide number of mobile devices in the near future. Integration will be driven by smartphone and tablet...
View ArticleFingerprint Cards enters into placing agreement with Carnegie Investment Bank
Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has been growing at an incredible rate. In the last year, the company has made some significant moves and deals, and has now entered into a placing agreement with Carnegie...
View ArticleFingerprint Cards receives massive order for area sensors
Fingerprint Cards has received an order worth US $3.12 million (SEK 20 M) for its FPC1011F3 area sensor from its distributor in China and Taiwan. The distributor, Hardware & Software Technologies...
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