“To keep our military ahead of new threats, we need to move technology from the lab to the field faster,” Hudson said in a statement. “The Defense Technology Hubs Act speeds up innovation, strengthens ...

Passengers arriving from foreign flights will have their faces scanned and cross-checked with their passport photos.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has implemented biometric facial comparison technology at the pedestrian border crossings in Detroit, Michigan and Champlain, New York. The technology will ...

Biometrics are the unique physical or behavioral features that can be used to identify an individual – most commonly voice, face, speech patterns, and fingerprints. A good example of how biometric ...

The increasing adoption of biometrics for physical security is being driven in part by the mass availability and ...

Biometric screenings at airports are now preferred by travelers, according to a Sita report. Comfort levels are rising as biometrics are used in other ways, such as unlocking mobile phones. Still, ...

Identity, fraud prevention, trust, and safety have become defining challenges of the modern digital economy. Every day, fraud professionals and risk ...

This content is contributed or sourced from third parties but has been subject to Finextra editorial review. When someone mentions biometric technology, many of us still visualise the futuristic ...

High-tech passenger screening at airports is about to take a giant leap forward - at least at one airport. Abu Dhabi Airports has just announced that it is partnering with the Federal Authority for ...

Pew Charitable Trusts announced Feb. 18 it is partnering with nonprofit research institute RTI International to study the use of biometric technology to improve patient medical record matching. The ...

While the e-commerce giant has deemphasized the technology, banks and payment firms are testing the biometric option.