Every September the biometrics industry converges on the Federal Identity Forum & Exposition, otherwise known as FedID—the key identity technology conference for the federal government. After a year in Washington, DC, the conference has returned to Tampa, Florida for a week of high-level thought leadership, education and networking catered to the biometrics, government and identity…
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We’re off to Amsterdam for Money20/20 Europe 2018, where we will be reporting from live next week, covering all the keynotes, panels and biometric FinTech announcements out of Europe’s most exiting financial industry conference. In preparation for this year’s event, FindBiometrics Managing Editor Peter Counter caught up with Pat Patel, Content Director for Money20/20. The conversation…
Ticketmaster appears to be considering swapping concert tickets for face scans. The potential plans came to light in the Q1 update of its parent company Live Nation, which revealed that the company had partnered with and invested in a facial recognition specialist called Blink Identity. The company’s technology is designed to scan individuals’ faces as…
Buzz continues to build for next week’s ISC East, northeastern America’s flagship security convention. There is plenty of reason for excitement, but one of the biggest factors is a keynote address scheduled for delivery from a legendary former NYPD commissioner. Ray Kelly served as the head of the force during a tumultuous time – the years…
Day Two of the inaugural K(NO)W Identity Conference is turning out to be a packed one. The day started with a keynote address from Consult Hyperion Director of Innovation David Birch. Author of the forthcoming book Before Babylon, Before Bitcoin: From money we understand to money that understands us, Birch did not disappoint on the…
“Day two will see an expert panel discussion on physical and digital access control featuring experts from Princeton Identity, BioConnect, ImageWare, Acuity Market Intelligence, and FindBiometrics…” The inaugural K(NO)W Identity Conference kicked off today with high-profile speakers and a new partnership announcement. NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden delivered the event’s keynote address via livestream from Russia,…
The FIDO Alliance will host free seminars on trends in effective authentication this week in Paris, and then next week in Barcelona, the consortium has announced. Taking place in Le Méridien Etoile, Paris, on Friday May 5th, and then in Meliá Barcelona Sarrià, Barcelona, on Monday May 8, respectively the events will have a strong focus on…
ImageWare has been offered an opportunity to drum up some potentially significant investor interest with an invitation to present at the 29th ROTH Capital Partners Conference. It’s the investment banking firm’s annual gathering of investors and executives aimed at promoting small and mid-cap companies. ROTH says that its last event attracted almost 500 companies and…
Imprivata will be showcasing its biometric solutions at next week’s Arab Health conference in Dubai, an event billing itself as the biggest healthcare event in the MENA region. For Imprivata, it’s an opportunity to introduce itself, with the company being new to the region. In a statement announcing its participation, Imprivata Customer Experience SVP Carina Edwards called…
Mobility and finance have long been major areas of excitement, innovation, and adoption in biometrics, and that trend held strong in 2016. From the get go, this year has seen substantial momentum in both areas of biometric application, and for good reason: mobility, biometrics, and financial services are positively linked. As innovations in mobility allow…
The Money20/20 conference kicks off today in Las Vegas, with digital security and biometric solutions in particular expected to once again be hot topics. Digital security companies are planning some big showings, of course. STC Group, represented in the US by SpeechPro, will show off its OnePass multimodal authentication system and its VoiceKey voice recognition…
Daon has announced that the president of its Americas division, Conor White, will participate in a prominent panel discussion on biometric technology at this year’s Money20/20 conference and expo in Las Vegas. It’s a high-profile session. Entitled “Biometrics Innovation & the New Password,” the panel discussion will feature other prominent speakers including Mastercard’s Ajay Bhalla, Safran…
Mastercard is aiming to make a big splash at this year’s Money20/20 conference. For one thing, it’s sponsoring the Money20/20 Hackathon, in which it will see what participants can come up with using its Send Person-to-Person and Vending APIs. It has also teamed up with PYMNTS.com to host a ‘Cocktails & Conversations’ evening chat series…
Last week in an interview with our sister site, Richard Lobovsky, VP of Financial Services Solutions at Samsung SDA America, announced that on November 2, 2016, his company will be co-hosting a webinar in association with Mobile ID World. Titled FinServ in the New Age of Identity: Addressing Your Biometrics Concerns, the webcast boasts and impressive panel…
Concert promoters in Japan are starting to use facial recognition technology to issue tickets. It’s meant to cut down wait times and also offers security benefits, with pre-enrolled fans able to pick up their tickets automatically after a face scan. As The Japan Times reports, the system is currently in use by promoters affiliated with the…
The GSMA is gearing up for next week’s Mobile World Congress in Shanghai—and also preparing to bring some of that energy to the US. The organization has announced that it’s working with CTIA (Cellular Telephone Industries Association – now known as CTIA – The Wireless Association) to bring a similar mobile industry event to the Americas. First, though:…
Next Wednesday marks the start of Mobile World Congress Shanghai, which will run through Friday July 1, bringing together 70,000 attendees, 1,000 exhibitors, and 8,000 companies for Asia’s biggest mobile industry event. FindBiometrics will be there, not only in attendance, but moderating two identity and security focused sessions. FindBiometrics president Peter O’Neill is serving as…
A key witness from the 2013 Boston Marathon terror attack will be the keynote speaker at this year’s MorphoTrak Users Conference in Costa Mesa, California. Jeff Bauman saw one of the architects of the attack place a backpack on a sidewalk moments before it exploded, and later helped the FBI to identify the suspect by…
Biometric technology is expected to enjoy a bright spotlight at next week’s Money20/20 Europe conference, with growing enthusiasm from some big players in FinTech. Fittingly, a discussion panel on biometrics moderated by FindBiometrics President Peter O’Neill has just announced another participant: Craig Ramsay, HSBC Payments and Cash Management’s Head of Innovation. The financial services company…