Dubai-based bank Emirates NBD is taking advantage of biometrics to better serve branch visitors, reports Finextra. The bank is equipping specially-assigned customer service agents with tablet devices equipped with biometric identification technology that will allow them to identify customers with respect to the data connected to their Emirates Identity Authority Cards. The aim is to…
Fujitsu has announced that it has developed a new palm vein scanning system that could be applied to tablets. In a statement announcing the technology, Fujitsu called it a “slide-style” scanning system. While it isn’t quite the same as swipe-based fingerprint scanning, the system does break a user’s palm vein pattern into slices, each of…
Last week at FindBiometrics things were gearing up for Trustech 2016 where the biometric smart card is slated to make a big impression. Meanwhile we continued to countdown to this week’s Financial Biometrics Month webinar as mobile biometrics integrations, law enforcement, and connected identity rounded out the industry news. Here is a look back on last…
Fujitsu is continuing to bring mobile iris biometrics to the masses in Japan with its new Arrows Tab F-04H. Available through NTT DOCOMO, the new tablet follows in the tradition of previously released Fujitsu smartphones—the Arrows NX F-04G and the Arrows NX F-02H —which made history last year as the first consumer mobile handsets to launch…
Dell has announced a new line of Inspiron two-in-one tablet computers at this week’s Computex trade show. Among its new products are the Inspiron 7000s, all of which sport a number of features including biometric login. The devices are available in 13″, 15″, and 17″ models, and each features a 6th Gen Intel Core processor.…
Today, iRuggy Systems announced the launch of its latest rugged tablet, the iRUGGY G10 10’’ Mobile Tablet. Featuring modular design—made possible by mix-and-match ADD-f(x) modules—and built for heavy-use deployments, the iRUGGY G10 boasts the option of including a biometric fingerprint reader module. In addition to the fingerprint reader module, the iRUGGY G10 can be upgraded…
Credence ID has launched a new tablet designed for biometrics and ID reading. Called the CredenceTAB, it sports a 10″ display, an FBI PIV FAP 30 certified fingerprint scanner, and front- and rear-facing cameras. The cameras enable ICAO-compliant face capture, and of course the fingerprint scanner allows for biometric identification; but the tablet also features…
Precise Biometrics algorithm software – Precise BioMatch Mobile – has been integrated into a new tablet. In a statement announcing the integration, Precise Biometrics declined to name the tablet’s maker, but referred to it as ‘a leading Chinese vendor’. The company also indicated that the integration is a result of a collaboration with Synaptics, a user interface and fingerprint sensor…
Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4 Type Cover is now available in 26 new markets including Australia and New Zealand, and most of southeast Asia and Europe. It’s a big deal because it considerably extends the reach of Microsoft’s biometric security technology. First announced last autumn, the Surface Pro 4 Type Cover features a fingerprint sensor and…
Precise Biometrics‘ flagship algorithm software, has found its way into a new tablet, the company has announced. The company’s Precise BioMatch Mobile system is now powering the fingerprint sensor of Huawei’s MediaPad M2 tablet, the first Huawei tablet to sport such a feature. It could be a sign of things to come. While Precise Biometrics’ technology…
Microsoft is already taking preorders for its Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Type Cover. The cover is meant to enable keyboard typing and touchpad navigation for Microsoft’s advanced new tablet. It has one other major feature too: A built-in fingerprint scanner. Compatible with the Windows Hello biometric authentication system built into the new Windows 10 OS,…
SRI International’s Iris on the Move (IOM) technology is about to see a number of integrations into mobile products. The company’s iris-scanning technology has been licensed to Samsung and will initially appear in the Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 tablet before finding other integrations. According to SRI, the product will be introduced in the SIA…