Biometric attendance systems for Indian government employees found damaged or...
Less than two months after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi requested the implementation of biometric attendance systems (BAS), over 50 of the machines have been found damaged or stolen, according...
View ArticleUIDAI devises method to recover lost Aadhaar numbers
The Unique Identification Authority of India, which oversees the country’s unique identity project, Aadhaar, has come up with a way to recover lost Aadhaar numbers, according to the Business Standard....
View ArticleIndia plans unified electronic payment system linked to Aadhaar number
India has begun implementing plans for a centralized electronic payment system and set of APIs designed to encourage the country to transition over to electronic transactions via smartphone and...
View ArticleIndian police force deploys NEC facial recognition solutions
NEC India has partnered with Innovative Telecom & Softwares Pvt. Ltd. to provide the Surat City Police in Gujarat, India with NEC’s face recognition solution, according to a report by TelecomTiger....
View ArticleBiomatiques wins STQC certification for iris recognition technology
Indian biometric solutions firm Biomatiques Identification Solutions Pvt. Ltd. released eParakh Iris Scanner (model EPI-1000), a mobile iris scanner that works with Windows, Mac and Linux based...
View ArticleIndian government conducts ongoing analysis of biometric identity database
India’s Minister of State for Planning Rao Inderjit Singh provided Rajya Sabha (Council of States) with new data regarding India’s unique biometric identity number system (AADHAAR) for residents,...
View ArticleNuance Communications provides voice authentication software to ICICI Bank
Indian financial institution ICICI Bank has deployed voice recognition technology from Nuance Communications to provide biometric authentication for telephone banking customers to enable them to...
View ArticleMaharashtra government to initiate biometrics record-keeping in orphanages
The government of Maharashtra, India said it will collect biometric records of all residents of NGO and state-operated orphanages to ensure that grants disbursed by it reach their beneficiaries,...
View ArticleIndia’s plan to track kids from birth using biometrics hits a roadblock
In a meeting last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on officials to ensure that all children below six years are enrolled in the Aadhaar biometric identification system as well as using...
View ArticleDevices used to collect biometrics in Indian children’s homes experience...
The majority of biometric devices that were installed by India’s Ministry of Women and Child Development Department to maintain an accurate headcount of residents in children’s homes throughout...
View ArticleVoice biometrics firm Uniphore sees investment from Infosys co-founder
Indian speech recognition solutions developer Uniphore Software Systems announced that Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan has invested an undisclosed amount in the company’s Series A funding round,...
View ArticleZicom, Biometronic to provide IriTech iris recognition products in India
Zicom Electronic Security Systems Limited has signed an agreement with Biometronic Technology Pvt. Ltd in which Zicom will distribute Biometronic’s IriShield family of iris recognition products for an...
View ArticleAqTronics Technologies to distribute Next Biometrics’ products in India
Next Biometrics Group ASA announced it has signed an agreement with AqTronics Technologies to distribute its line of biometric identification products in India, one of the largest biometric markets in...
View ArticleMorpho provides biometric technology to Aadhaar Hackathon
Biometrics firm Morpho (Safran) will power this weekend’s Aadhaar Hackathon, providing a biometric sensor to develop biometric authentication applications. The online hackathon is open to participants...
View ArticleSpeech recognition firm Uniphore secures new investment from IDG Ventures
Speech recognition solutions company Uniphore Software Systems received new investment from IDG Ventures. The additional funding will enable Uniphore to scale its core technology development efforts...
View ArticleIndian telcos set to launch secure e-KYC authentication services
Several Indian telecom operators including Idea Cellular, Vodafone and Airtel are preparing to launch e-KYC services by the end of the year, according to a report by MyDigitalFC.com. The move follows...
View ArticleNonprofit uses biometrics technology to monitor India’s tuberculosis cases
Operation ASHA, an organization that aims to provide tuberculosis (TB) treatment and health services to poor residents in India’s urban slums and rural villages, is using biometrics technology to...
View ArticleDelhi government considering biometric time and attendance system in hospitals
The Delhi government is considering the implementation of an Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance system in its hospitals to track the time and attendance of doctors and medical staff according to a...
View ArticleSouth Africa to implement biometric regulations for India visa application
South Africa will implement biometric regulations for India’s visa applicants by the end of the year, as soon as it develops the proper infrastructure, according to a report by The Financial Express....
View ArticleAnviz Global provides biometric access control system for insurance broker
Anviz Global has provided Indian insurance broker Futurisk Insurance with an integrated and fully-customized biometric-enabled access control and time attendance system. The system, which comprises the...
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