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New Way to Secure Through Biometrics

07/01/2005

A Danish company has received a patent for a new type of card that imbeds the ability to swipe and use a fingerprint on the card itself.

STATS

01/01/2005

  • 61% of people surveyed by Market Pulse said they thought the grocery store would be the most convenient place to bank. Market Pulse(SM) Survey by IBT, Georgia

    • A New Use for Biometrics

    05/05/2004

    A bank in Puerto Rico recently implemented a new use for biometric technology - verification of time cards.

    Biometrics as Passwords

    03/05/2004

    A Texas bank has eliminated what information technology folks will tell you is a major pain - password management - by using Biometrics to validate the identity of its employees.

    Spending on Biometrics Climbing Rapidly

    03/05/2004

    The International Biometrics Group predicts financial services firms will increase spending for biometric technologies from its current rate of about $48 million per year to about $406 million by t

    Biometrics Hot New Government ID

    11/01/2003

    Just after we published the lead article in the last HOTLINE about biometric identification and access devices, the U.S.

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