Vision-Box, a biometrics solutions provider, has come out with an automatic border control e-gate that supports multimodal biometric authentication.

This new e-gate is a thin system that contains vb i-match, a single sourced design that is modular and flexible and can be adapted to business requirements and infrastructure constraints that would otherwise disrupt passenger flow. It has the ability to cope with industry standards such as ICAO. The e-gate supports iris, fingerprint and facial biometrics.

easycash Loyalty Solutions, part of Ingenico Group, announced it has provided Europe-based electronics and engineering company Siemens with a prepaid payment and contactless solution.

The new contactless solution for Siemens is offers both guests and members of staff with the ability to pay for meals at the company’s restaurants, making use of two mediums: Siemens staff cards, which have an embedded contactless chip, or guest cards.