Identity, Security, Payments, Biometrics, Smart Cards and Authentication News

Biometric partnership awarded authorization as supplier for Texas

Thursday, July 31, 2008

US Biometrics, a biometric solutions developer, and Austin Biometrics, a Texas-based biometric security developer, have been awarded a contract through the Texas Multiple Award Schedule Program to provide biometric solutions to a number of Texas government agencies.

The products will consist of fingerprint recognition systems that will be used for two-factor access control and secure biometric data storage. With this contract US Biometrics and Austin Biometrics will have access to over 200 state agencies and 1,700 local agencies. [end] 

Biometrics firms Morpho and AOptix have formed a partnership to deploy advanced biometric systems targeted to border management and aviation security industries.

Under the terms of the partnership, AOptix products will be integrated into Morpho’s border management product line. This includes InSight Duo, AOptix’s combined face capture and iris recognition system.

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In order to release its H1Biometric Finger Vein scanner to the U.S. market, Hitachi Europe Ltd. has signed a strategic partnership with M2SYS, making the company Hitachi’s primary Value Added Reseller for this product in North America.

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Sensor supplier Fingerprint Cards AB (FPC) has extended its partnership with Chinese biometrics provider Miaxis Biometrics Co. LTD to deliver biometrics products to the Chinese banking sector.

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ValidSoft, a supplier of telecommunications-based fraud prevention, authentication and transaction verification products, announced its new partnership with Spindle Inc., a mobile commerce and alternative payment solutions provider to bring payments security products to U.S.-based customers.

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The Texas Department of Public Safety (TxDPS) has deployed NEC’s IntegraID Mobile Identification Solution (Mobile ID) for use by all Texas law enforcement agencies to quickly search the Texas DPS repository for real time positive identification.

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SMARTCON, an EMV product specialist based in Brazil, and SCIL, a New York-based EMV products provider, have announced a partnership that will provide EMV products and services to U.S. and Canadian financial services companies.

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