Toronto-based startup has its finger on the pulse of identification
Tucked away on the second floor of an old University of Toronto building is a small group of innovators with their hearts set on evolving the consumer biometrics and identity spaces. Headed by UofT...
View ArticleNew York College of Health Professions granted patent for biometric system...
The New York College of Health Professions has just been granted a patent by the USPTO for a system which detects biometric changes through smartphones, apps and security systems that reflects whether...
View ArticleBionym launches wearable biometric authentication device
Toronto-based Bionym has just launched the Nymi, a new wearable biometric authentication device that uses an embedded electrocardiogram sensor for identification. The wearable bracelet recognizes...
View ArticleBionym bolsters biometric bracelet with bitcoin wallet
Bionym’s wearable biometric authentication device – The Nymi — will launch with a Bitcoin wallet as one of its initial applications, the company announced Tuesday. As an emerging digital currency,...
View ArticleNymi to test biometric wristband at UK-based Halifax bank
Following its first successful trial with Royal Bank, Canadian biometric technology firm Nymi is set to undergo trials at the UK’s Halifax bank, according to a report by WT Vox. Currently in its...
View ArticleKorean Internet & Security Agency developing standards for ’next-generation’...
The Korea Internet & Security Agency announced that it has established a research committee designed to standardize next-generation biometrics technology using bio-signals such as brain waves and...
View ArticleNymi Band completes first heartbeat-authenticated payment with a wearable device
The Nymi Band, a wearable authentication device that uses electrocardiogram technology, has been used to make the world’s first credit card payment at a cash register verified by the user’s unique...
View ArticleBiometrics for government & law enforcement: Q&A with Andrew T. Hildebrand...
Technological advances in mobile and multimodal analysis — including complex areas like video analytics, facial imagery, Rapid DNA and balistocardiographic identity — are advancing and refining...
View ArticleMasterCard study and pilot show consumers are embracing digital payments,...
MasterCard and PRIME Research revealed the results of the fourth annual MasterCard Mobile Payments Study, which found that consumers are increasingly embracing digital payments options including...
View ArticleNymi collaborates with NXP to enable access control and contactless payments...
Toronto based authentication solution firm Nymi collaborated with NXP Semiconductors at this past week’s RSA Conference to demo physical access, logical access and contactless payment capabilities of...
View ArticleB-Secur named one of Gartner’s global Cool Vendors for 2016
Belfast-based biometrics company B-Secur announced that it has been named one of Gartner’s global Cool Vendors for 2016. The firm’s biometric technology uses an individual’s heart beat (ECG) for...
View ArticleKorea Internet & Security Agency developing biometric authentication for...
South Korean government-run Korea Internet & Security Agency is developing biometric authentication for mobile banking with plans to commercialize the technology by late 2018, according to a report...
View ArticleB-Secur raises $4.6M in funding for ECG biometric authentication technology
B-Secur has raised £3.5 million (US$4.6 million) in an early-stage funding from a syndicate of UK and Ireland’s investors, to further develop its ECG biometric technology which leverages an...
View ArticleNymi to test biometric wristband at UK-based Halifax bank
Following its first successful trial with Royal Bank, Canadian biometric technology firm Nymi is set to undergo trials at the...
View ArticleKorean Internet & Security Agency developing standards for ’next-generation’...
The Korea Internet & Security Agency announced that it has established a research committee designed to standardize next-generation biometrics technology...
View ArticleNymi Band completes first heartbeat-authenticated payment with a wearable device
The Nymi Band, a wearable authentication device that uses electrocardiogram technology, has been used to make the world’s first credit...
View ArticleBiometrics for government & law enforcement: Q&A with Andrew T. Hildebrand...
Technological advances in mobile and multimodal analysis — including complex areas like video analytics, facial imagery, Rapid DNA and balistocardiographic...
View ArticleMasterCard study and pilot show consumers are embracing digital payments,...
MasterCard and PRIME Research revealed the results of the fourth annual MasterCard Mobile Payments Study, which found that consumers are...
View ArticleNymi collaborates with NXP to enable access control and contactless payments...
Toronto based authentication solution firm Nymi collaborated with NXP Semiconductors at this past week’s RSA Conference to demo physical access,...
View ArticleB-Secur named one of Gartner’s global Cool Vendors for 2016
Belfast-based biometrics company B-Secur announced that it has been named one of Gartner’s global Cool Vendors for 2016. The firm’s...
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