Articles Written By: Alex Perala

“The Galaxy Tab Active2 does feature a fingerprint sensor, however…” Samsung has announced a new tablet device aimed at businesses in need of rugged hardware. Called the Galaxy Tab Active2, it features an 8″ WXGA TFT display and support for Samsung’s S Pen stylus. It runs on a Samsung Exynos 7870 processor and Android 7.1…

“…Humaniq has developed a digital banking platform based on Ethereum blockchain and mobile biometrics for user authentication, started trials for the platform, and even branched into tech financing.” Digital banking solutions provider Humaniq has a new CEO, but he’s no stranger to the company. Soon after Alex Fork founded Humaniq, the startup hired Dinis Guarda…

“…Mastercard said its blockchain technology will “initially” be offered for B2B applications, where it can help to track not only transactions but also supply chains, with a ‘proof of provenance’ capability built into the system.” Mastercard is taking a big step into blockchain with its new announcement that it will open access to its own…

“The refinements were made primarily to better target the software solution to smart card applications…” Precise Biometrics has refined its Precise BioMatch Embedded algorithm software to enable support for even smaller fingerprint sensors. The company says its software now supports sensors as small as 30mm², and that it can operate via power-efficient microcontrollers. The refinements…

New Visa Platform Curates Security Solutions, Starting with Document Reading and Biometrics Visa is launching a new authentication solutions platform for its partners, and Daon is providing its biometric capabilities. The platform, Visa ID Intelligence, is aimed at offering merchants, issuers, and the like a suite of solutions to help them verify the identities of…

NEXT Biometrics is celebrating a major milestone with its announcement this week that it has now shipped three million fingerprint sensors in total. In a statement, NEXT CEO Ritu Favre said the achievement helps to demonstrate “NEXT’s ability to mass produce high quality, mass market robust sensors at what has become very high yield rates.”…

Semiconductor specialist STMicroelectronics has announced a new NFC module to enable contactless transactions on wearable devices. Called the ST53G System-in-Package, the module sports both an NFC transmitter and what STMicroelectronics calls a ‘secure banking chip’. Importantly, the latter is only 4mm by 4mm in size, helping to facilitate the solution’s integration into smaller devices. The module is…

Google Home Mini has hit store shelves, and the devices will soon be listening to a multitude of users very closely. First announced earlier this month alongside the Google Home Max, it’s the smaller version of Google’s flagship smart home hub offering. The round device is about the size of a donut, and now that…

Mastercard is almost ready to leave signatures behind. The company has announced that after April of next year, no signatures will be required for any debit or credit purchase in the US or Canada. Receipt signatures are already well on their way out the door, of course. Recognizing that they’re pretty much useless as a…

Huawei is using a Fingerprint Cards sensor in another new offering in its Honor line of mobile devices. The Honor WaterPlay features an FPC1145 fingerprint sensor. It’s a tablet device, and as the name suggests, its IP67-rated water resistance is a key marketing point. Other features of the tablet include a 10.1″ QXGA display, a…

Seven major firms are preparing to showcase pioneering smell-based sensor technologies. The official jargon refers to MSS – Membrane-type Surface stress Sensor – a type of sensor that was developed by Genki Yoshikawa, a scientist with the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, or “MANA”. It’s designed to detect oderous molecules, enabling a kind of artificial sense…

The forthcoming iPhone X’s Face ID facial recognition system will store a user’s biometric template in a Secure Enclave, and will never share that data with third-party apps, or even Apple itself. That’s one of the key takeaways from Apple’s response to a list of ten questions publicly posed by Senator Al Franken, the head Democrat…

NXP Semiconductors has announced a new contactless chip module aimed at passport and ID card applications. Called the MOB10, the solution is 200 μm thick, which NXP Semiconductors says is equivalent to about four strands of human hair. The solution supports polycarbonate material, and NXP says it’s designed for compatibility with existing production processors, which should…

Two more new smartphones are using Fingerprint Cards (FPC) sensors for their fingerprint scanning capabilities. Both are from Huawei. One, the Nova 2i, is a mid-range smartphone aimed primarily at the Malaysia market. The other is the Honor 9i, a kind of sequel device to the Honor 9 launched earlier this year, and is aimed at…

Many of us rely on police services for personal safety, but certain at-risk individuals go a step further and seek the help of professional bodyguards, where possible. Now, Google has launched the online equivalent of a bodyguard service called the Advanced Protection Program. It takes special steps to ensure users’ security, above and beyond the…

Enacomm is bringing voice-based authentication to customers of Bank Independent, a financial services organization with 28 branches across northern Alabama. The solution’s announcement arrives on the heels of a new report from a Frost & Sullivan analyst lauding the benefits of voice-based authentication security when deployed in appropriate contexts. For its part, Enacomm claims its…