Authentication by biometric devices is a trend nowadays. Since it’s a new and convenient technology, customers worldwide are still discovering its simple and secured features which are being deployed everywhere.
- It’s already in our routine
How do you unlock your smartphone? How many times per day? Pin codes have been replaced by biometric authentication, in which fingerprint and facial scan are taking the lead. The offered convenience impacts directly the way we interact with devices. For instance a person unlocks her/his smartphone 52 times per day on average, a teenager or millennial, 152 times a day. Beyond the practical side, the action itself is secured and allows the adoption of biometrics in other fields as people are getting more and more used. Facial, fingerprint, voice or iris are the main forms of biometrics in a daily basis deployment.
78% of global consumers have tried some form of biometric authentication.
If it’s impressive that 78% of global consumers have already tried some sort of biometric authentication, most of these users, 74%, see the technology as a positive game changing which facilitates everyday lives.
63% of them have tried fingerprints
25% of them have tried facial biometrics
20% have used iris recognition
- Convenience is better: no more PIN
The fear of identity theft was number 1 answer of global customers, 37% said that it would turn them off from using biometric technology. But the technology convenience would step ahead this feeling of fear. Instead of using a PIN for credit card, customers said it’s safer and more comfortable to store biometric data directly on their cards.
You will never forget your fingerprint.
Three major interests of consumers are checked by biometric technology: Security, convenience and privacy.
61% of global consumers have an average of more than 10 transactions a month using payment cards at physical stores/ merchants. We can consider that most part of them surpass 30 transactions. For these consumers, forgetting their card PIN is similar to a nightmare. In the last 18 months, 54% of global consumers have forgotten their PIN code, to avoid this headache, 82% said they would replace normal PIN by biometric authentication while using credit cards.
One of the big advantages of biometric authentication is the unlimited ceiling for contactless payments, beyond the security and convenience it can offer. 72% of customers would accept a biometric card offering the three major concerns.
IDEMIA is on top of this technology and has been developing the FCODE card, which has an integrated fingerprint sensor. This fingerprint sensor allows a rapid verification of the biometric data stored in the card and the fingerprint presented when a contactless transaction happens. IDEMIA doesn’t store the biometric data or any information, it’s all stored in the credit card. Each consumer can handle his data with simple and easy enrolment solution.
82% of consumers worldwide are prepared to use fingerprint scan instead of classic pin
Other areas are already applying biometric technology in order to simplify everyday tasks.
- More than just payment cards
The biometric technology deployment continues in a global scale and consumers start realizing how beneficial it is to use. For example, 43% of global consumers would use a biometric card for a building access and 32% want the technology integrated to transportation pass.
43% of global consumers would like to use a biometric card to gain access to a secured building.
The future of these cards looks very promising, indeed – and we’re proud to be a part of it.
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How consumers are getting familiar with biometric technology
BiometricsAuthentication by biometric devices is a trend nowadays. Since it’s a new and convenient technology, customers worldwide are still discovering its simple and secured features which are being deployed everywhere.
How do you unlock your smartphone? How many times per day? Pin codes have been replaced by biometric authentication, in which fingerprint and facial scan are taking the lead. The offered convenience impacts directly the way we interact with devices. For instance a person unlocks her/his smartphone 52 times per day on average, a teenager or millennial, 152 times a day. Beyond the practical side, the action itself is secured and allows the adoption of biometrics in other fields as people are getting more and more used. Facial, fingerprint, voice or iris are the main forms of biometrics in a daily basis deployment.
78% of global consumers have tried some form of biometric authentication.
If it’s impressive that 78% of global consumers have already tried some sort of biometric authentication, most of these users, 74%, see the technology as a positive game changing which facilitates everyday lives.
63% of them have tried fingerprints
25% of them have tried facial biometrics
20% have used iris recognition
The fear of identity theft was number 1 answer of global customers, 37% said that it would turn them off from using biometric technology. But the technology convenience would step ahead this feeling of fear. Instead of using a PIN for credit card, customers said it’s safer and more comfortable to store biometric data directly on their cards.
You will never forget your fingerprint.
Three major interests of consumers are checked by biometric technology: Security, convenience and privacy.
61% of global consumers have an average of more than 10 transactions a month using payment cards at physical stores/ merchants. We can consider that most part of them surpass 30 transactions. For these consumers, forgetting their card PIN is similar to a nightmare. In the last 18 months, 54% of global consumers have forgotten their PIN code, to avoid this headache, 82% said they would replace normal PIN by biometric authentication while using credit cards.
One of the big advantages of biometric authentication is the unlimited ceiling for contactless payments, beyond the security and convenience it can offer. 72% of customers would accept a biometric card offering the three major concerns.
IDEMIA is on top of this technology and has been developing the FCODE card, which has an integrated fingerprint sensor. This fingerprint sensor allows a rapid verification of the biometric data stored in the card and the fingerprint presented when a contactless transaction happens. IDEMIA doesn’t store the biometric data or any information, it’s all stored in the credit card. Each consumer can handle his data with simple and easy enrolment solution.
82% of consumers worldwide are prepared to use fingerprint scan instead of classic pin
Other areas are already applying biometric technology in order to simplify everyday tasks.
The biometric technology deployment continues in a global scale and consumers start realizing how beneficial it is to use. For example, 43% of global consumers would use a biometric card for a building access and 32% want the technology integrated to transportation pass.
43% of global consumers would like to use a biometric card to gain access to a secured building.
The future of these cards looks very promising, indeed – and we’re proud to be a part of it.
Find out more information on www.idemia.com
IDEMIA goes beyond frictionless technology with Artificial Intelligence in the MorphoWave Compact
UncategorizedIDEMIA, well-known as the leader in Augmented Identity, has incremented its top-of-the-line solution MorphoWave™ Compact with Artificial Intelligence (AI). The already awarded device, as the most trusted frictionless technology, had its distinguished performance and user experience improved again.
The frictionless biometric solution – MorphoWave™ has been already in the market for a while now. Launched by IDEMIA, the device offers a highly secured system for access control. It has quickly turned to be the reference in many major organizations when the clear-cut relation between biometric identification, high throughput and convenience was made by customers. The second version, MorphoWave™ Compact was introduced in 2018 strengthening its leading position. The strategy behind this innovative product is to enable frictionless access everywhere.
The world leader IDEMIA has an incomparable expertise, with 40 years in the biometric field. As a result of its experience more the ongoing investment in R&D, IDEMIA came out with the combination of AI and fingerprint identification. Its sets forth a cutting-edge solution, MorphoWave™ Compact, powered by Artificial Intelligence.
Considering the device’s performance, IDEMIA could raise the matching speed in 85%, which reflects to a 25% more efficient system. The MorphoWave™ Compact powered by AI allows a flow of over 50 people per minute per device. The better performance is due to the algorithms which also optimized the capacity of identification (up to 100,000 users for one-to-many).
To outline, the best just got even better …
The improvement on the frictionless technology can be updated by all MorphoWave™ Compact customers. This emphasizes IDEMIA’s position not just as market leader, but as a long-term partner.
On September 12th in Chicago during the Global Security Exchange – GSX, the launching of MorphoWave™ Compact powered by AI will happen. The attendants of this fair-trade will interact with this powered frictionless device by the simple wave of the hand, confirming the ultimate convenient technology available.
“Technology is evolving at an incredible rate and it is constantly challenging and redefining customer practices. At IDEMIA, innovation and pushing the boundaries is part of our DNA. This latest innovation is another step towards the future of biometric identification and allows us to remain a leader in Augmented Identity.”
Yves Portalier, Executive Vice President of the Connected Objects business unit at IDEMIA
Source: https://www.idemia.com/press-release/morphowave-compact-idemia-pushes-boundaries-again-2019-09-09
Augmented Vision, IDEMIA’s new application for real-time video analytics
BiometricsIn order to reinforce the security in public and private areas, IDEMIA, the world leader in augmented identity launched its new generation application for video analysis.
Thanks to Augmented Vision, security workers will be allowed to identify suspected people in real time and accelerate the investigation as soon as the event occurs. This new cutting-edge technology helps to strengthen security in high circulation places such as airports, train stations, stadiums, sports arenas, stores and shopping malls. It can also be placed at show sites and entertainment areas for accurate surveillance.
Augmented Vision has numerous assets:
It can also be settled in CCTV solutions or access control systems:
This application leans on IDEMIA’s expertise, in particular on its face recognition technology which allows great efficiency and accuracy for image and video analysis.
«Augmented Vision leverages all of IDEMIA’s latest technologies to offer a complete and accurate solution based on our leadership in biometric capture and analysis as well as real-time video data analysis. With this new analytics application, we enhance security, increase throughput while improving user experience. »
Philippe Barreau, IDEMIA Executive Vice President of the Public Security & Identity Business Unit
«With Augmented Vision, we give our Partners the capability to capitalize upon existing video surveillance infrastructures with biometric access control. It paves the way for our next facial recognition-based innovations for access control and time & attendance applications. »
Yves Portalier Executive Vice President of the Connected Objects Business Unit
https://www.idemia.com/fr/communique-de-presse/idemia-lance-augmented-vision-son-application-danalyse-video-de-nouvelle-generation-au-salon-ifsec-international-2019-06-18
IDEMIA reveals the know-how behind the rise of multi-modal biometrics
BiometricsAs biometrics turn to be the imperative feature in airports all over the world, a question surrounding the move from authentication to identification is asked quite often. Should airports move from 1:1 to 1:N? Passengers ask for a seamless travelling experience and on the other hand airports like it.
How has the airport experience changed with the advent of biometric technologies?
Everyone who has travelled in airport knows that each company and airport has its own way to serve the customer, varying enormously from how they verify identity, information and how they follow procedures. This is a point-by-point approach, which is the norm nowadays, the idea with biometrics technology is to simplify this approach to a connected approach, seamless and shared: A common biometric database allowing an interexchange of identities’ information and verified travels between airlines and airports is a key point for a maximum of effiency, fast and soft experience to travelers, airports and border control.
IDEMIA as the world leader of augmented identity knows how to make this swift for airports and airlines to improve operational workflow and operability .
What is authentication and identification in biometrics?
Biometric authentication, as the name says, authenticates your biometric template (store datapoint of your face, fingerprint, vein…) against one that is supposed to be yours: it’s a one-to-one match or 1:1 (e.g. the biometric stored in a travel document or in a database). On the other hand: biometric identification, is when your biometric template is searched in a database containing stored biometric templates– This is the ‘one-to-many’ match or 1:N.
IDEMIA has both solutions to handle customer’s needs.
Thinking of three key points, IDEMIA offers its biometric solutions for:
Are there privacy issues that must be overcome if airports have to continue to embrace this idea of seamless flow?
A strong data privacy is demanded while handling citizens’ data, the travel industry will have to adapt to the evolving regulation.
With long experience on biometric field, IDEMIA provides support in order to facilitate the understanding and clarify the questions of a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) needed by GDPR.
Source: https://www.internationalairportreview.com/article/79438/idemia-rise-multi-modal-biometrics/
10 FACTS ABOUT BIOMETRICS IN 2019
BiometricsIDEMIA, the world leader in biometrics and augmented identity carried out an independent survey in 11 countries. This survey reached out 2,800 respondents who talked about their perception of biometrics.Here are the some facts collected:
Biometric authentication is seen as a useful technology, reducing numbers of passwords, avoiding fraud and after all it’s easy to use, since you just need to punch in your biometric data. These were the answers of 74% of respondents who had a positive approach to the technology.
90% of people surveyed said they are ready to use biometric identification and that the world is ready for this type of processes. 61% would use biometrics to unlock their phones and others saying that they would pay online and in store with their biometrics.
The lack of human touch and the technical side of biometrics itself were well accepted, meanwhile, the idea of identity theft, fraud and privacy concerns raised some concerns to the people surveyed.
Only 22% of respondents have never tried biometric authentication before. In contrast 78% had already use biometrics and 63% used fingerprint verification.
The most accurate and convenient form of biometric is by far the fingerprint. Second place for security and accuracy is iris recognition and facial recognition wins beside fingerprint the title of convenience.
89% of Brazilians interviewed had used biometric technology, in first place because it’s required to vote in the national election. The U.A.E also have an excellent perception of biometrics, 81% appreciate the innovation and the fun aspect. They are the less fearful of fraud or data or identity theft.
In general, French people participating in the survey had a favorable approach towards biometrics, 61%, a low numbers if we compare to the global average of 74%. The fewest numbers of adherents of the mobile wallet are in France.
The majority of respondents, 82%, want to replace PIN or banking password with their fingerprint. By contrast, 87% want to keep it as a backup option.
When speaking about payment cards with biometric technology, answers are mitigated:
Most of them would prefer to enroll their biometric data with the banking app, 42%, or with help of a bank staff, 67%. Majority as well prefer to keep in their cards the biometric data, 40%, instead of having it stored in the cloud; 11%.
43% of respondents are already using their biometric data to pay with mobile phones. However, there is a huge regional divide with India leading with 86% versus only 11% in France.
BONUS FACT: IDEMIA IS ALREADY LEADING THE WAY
IDEMIA is a pionner in the biometric world, with its payment card solution F.CODE – your fingerprint is turned to your PIN and groundbreaking programs IDEMIA executed the ambitious Aadhaar program in INDIA, attributing an unique ID number to 1.3 billion citizens. At Singapore’s Changi Airport, precisely in the Terminal 4, passengers can board in under 10 minutes using their biometric data.
Source: https://www.idemia.com/news/ten-facts-you-didnt-know-about-biometrics-2019-201