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AvidBiometrics announces sale on biometric clocks

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

AvidBiometrics.com, an online retailer of biometric devices and other security products, has announced a new promotion granting its customers $25 back on any biometric clock priced at or above $250.

The clocks are designed to replace traditional time punch clocks that require employees use a card or PIN to enter their start time or end time for work. However, the old system frequently leads to buddy punching wherein an employee will fraudulently punch in or out a coworker.

Biometric clocks as the ones offered by AvidBiometrics.com offer companies a solution that helps bring more accuracy to their payroll system through requiring the employee himself punches in and out. The promotion requires the coupon code BTC25 be entered when prompted during checkout on AvidBiometrics’ site. [end] 

In an effort to streamline passenger security, Jakarta, Indonesia’s Soekarno-Hatta Airport has opened the country’s first biometric immigration gate.

Fingerprint biometric identification provider BIO-key International, Inc. and Oakwell Engineering Limited partnered to create the new gate, designed for use by passengers with electronic passports. Passengers submit their e-passports and authenticate with a fingerprint.

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Retail operations are finding biometric point-of-sale systems that are used for both tracking employee actions as well as for time and attendance are a great tool in fighting inventory shrink and labor fraud, according to a Point of Sale News article.

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A recent survey conducted by Wincor Nixdorf shows that a strong majority of French consumers are interested in using fingerprint scanning technology to secure transactions.

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Following issues with fraudulent employee time sheets at the Municipal Golf Course, Henderson, Kentucky’s city auditor, Mac Neel, has recommended the implementation of biometric-based time and attendance systems as part of his presentation of the city’s annual financial report, according to a Courier Press article.

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Lathem, an Atlanta, Georgia-based developer of biometric solutions, has released a new biometric time and attendance tracker that utilizes face recognition as a way for employees to authenticate their identity when clocking in or out for work, according to a Miami Herald article.

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M2SYS Technologies announced its RightPunch line of biometric time and attendance tracking solution, which had already been deployed to Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, has been deployed to the California State University, Fresno Association.

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