Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Kazakh counterpart, Nursultan Nazarbaev, spoke on the phone on February 8. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.rferl.org

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Biometric recognition systems in airports could not also speed up travel, but also greatly improve safety. Sourced through Scoop.it from: i-hls.com

SmartMetric’s biometric payments card fits a fully functional fingerprint reader inside an EMV smart card. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.biometricupdate.com

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The Biometrics for Financial Services analyst report series identifies the top five trends that are driving the adoption of biometrics for financial services. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.biometricupdate.com

Peru will issue 1.6 million biometric passports during a three-year period. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.travelandtourworld.com

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Travel and tourism brands are tipped to continue leading the way in the emerging discipline of “moment marketing”. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.tnooz.com

Tech-heavy Taiwan, India, China and South Korea are the new darlings of the emerging markets world. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.weforum.org