Biometrics Industry in voice recognition to grow at 22% CAGR up to 2024: Global Market Insights Inc. Biometrics Market size was valued at over USD 12 billion in 2016, and estimated to surpass USD 50 billion by 2024. Increasing adoption of technology in the security vertical and the confluence of organizations to meet authentication standards has added a renewed dynamism to biometrics market. With the biometrics technology having marked its presence across the security landscape, it is now rapidly penetrating its way into consumer, government, and industrial systems. Based on the concept of statistical analysis of biological data, the biometrics technology is proclaimed to be less prone to cybercrimes and hacking. Recently, Mexico’s National Banking and Security Commission has announced a new regulation in the country that would require all the banks to deploy fingerprint scanners for the clients by 2018. Another instance is of FacePhi Biometria, where the company is seen signing deals to bring its selfie-based authentication system especially in the financial sector. Similar moves are likely to materialize in the coming years, in turn, propelling biometrics industry size.
Global Market Insights, Inc., claims that biometrics market will exceed USD 50 billion by 2024, having been pegged at USD 12 billion in 2016. High acceptance of biometrics in various verticals such as mobile banking and other financial services has further favored the growth of biometrics market. As the cybercrimes and identification errors are captivating the industry verticals, there has been a significant upsurge in the adoption of biometrics to ensure data security and privacy. Lately, there has been a plethora of fraudulent cases and data breaches in the financial sector. JP Morgan Chase for instance was one of the major victim, where the hackers accessed the critical data of approximately 83 million customers. Such potential threats of data breach have led to greater demand for biometrics technologies in the banking & finance sectors. As per the report, biometrics industry share is set to gain lucrative avenues from banking and finance sector, projected to register a healthy growth rate of 22% from 2017-2024. Apart from this, biometrics industry is also likely to demonstrate noticeable growth in healthcare, transportation, consumer electronics, and defense services. In fact, the transportation application within biometrics market is estimated to be the highest revenue contributor in the coming seven years.
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