DigitalPersona has announced that multiple KFC restaurants owned by the chain’s franchisees are improving their loss prevention programs with fingerprint biometrics.

The new solution at the franchises across the Midwest and Southeast are replacing PIN-based authentication system with biometrics in an effort to reduce payroll fraud due to buddy-punching and bogus transactions at the register due to individuals being held directly accountable for their actions on a register.

The December meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a list of audio and accompanying PowerPoint slides (in pdf format).