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New US Passport App Removes Friction Amid Business-Leisure Travel Shifts
Travel Payments // April 07, 2024

The cost of skipping long airport queues is set to increase due a hike in fees for expedited security programs, according to a recent press release by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), but a passport app may help. Effective from Oct. 1, the fee...

Airport Biometrics Tech Not Quite Ready For Prime Time
Security & Fraud // September 26, 2018

A new report revealed that Homeland Security’s face scanning airport security program is facing “technical and operational challenges” and might not be ready to launch nationwide by its estimated completion in 2021. Homeland Security’s inspector general said that while Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is...

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New US Passport App Removes Friction Amid Business-Leisure Travel Shifts

April 07, 2024
The cost of skipping long airport queues is set to increase due a hike in fees for expedited security programs, according to a recent press release by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), but a passport app may help. Effective from Oct. 1, the fee for the Global Entry program, for instance, will rise from $100 to […]

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Airport Biometrics Tech Not Quite Ready For Prime Time

September 26, 2018
A new report revealed that Homeland Security’s face scanning airport security program is facing “technical and operational challenges” and might not be ready to launch nationwide by its estimated completion in 2021. Homeland Security’s inspector general said that while Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is making “considerable progress” in launching the airport scanning facial recognition […]