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GBG reaches $19M deal for New Zealand selfie biometrics provider Cloudcheck

GBG has acquired New Zealand-based biometrics provider Cloudcheck in a £14 million (US$18.9 million) deal to strengthen its position in the Australasia...

Passage raises $4M to bring biometric authentication to web browsers

Passage, an Austin, Texas-based company, has emerged from stealth with $4 million in funding to announce the public beta test...

ICAO publishes public key Master List for digital health passes

A master list for authenticating digital health passes has been published by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to help...

Contactless biometrics app to play key role in Pakistan’s digital wallet rollout

Pakistan is claiming a world’s first for using contactless biometrics on mobile devices to enroll individuals to its national ID...

[Vendor-funded] Think tank: Consider worries about border AI but don’t touch the brake

U.S. border-control officials need to stop listening so intently to traveling Americans worried about the government’s growing use of facial...

ID4D report: 2022 to see significant progress towards ‘paradigm shift’ in digital ID

The World Bank Group’s ID4D (Identity for Development) division continued to work throughout the COVID-19 pandemic on projects and research across...

Future forensic biometrics directions revealed in new patent, investor presentation

Two leading facial recognition providers are making moves to innovate forensic biometrics, as they see it, with patent protection for...

Innovatrics upgrades ID document scanning, talks expansion in Guinea and Middle East

The national police in Guinea Conakry are deploying the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) from Innovatrics as part of their...

FaceTec biometric identity proofing, liveness integrated for DeFi, metaverse trust

Decentralized identity management startup Avarta, which provides a multi-chain, multi-asset digital wallet secured with biometrics, has selected FaceTec’s 3D Face...

Innovative Technology’s age verification to be piloted by UK government for alcohol sales

Innovative Technology (ITL) has been selected by the UK government’s Home Office ministry to participate in a pilot program that...

Biometric payment card makers form partnerships to expand global reach

Idex Biometrics is pairing up with MK Smart to extend its line of biometric smart cards across Southeast Asia, while...

Zimbabwe begins biometric voter drive to determine constituency sizes for 2023 polls

A biometric voter registration process to guide the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on a planned delimitation exercise in September ahead...

Uganda’s digital ID achievements, challenges and prospects

The Executive Director of the National Identification and Registration Authority of Uganda (NIRA), Rosemary Kisembo, says although there is still...

Worldwide revenue for digital identity vendors to double by 2026 – report

A new report from Juniper Research suggests revenue for digital identity vendors worldwide will exceed $53 billion in 2026 led...

‘Datafication’ of EU borders and ballooning private-sector spending prompted by migrant crisis

ID4Africa: the future of digital identity in the real and virtual worlds

US Treasury considers alternatives to ID.me biometrics for IRS online access

South Korea launches mobile driver’s license trial, plans mid-year general availability

Executive appointments reflect sharpening focus for biometrics providers

China considers legislating face, voice biometric data rules for deepfakes

Events and Webinars

LEAP | Global Tech Event In Saudi Arabia

February 1, 2022 - February 3, 2022

LEAP | Global Tech Event In Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia February 1-3, 2022 The largest tech event in history just...

Idemia’s Biometric Breakfast

February 2, 2022 - February 2, 2022

Idemia’s Biometric Breakfast February 2, 2022 Vienna, Austria IDEMIA Biometric Devices’ next “Biometric breakfast” session will take place in Vienna,...

OIX 2022 Trust Framework Launch

February 3, 2022 - February 3, 2022

OIX 2022 Trust Framework Launch February 3, 2022, 10-11am EST OIX is a community for all those involved in the...

Why deepfakes aren’t the real challenge for remote biometrics – EAB virtual lunch talk

February 22, 2022 - February 22, 2022

Why deepfakes aren’t the real challenge for remote biometrics – EAB virtual lunch talk Online February 22, 2022 at 12:30-1:30pm...

Border Management & Technologies Summit Middle East 2022

March 14, 2022 - March 16, 2022

Border Management & Technologies Summit Middle East 2022 March 14 – 16, 2022 Dubai, UAE IBMATA are pleased to announce...

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