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Xtract One funded by notable NYC fan of biometric surveillance
Canadian biometric access management firm Xtract One has received a financial infusion from Madison Square Garden Sports Ventures. It is...
 
DHS Remote Identity Validation demonstration details revealed ahead of first deadline
The first deadline to participate in U.S. government testing of remote identity validation technologies is approaching, and the organizing agency...
Facephi wraps financing deal, boasts an aggressive fiscal 2022
Facephi’s funding agreement with a Swiss fund has been closed. Nice & Green this month requested a final conversion of...
 
Recommendations on remote biometric identification from CDT Europe
The Center for Democracy and Technology Europe, the Brussels-based branch of the D.C. non-profit organization that advocates for digital rights,...
UK updates digital identity guidelines for right to work, rent and criminal record checks
The UK government has updated its guidelines to aid employers and landlords in using certified digital identity service providers (IDSPs)...
 
UK government response to Biometrics Commissioner sidesteps tough questions
The UK government says that it will carefully consider any recommendations on the use of biometric shared by INTERPOL and...
Pakistan ID boss to head UNDP digital transformation committee as World Bank mulls funding
Muhammad Tariq Malik, chairman of Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), has been appointed the chairman of the Technical...
 
Iris biometrics crypto project Worldcoin reportedly looks for $120M investment
The iris biometric cryptocurrency project known as Worldcoin is looking to sign a lead investor for a $120 million round,...
PopID announces big customer deployment for face biometric payments in UAE
United States-based biometric solution provider PopID has announced a new integration partner and customer win in the United Arab Emirates...
 
What business needs to know about age ID verification as regulators step up legislation
By Liudas Kanapienis, CEO and co-founder of Ondato From the first of January this year, age checks for people visiting...
Zimbabwe telco to introduce digital KYC amid rising cyber fraud concerns
High levels of cyber fraud are pushing businesses in Africa, including telcos and those in the fintech space, to implement...
 
AI is coming for voice actors’ very talent
AI developers and users continue to challenge the idea of ownership. In one instance, researchers have found that could get...
Biometrics power major public, private sector digital ID projects
Biometrics are playing a prominent role in the passwordless movement, digital wallets and national ID programs making headlines this week....
 
EU countries must provide sophisticated, national versions of digital identity wallet
European citizens will have the choice of a nationally-provided digital identity wallet for pan EU use, rather than simply commercially-provided...
  No single direction for global air travel biometrics. Some in US just want to stop
  1Password expands support for biometrics with passkeys addition
  Moscow wants bid on large border biometric ID project
  Regula deploys biometric, forensic tools for Attorney General of Colombia
  TrinamiX under-display face biometrics to debut at MWC
  Identity verification customer wins unveiled by Shufti Pro, Jumio, Yoti, Trustmatic
Biometrics White Papers
January 2023 update to ISO/IEC standard 30107-3: How do changes affect development and testing?
In January of 2023, ISO/IEC published a new, second edition of the 30107-3 standard that replaces the earlier, first edition...
 
Multispectral imaging (MSI) fingerprint technology
Organizations increasingly rely on digital technologies to validate identities for secure interactions and services such as banking transactions, medication dispensing,...
Single-frame facial liveness detection: How it works to reduce user friction and abandonment
The ability to ascertain facial liveness from a single-image frame enables high-performance presentation attack detection without adding friction to the...
 
On-demand webinar – Human or machine: AI proves best at spotting biometric attacks
With large organizations processing millions of face checks monthly, one advantage of AI liveness detection is the reduced burden on...
Events and Webinars
Can we exploit human visual attention to improve face recognition models?
  February 14, 2023
Securing identity in a world shared with virtual humans
  February 15, 2023
Aviation Festival Asia 2023
  February 28, 2023 - March 1, 2023
Workshop on protection of biometric data under GDPR
  March 1, 2023
World Police Summit
  March 7, 2023 - March 9, 2023
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