| Weekend Reading : Feb 22, 2025 |
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| Biometrics opportunities knocking, but not everyone is at the right door |
| There is clearly money to made in biometrics to support government services and payments, but also plenty of risk, especially…Read More |
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| Georgia seeks candidates to build digital ID wallet |
| Georgia has published a tender seeking to run a proof of concept for a national… |
| Zwipe runs out of time for biometric card revenues, files for bankruptcy |
| Zwipe AS has filed for bankruptcy after an arbitration ruling and years of disappointing revenues.… |
| Palm vein biometrics ‘crucial’ to J.P. Morgan’s biometrics strategy, payments head says |
| Jean-Marc Thienpont, global head of omnichannel and biometrics for J.P. Morgan Payments, referred to palm-based… |
| IDV experts ponder death and resurrection of document verification |
| Is document verification dead? The question hangs over a debate hosted by Peak IDV CEO,… |
| Pakistan advances national ID, biometric policy frameworks |
| Pakistan has made significant advancements in transforming its digital identity ecosystem. The National Database and… |
| Sri Lanka sets budget for 2025 digital transformation strategy |
| The Sri Lankan government has set aside US$10 million (3 billion Sri Lankan rupees) for… |
| Brazil establishes federal body for biometric checks, ID card issuance |
| Brazil has established a Federal Biometric Service to oversee the issuance of the country’s biometric… |
| Estonia makes digital transformation deals with Saudi Arabia, including e-residency |
| An Estonian company will help develop the Saudi Arabian digital residency program, a government-verified digital… |
| Biometric-bound credentials take stage at EAB talk from Trust Stamp’s CSO |
| The latest EAB Member Lunch Talk from the European Association for Biometrics features Dr. Norman… |
| Start assessments now and consider age assurance ‘robustness’: Ofcom |
| Ofcom is readying for enforcement an age assurance with a series of stakeholder engagements, and… |
| Singapore regulator studying age assurance for social media services |
| Singapore has already slapped app stores with age verification requirements, and is among nations exploring… |
| EU Data Protection Board adopts age assurance statement with guiding principles |
| With age check legislation coming to the fore of discussions about online safety, the European… |
| UK govt signs MOU with Anthropic as digital ID, AI become economic issues |
| Following its announcement of a “Plan for Change” with AI technologies and digital identity as … |
| UK could become the regulatory ‘sweet spot’ for digital wallets, white paper says |
| A third of British citizens keep a photo or scan of their ID documents stored… |
| Internal feud rages over unvetted DOGE access to federal IT systems |
| Behind the scenes, tensions are rising between the White House and Intelligence Community (IC), Cybersecurity… |
| As air travel security expands, so do privacy concerns |
| As the United States prepares to host a series of major global events, including the… |
| ID R&D reveals top passive biometric PAD scores in DHS evaluation |
| ID R&D is the biometrics developer that detected all spoof attempts with a passive liveness… |
| Clearview AI targets US federal govt facial recognition contracts with new co-CEOs |
| Clearview AI is pivoting away from Co-founder and CEO Hoan Ton-That and towards U.S. federal… |
| BixeLab accredited by NIST for biometric bias testing |
| BixeLab is now formally accredited to test biometric systems for demographic differentials (or “bias”) under… |
| African speakers at ID4Africa double in reflection of digital ID progress |
| ID4Africa’s annual general meeting has grown every year, in terms of the size of the… |
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