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Governments weigh use of biometric vaccine certificates; Vision-Box, iProov and Evernym positioned
Countries around the world continue to consider their options for safely reopening businesses and borders, which means thinking through whether to adopt biometric vaccination certificates ... Read the full report here.

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Daily Biometrics News
Supply and demand sides of biometric payment cards market lining up
Biometric payment cards continue to advance towards commercialization, with a series of new announcements. Cardmaker Goldpac announced the introduction of...
 
Selfie biometrics facilitate secure onboarding for new partners of HooYu, Onfido, Yoti, TruNarrative
HooYu, Onfido, Yoti and TruNarrative have each announced customer wins to provide selfie biometrics for secure remote onboarding. All four...
JetBlue’s biometric boarding paused by pandemic, CBP border implementations continue
The majority of biometric boarding operations by JetBlue have been paused due to the additional complications posed by COVID-19, but...
 
Fingerprint Cards forecasts $40M Q1 earnings on biometric smartphones, payment cards, access control
Fingerprint Cards has announced revenue expectations of between SEK 310 million (roughly US$36.8 million) and SEK 350 million ($41.5 million)...
The Bahamas may not issue biometric voter cards before general election next year
A government minister says the technological upgrades that would be necessary for The Bahamas to issue biometric voters’ cards, as...
 
Qualcomm chooses Precise Biometrics fingerprint software for ultrasonic 3D sensors
Precise Biometrics will supply its BioMatch Mobile software for integration into Qualcomm’s 3D Sonic Gen2 and Sonic 3D Max in-display...
New Trulioo CTO to lead biometrics growth, innovation objectives
Hal Lonas is coming to Trulioo as its new chief technology officer (CTO) to accelerate the biometric onboarding provider’s growth...
 
Alcatraz forms biometric access control distribution partnership with IES Communications
Alcatraz is partnering with IES Communications to strengthen the national systems integrator’s access control portfolio with touchless autonomous biometric solution Alcatraz Rock....
Nigerian State makes digital ID numbers mandatory to access government services
The government of the State of Kaduna in Nigeria has announced that as from May 1, 2021, it will be...
 
Women in Identity plans industry Code of Conduct for 2021
Women in Identity (WiD) is planning to research the impact of exclusion from digital identity systems as part of its...
Idex Biometrics closes higher on Nasdaq than share price estimated at registration
Idex Biometrics shares closed their first day of trading on the Nasdaq at $28.20 per American Depository Share (ADS), each of...
 
Infant biometrics nearing practicality for birth registration, but technical and legal challenges remain
Significant progress is being made towards the capability of including biometrics with birth registration records, but significant concerns persist, the...
 
 
 
 
 
 
Events and Webinars
The Thoughtful Biometrics Workshop
  March 8, 2021 - March 12, 2021
The Thoughtful Biometrics Workshop Online March 8, 10 and 12, 2021, 9:00am-1:00 pm PST This new event intends to bring...
Demographic fairness in biometric systems
  March 9, 2021 - March 30, 2021
Demographic fairness in biometric systems EAB Online Seminar March 9 to March 30, 2021 The European Association for Biometrics (EAB)...
Future of Cloud Security Management
  March 9, 2021 - March 9, 2021
Future of Cloud Security Management Online March 9, 2021 10:00 EST / 15:00 GMT According to a June report by...
ID4Africa Livecast – Gender matters in identity systems
  March 10, 2021 - March 10, 2021
ID4Africa Livecast – Gender matters in identity systems Online March 10, 2021 13:30-15:30 GMT Join ID4Africa on March 10 for...
2nd Annual Facial Recognition Summit
  April 7, 2021 - April 8, 2021
2nd Annual Facial Recognition Summit Goodwood Park Hotel, Singapore April 7 – 8, 2021 Facial recognition technology is riding high...