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Nigeria to combine bank cards with national ID
Banking and identity are converging in Nigeria, where the government has told commercial banks to start issuing debit cards that...
 
São Paulo to proceed with citywide facial recognition program
A mass deployment of facial recognition cameras is coming to São Paulo. The Court of Justice overturned a legal suspension...
First European certificate program for presentation attack detection
Working together, a pair of European digital technology metrics firms say they have created a conformity assessment scheme a step...
 
€46M earmarked for four EU digital identity wallet pilots
The European Commission is set to invest €46 million (roughly $49 million) into the European digital identity (EUDI) wallet, in...
Nigeria to set up digital CRVS system with $11M private sector funding
Nigeria’s federal government recently approved plans to digitize birth and death registrations and the sum of 5.3 billion Naira (US$11.5...
 
Kenya unveils details on new digital ID rollout, India potential partner
Kenyan officials have given insights on the work being done by the government to introduce a new secure digital ID...
NADRA launches Nishan Pakistan platform, lets startups leverage digital identity stack
The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has launched the Beta version of Nishan Pakistan, a platform to enable small...
 
Oosto branching out with cloud-to-edge pivot
Facial recognition company Oosto has announced plans to move its flagship Vision AI software from embedded apps in edge devices...
India uses G20 presidency to champion Global South and digital public infrastructure
India assumed the G20 Presidency in December under the theme “One Earth, One Family, One Future.” A goal for the...
 
Moscow Metro biometric payment system hits 320,000 users amid surveillance fears
The Moscow Metro biometric payment system Face Pay has reached 320,000 users and is expecting to increase that number to...
Intellicheck ID validation to prevent underage alcohol sales at US music festival
Security firm DSI Security has chosen biometric ID verifier Intellicheck’s to prevent underage drinking at the upcoming U.S. Gulf Coast...
 
Step right up: Newest US police agency signs up for Clearview AI service
The Delaware State Police agency has been awarded at $15,000 grant to buy a subscription to a controversial biometric startup’s...
Amazon immune to BIPA this time, biometric privacy suit filed against PimEyes
A federal judge in the U.S. state of Illinois has dismissed a class action under the Biometric Information Privacy Act...
 
Scottish biometrics commissioner objects to proposals to abolish position of UK counterpart
Dr Brian Plastow, the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner has objected to proposals to abolish the position of Biometrics and Surveillance Camera...
  Wicket, Totm add biometrics, cybersecurity expertise with executive hires
  Zwipe and Idex ink plethora of supply deals for biometric cards
  MOSIP adds more authentication providers to its compliance list
  Botswana and Namibia select Veridos technology for cross-border digital ID
  Report puts some form to how US states are authenticating public benefits
  UK issues factsheet to dispel OneLogin privacy fears
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iProov Biometric Threat Intelligence Report 2023
As face verification gains traction and becomes more prevalent, threat actors are developing evermore sophisticated ways to circumvent these systems...
 
Using biometric technology to fight public sector benefit fraud
The pandemic caused a scramble to digitize typically in-person services in order to provide extensive financial aid to those in...
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  June 6, 2023 - June 7, 2023
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  June 21, 2023
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  June 27, 2023 - June 28, 2023
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