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Nigeria reaches 100M digital IDs issuance milestone, eyes World Bank target
Nigeria’s Digital Economy Minister Ali Isa Ibrahim Pantami is being praised for spearheading efforts which led Nigeria to issuing 61...
 
Papua New Guinea could be heading for a country-wide digital identity system ‘by 2025’
Papua New Guinea could be heading for a country-wide digital identity system by 2025 according to statements from two of...
Turkish minister sued after showcasing gov’t facial recognition app
Turkey’s minister of interior is facing a data privacy lawsuit after going on air to show off a state-developed mobile...
 
EU, US might not be best digital ID models, but they can help African leaders
Members of the digital ID communities in the United States and European Union talked up the federated approach to digital...
Philippines govt expedites digital IDs
The government of Philippines is hoping to expedite the issuance of digital identity cards to nationals with the Department of...
 
Precise Biometrics share sale pulls up far short of goal
Digital ID vendor Precise Biometrics is reporting that its rights issue netted 13.6 million new shares, which is 44 percent...
McDonald’s, Telpo customize self-serve, biometric payment kiosk for India, China
New self-service ordering kiosks coming to McDonald’s restaurants in India will enable customers to pay with face recognition, according to...
 
YouVerify expands to Kenya, KYC platform updates from Shufti, Veridas, Kessing
Nigerian biometric identity verification provider YouVerify has launched in Kenya. The Lagos and San Francisco–based regulatory technology firm is also...
Gen Z thinks banks are sus, but biometrics could help, says a new report
Young people want their banks to be more secure, and many do not trust their financial institutions to provide the...
 
J-PAL shares lessons from India’s digital ID program Aadhaar
The story of the Aadhaar biometric identity scheme in India continues to be shared as an example of how countries...
Dermalog addresses call for investigation, bad press in Philippines
(Around 1 million Philippine citizens already hold a biometric driver’s license. Photo credit: DERMALOG) Dermalog has faced an intense month...
 
AuthID raises $8.2M in share sale, renegotiates $8.9M of debt
AuthID, a provider of digital identity authentication solutions, has raised $8.2 million in its latest share offering. The deal saw...
Sonavation files for Ch. 11 reorganization; faces market without buyers
A United States company that designs and develops ultrasound biometric fingerprint scanners has filed for reorganization in the southern district...
 
A lot rides on biometric gun safes in schools. Their effectiveness is debatable
Startup safe maker 360 Life Safety says its biometric gun safes will keep weapons out of schools. The company, in...
  White paper on digital ID aims to help increase trust before widespread adoption
  Microsoft outlines approach to regulating risks of its biometric tech
  UK MPs examine Met police use of facial recognition
  Worldcoin biometric crypto initiative raises $115M
  Idex raises $11M for commercialization, partners to speed biometric card deployments
  Facephi enters Saudi Arabia and UAE markets with Qashio, gets AWS approval
Biometrics White Papers
Digital identity proofing for public good: The role of the state DMVs
DMVs have long provided organizations and individuals alike with a key identity verification tool in the form of a physical...
 
One selfie to rule them all: Could distributed biometrics revolutionize the way we authenticate?
Traditional biometric authentication methods, which include both local and server-side biometrics, have limitations that need to be addressed. Local biometrics...
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,...
 
Presentation attack detection: Measuring performance of APCER and BPCER
APCER and BPCER are acronyms for error rates used to quantify the performance of presentation attack detection (PAD) systems. This...
Events and Webinars
Border Security Week
  June 6, 2023 - June 7, 2023
Digital Identity unConference Europe​ 2023
  June 7, 2023 - June 9, 2023
Webinar: Is your digital onboarding really digital?
  June 15, 2023
Future Identity Finance
  June 20, 2023
Biometrics Institute: US Discussion Day 2023
  June 21, 2023
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