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Population scale ID verification in focus at ID4Africa 2023
The various options available when it comes to identity verification at population scale for access to services, the challenges as...
 
GDPR 5 years on: Spain, Ireland lead in issuing fines; Meta hit hardest
Five years ago – May 12, 2018, in fact – the Bulgarian Personal Data Protection Commission fined a domestic bank...
Kuwait to collect biometric data of everyone entering the country
Kuwait intends to set up a biometric fingerprint database for everyone who lives in the country over the age of...
 
How to address the threat of identity-related fraud for personal lines carriers
A new research study from LexisNexis Risk Solutions says identity-related fraud in the claims process is one of the biggest...
Evrotrust’s eID scheme made Bulgaria’s official digital identity program, expands to Romania
Evrotrust’s eID scheme has been made Bulgaria’s official digital identity program, following a decision by the Council of Ministers of...
 
Facial recognition helps Indian authorities identify SIM fraudsters
Authorities in two Indian states have deactivated 17,000 SIM cards after using facial recognition technology to detect subscribers issued SIM...
Data clean-up underway after biometric voter registration exercise in Liberia
Liberia’s National Elections Commission (NEC) says it is working to clean up data it collected during the recently concluded biometric...
 
Biometric liveness, ID verification integrated with UK digital right-to-rent service
The Goodlord group, a UK property tech company, partnered with the identity verification provider Credas to offer its right-to-rent service...
New Synaptics match-in-sensor fingerprint sensor frees devices from a host
Synaptics is releasing a line of single-chip match-in-sensor fingerprint authentication sensors for PCs and similar environments. The Triton FS7800 line...
 
OCR Labs to identify as IDVerse, reflecting changes in digital ID verification
IDVerse is the new name for digital ID verification provider, OCR Labs Global, marking a new chapter for the Australian...
Namibia no longer requires biometrics as part of SIM card registration
The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) mandated registration of SIM cards on January 1st, 2023. They recently removed the...
 
Revenue jumps for Plurilock, but it was paid for in two buyouts
Some of the first-quarter numbers for behavioral-biometric firm Plurilock, including revenue, look good for the company, but more do not....
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
  EU, US might not be best digital ID models, but they can help African leaders
  Philippines govt expedites digital IDs
  Precise Biometrics share sale pulls up far short of goal
  McDonald’s, Telpo customize self-serve, biometric payment kiosk for India, China
  YouVerify expands to Kenya, KYC platform updates from Shufti, Veridas, Keesing
Biometrics White Papers
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...
 
From good to great: The right biometrics capabilities for better banking
The banking industry was already a major user of biometric solutions before the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the pandemic accelerated the...
Mitigating demographic bias in facial presentation attack detection
Bias in AI-powered biometric algorithms can lead to unfair treatment of individuals in certain demographic groups based on their gender,...
 
How can we get personal? Leveraging biometrics for loss prevention — and beyond
With biometrics, retailers can reduce loss and theft, improve customer service and increase operational efficiency. The value of robust identification...
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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