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Thin-film sensor partners developing finger vein biometrics
Biometrics firm Mofiria and Isorg, a French company specializing in organic photodiodes and printed electronics, have partnered to develop a...
 
Biometrics stocks: quarterlies, annuals, SEC actions
Thales is refinancing a 2016 bond that has matured with a new issue of €500 million (US$537 million) at a...
Tech5 develops biometrics checking capability to protect printed IDs against fraud
Tech5 has launched a digital security capability using biometrics to guard against the substitution or manipulation of the facial image...
 
Group says doc shows Irish benefits card data collection and transparency issues known
A privacy agency in the Irish government has collected face scans from 3.2 million residents over 10 years without telling...
Digital fraud’s 20 percent rise motivates search for digital identity insights
The world has witnessed a hike in digital fraud during 2022, with attacks from cybercriminals rising 20 percent since the...
 
Face biometrics deployed for cardless ATM transactions at Japan’s Seven-Elevens
By as early as March 2024, Japan’s Seven Bank will allow customers to make deposits and withdrawals using facial recognition...
Live biometrics checks ‘the only way’ to prevent identity scams in finance
In a recent podcast from PaymentsJournal, Micheal Sheehy, chief compliance officer at payments firm Payoneer, pointed to large-scale recent fraud...
 
How advances in ID proofing and decentralization are changing the game
By Nir Stern, VP product management at AU10TIX Businesses are moving a growing number and variety of transactions online, and...
Oz Forensics strikes up new European partnership with Bewor Tech
Oz Forensics, specializing in biometric and deepfake fraud, will provide its technology to Spanish digital identity solutions provider Bewor Tech,...
 
Identity verification by businesses upgraded by Apple, McDonalds, Mvine
Presenting digital IDs and identity documents to businesses is becoming a more common practice in some areas, prompting new technology...
Mixed progress for digital IDs linked to payments in Japan, Australia and India
In a wave of digital transformations across multiple nations, Japan has faced challenges with its My Number digital ID system,...
 
Coughers identified in algorithm study
It is a development that begs the question, what bodily function will not be turned into a biometric identifier. Researchers...
Everyone has an opinion about AI policies and regulations
The European Union’s plenary vote on the AI Act is June 14, but a political skirmish around remote biometric surveillance...
 
EU rights agency says impact of large biometric systems ‘partly unknown’
Europe has had a difficult 2022: The war in Ukraine has brought a flood of refugees to the European Union...
  Judges decide cops can’t use black-box biometrics systems in criminal case
  Lawsuit alleges facial recognition contract breach, amid questions about litigant
  ID platform from Vouched, Zenoo helping Ukrainian refugees access vital services
  Trust Stamp forced to sell shares again; cuts value of a previous share sale
  Pilot phase of biometric vaccination system for Kenyan newborns goes live
  Google Photos now suggesting names when no face visible
Biometrics White Papers
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...
 
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...
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...
 
Deep dive into deepfakes
Concerns about fraud are growing as the technology to create deepfakes becomes increasingly accessible. This white paper by ID R&D...
Events and Webinars
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
Seamless Asia 2023
  June 27, 2023 - June 28, 2023
FinTech Connect 2023
  June 27, 2023
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