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Cameroon partners with French Devt Agency to ramp up birth registration
Cameroon’s Minister of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Alamine Ousmane Mey, on Friday June 9, signed a partnership agreement...
 
Jenetric acquisition by Dermalog consolidates German biometrics market
Fingerprint biometrics developer Jenetric, best known for its optical scanners built with thin film technology (TFT), has been acquired by...
Fingerprint Cards joins World Economic Forum community
Nasdaq-listed Fingerprint Cards claims it is the first biometric company to become a member of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF)...
 
Nigeria popularizes tokenization for ID verification, assures of data protection
The National Identity Management Commission of Nigeria (NIMC) has been explaining the ease with which Nigerians with a National Identification...
US industry groups want more from the White House on digital ID
Businesses and digital ID advocates are again petitioning the Biden Administration to use its power to drive down rates of...
 
Nubian Rights Forum urges equitable rollout to Kenya’s UPI system
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) led by the Nubian Rights Forum are urging the government to listen to public concerns and...
OECD adopts recommendations on digital identity governance
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Council has adopted a new set of recommendations on how digital identity should...
 
No shortage of fumbling in the dark to neuter deepfakes
An article in a UK politics trade publication sees domestic lawmakers deliberately ignoring the dangers posed by deepfakes. Maybe to...
TECH5’s subtle but fundamentally different approach to biometrics for inclusive identity
It may be difficult to remember, amidst international expansion on the heels of a major asset acquisition and deals to...
 
Retail face biometric payments launched in Abu Dhabi by Astra Tech
An autonomous retail store accepting payments through face biometrics has been launched by UAE-based Astra Tech in Abu Dhabi’s Sky...
India using face biometrics to fight fraud in voting and mobile registration
Indian officials across India are increasingly using facial recognition to identify fraud in elections and SIM card registrations. The State...
 
Apple looks to protect IP on biometrics for vision correction and headset authentication
Apple has included facial recognition technology for the iPhone in one of its latest patents, which could potentially be used...
Governments embrace digital identity register, foreigner ID cards and bank partnerships
From Luxemburg and Estonia to South Africa and Vietnam, governments across the world are rolling out digital IDs, sometimes but...
 
Accelerating female inclusion with biometrics
By Catharina Eklof, CCO of IDEX Biometrics Women are critical to the world economy yet remain largely underrepresented, and underbanked,...
 
 
 
 
 
 
Biometrics White Papers
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...
 
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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