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Idex books $1M order for biometric payment card tech as vendors anticipates gains
A volume production order worth close to $1 million has been placed with Idex Biometrics for the company’s Pay authentication...
 
New biometric bag drop deployments by Spirit Airlines and Amadeus, partnership for SITA
United States-based Spirit Airlines has brought its self-bag drop with biometric photo-matching technology to Orlando International Airport (MCO). The devices...
Biometrics stocks: quarterlies, annuals, SEC actions
ID verifier GB Group reports a fiscal 2023 operating loss of £112.4 million (US$144.2 million) or £47.5p (or $.603) per...
 
Funding a choice in decentralized ID
Early-stage crypto-native venture firm Superscrypt has led a $4 million seed round for Intuition, a firm writing software for non-specialized...
Bhutan prepares to vote on its National Identity Bill
Bhutan is preparing to vote for its National Digital Identity Bill, the legislative framework designed to regulate its sovereign digital...
 
Cambodia’s dark history a pall over govt surveillance plans
Government critics and human rights advocates say Cambodia’s push to introduce facial recognition surveillance could be used against political opponents....
Digital ID in UAE: Milestone hit; ministry service launched
Leaders of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have announced a milestone regarding the use of the UAE Pass digital ID...
 
Once wide open, internet being fenced with age checks
Moved by a moral context, politically conservative U.S. states are lining up to pass age-verification laws designed to keep children...
W3C announces standardization measure for the Secure Payment Confirmation
The World Wide Web Consortium has announced a new standardization measure for the Secure Payment Confirmation, which it says will...
 
Indonesia wants to share lessons on digital public infrastructure as India faces criticism
Digital public infrastructure (DPI) has been hailed as a way for governments to meet their development goals, catalyze innovation and...
Shufti Pro wins new IDV customer and security control certification
Hong Kong-based, parking space-focused online property agent Carparkhub has selected Shufti Pro to provide identity verification with the intention of...
 
Identity and access management firms Versasec and G+D, BIO-key ink new partnerships
Identity and access management firm (IAM) Versasec has entered into a strategic partnership with German security technology firm Giesecke+Devrient to...
EU unveils plan for digital Schengen visas in push to ease travel document applications
Governments around the world are attempting to make it easier for people to acquire travel documents like visas and passports....
 
Home Affairs Dept to become national ID-issuing authority in Bangladesh
National ID cards in Bangladesh (NIDs) will henceforth be issued by the country’s Department of Home Affairs and no longer...
 
 
 
 
 
 
Biometrics White Papers
Biometric technologies reshaping identity verification
Information security spending reached $76.9 billion USD in 2015 globally and it is expected to reach $170 billion by the...
 
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...
Yoti MyFace liveness white paper
Liveness is an essential part of any verification or authentication process. It gives you reassurance that you are dealing with...
 
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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Future Identity Finance
  June 20, 2023
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  June 21, 2023
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  June 27, 2023 - June 28, 2023
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