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Deadline looms to link India’s digital identity and tax accounts
Just days ahead of the June 30th deadline for individuals and businesses to link their PAN with Aadhaar digital identities,...
 
IT sector ready for decentralized identity, says Curity
Customer identity and access management firm Curity says decentralized identity is on the verge of a big bump, with 57...
Japan seeks Singapore’s experience in national digital ID rollout
Japan has expressed its willingness to learn from Singapore’s experience in the rollout of a national digital ID system as...
 
Daon adds algorithms to improve deepfake detection for voice and face biometrics
Responding to the ongoing rise of deepfake technology, Daon has announced an update to its IdentityX and TrustX biometrics platforms....
Okta adds Worldcoin authentication to Auth0 marketplace
Worldcoin’s digital ID authentication button has been added to ID and access-management software firm Okta‘s Auth0 marketplace. A “Sign in...
 
Use of face biometrics sharply criticized in two US criminal cases
Kylese Perryman, 21, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against two police agencies in the U.S. state of Minnesota...
US facial recognition developers jockey for position in NIST accuracy testing
U.S. developers do not appear among the first seven algorithms of the leaderboard for the Face Recognition Vendor Test for...
 
Identity verification providers team up for compliant sector-specific onboarding
Selfie biometrics providers Yoti, Digidentity, Au10tix and Sumsub are teaming up with businesses providing background checks, gaming and gambling, and...
VC, Alphabet fund development of AML products
Internal and external investment in digital identity-based, crime-curbing AI continues. Venture fund Notion Capital has put $11 million into fintech...
 
Birth registration efforts advance with funding support announcements for Cameroon, Tanzania
Reports of funding support for the implementation of different civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) and birth registration projects have...
Tentative political agreement reached on revised EU digital ID framework proposal
Representatives of the Council and Parliament of the European Union have agreed on key elements contained in the proposed legislative...
 
Why social media needs a decentralized ID verification solution
By Lars Seier Christensen, Chairman of Concordium As more aspects of our lives are moved to social media platforms –...
Frontex sees 5 new biometric techs to use on borders
EU officials have identified still-developing technologies and techniques that research indicates will be key to well-functioning borders. Biometric research presented...
 
‘200% rise’ in voice scams in APAC as gangs pivot to call centers
There has been a 200 percent surge in voice scams from 2022 to 2023 in the APAC region according to...
  Researchers defeat voice biometric security by targeting common liveness approaches
  UIDAI refuses disclosure on liveness project as Indian police crack down on cybercrime
  Passkeys advance with FIDO Alliance Guidelines, $3.5M for 0pass
  New facial authentication module launched by Alcatraz AI for easy integration
  Innovatrics launches DNA search capability for law enforcement
  Regula updates ID document scanning to detect image forgeries, snuff out ‘ghost’ images
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...
 
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...
Shrinking the space for travel industry scams with biometric verification
Travel and tourism is an ever booming industry that has grown by leaps and bounds, especially in the recent decades....
 
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...
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  July 20, 2023 - July 21, 2023
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  August 2, 2023 - August 3, 2023
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  August 15, 2023 - August 17, 2023
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