Biometric Update for 07/02: face recognition, payment cards, govt contracts and more

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Blink and you’ll miss it: The mass-market adoption of facial verification in business This is a guest post by Husayn Kassai, CEO and co-founder of Onfido. Who are you? And how can you...full story

Australian govt agency awards NEC facial recognition contracts The New South Wales Roads and Maritime agency is preparing to launch a new facial recognition system from NEC Australia...full story

IDEX VP comments on the UK becoming a cashless society According to Equifax research, more than one-third of UK citizens believe the UK will be a cashless society within the...full story

Police use of facial recognition to identify Maryland mass shooting suspect ignites debate The suspect arrested at the scene of the mass shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland was identified by...full story

San Diego International Airport deploys facial recognition for faster passenger processing This weekend the San Diego International Airport opened a new international arrivals facility that processes passengers much more efficiently by...full story

FPC tech in new biometric payment card, POS terminal Fingerprint Cards announced that “UKey”, the new biometrics-based cryptocurrency card MeReal Biometrics and Unikeys are launching features a fingerprint sensor...full story

FIDO Alliance announces latest certifications The FIDO Alliance announced that nine new companies have completed FIDO certification, bringing the total number of FIDO Certified products...full story

Face recognition to be integrated into Aadhaar devices by July 10 ahead of August 1 implementation Biometric device manufacturers are being asked to finish integrating facial recognition with Aadhaar-registered devices by July 10 by the Unique...full story

UK Home Office biometrics strategy underwhelms after 6 year wait The UK Home Office has published its long-awaited biometrics strategy. The 27-page document (PDF) sets out a framework for use...full story

Veridium closes $16.5M funding round, plans to scale sales and marketing infrastructure Veridium announced today that it has closed its Series B funding round of $16.5 million, led by UK entrepreneur and...full story

Aware working with Fujitsu on biometric services system for UK govt Aware announced it will be providing software and services towards the implementation of a central biometric services system being deployed...full story

MeReal Biometrics, Unikeys develop fingerprint card for cryptocurrencies Hong Kong-based MeReal Biometrics and Unikeys announced a new partnership to deliver a battery powered and patented fingerprint payment card...full story

Privacy and personal identity could be impossible to protect: 3 in 4 cybersecurity professionals Privacy and personal identity could be impossible to protect according to nearly three out of four cybersecurity professionals, a research...full story

Potential breakthrough in infant biometrics heads for trial in Kenya after ID4Africa appeal Infants born to mothers with HIV have between a 15 and 45 percent chance of contracting the virus if they...full story

DCD>Webscale DCD>Webscale June 26 San Fransico Welcome to DCD>Webscale, the international event for professionals involved in the design and delivery of...full story
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Korea Blockchain Summit Korea Blockchain Summit 2018 July 12 – 13, 2018 COEX, Seoul, South Korea As part of WBS World Tour 2018,...full story
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Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience Asia Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience Asia Malaysia July 17-19th 2018 Critical Infrastructure Protection & Resilience Asia delivers key topics of...full story
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World AI Show World AI Show July 17 – 18, 2018 Singapore Biggest AI Show in Singapore World AI Show aims to gather...full story
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Powered and Next-Generation Cards Powered and Next-Generation Cards July 17-18, 2018 Singapore Last year APSCA organised the world’s first conference and exhibition on Powered...full story
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