Biometric Update for 07/09: BIPA, research, payments, facial recognition, traveler identity and more

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NEXT taps former IDEMIA exec to lead global sales and marketing NEXT Biometrics announced today that former IDEMIA executive Alain Faburel has joined the company as chief sales and marketing officer....full story

Facial recognition startup Blink Identity raises $1.5M Texas-based startup Blink Identity announced today that it raised $1.5M USD in a seed round led by Sinai Ventures with...full story

Privacy groups urge Illinois Supreme Court to rule for plaintiff definition of harm in BIPA suit A coalition of privacy advocacy groups have filed an amici curiae brief urging the Illinois Supreme Court to rule that...full story

Western Union patents money transfer system using biometrics-based sender verification A Western Union patent application that describes a system to manage recurring transfer notifications and secure payments for an electronic...full story

Researchers develop model to scale 3D facial recognition Researchers from The University of Western Australia (UWA) have developed a model for scaling 3D facial recognition which they say...full story

DERMALOG’s ABIS enables real-time multi-biometrics recognition German biometrics firm DERMALOG announced its new Automatic Biometric Identification System (ABIS) that compares multiple biometric features simultaneously and sets...full story

New system could soon send alerts from surveillance cameras to smartphones Government agencies may soon be able to send people personalized messages from public security cameras with a system developed by...full story

Cognitec improves the accuracy and speed of its face matching algorithm Cognitec Systems announced today that extensive research and development efforts have led to significant improvements in the accuracy and speed...full story

PSD2 to drive biometric adoption for online payment authentication: Mastercard With the number of online transactions requiring cardholder authentication to increase from roughly one or two percent today to as...full story

WTTC moving quickly to solve travel infrastructure crunch with harmonized biometric traveler identity The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is very busy. It advocates for all of the companies that participate in...full story

Focus on authentication and contactless payments at upcoming trade association events U.S. Payments Forum members representing global payment networks, financial institutions, merchants, processors, acquirers, domestic payment networks, industry suppliers and industry...full story

IDEX joins the Asia Pacific Smart Card Association IDEX has signed on as a member of the Asia Pacific Smart Card Association (APSCA) reinforcing the company’s commitment to...full story

Researchers develop transparent, flexible fingerprint sensor that detects tactile pressure and skin temperature A team of researchers from the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in Korea have developed a capacitive...full story

Megvii and Vivo unveil new 3D facial recognition applications at Mobile World Congress Shanghai Megvii and Vivo have jointly launched a series of 3D facial recognition applications based on a depth-sensing camera, including 3D...full story

Baidu provides tools to make AI app development easy for non-coders Baidu has updated its AI platform to make its tools, including facial recognition and natural language processing, more accessible to...full story

Canada opens new biometric collection locations for foreign visitors Canada will expand the number of Visa Application Centers (VACs) it operates around the world from 137 in 95 countries...full story

Face ID may be coming to iPad with new version of iOS Face ID may be coming to the iPad with iOS 12, as developer previews of the operating system appear to...full story

TransUnion acquisition of iovation completed TransUnion announced last week that it has completed its acquisition of authentication and fraud prevention solutions provider iovation. iovation is...full story

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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Cyber Security Summit Cyber Security Summit July 18-20, 2018 Newport, RI Join us for Opal Group’s Cyber Security Summit – set in Newport,...full story
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