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Digital ID in Africa this week: biometric bank cards, birth registration doubles, ePassport problems
The importance of legal identity from birth is something of a theme this week as UNICEF pushes the concept of digitizing birth registration. African governments are learning from each other when it comes to holding biometrically verified elections, while African citizens abroad face mounting problems in their new locations when they are unable to apply for biometric passports ... Read the whole story here.

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Digital ID in Africa this week: biometric bank cards, birth registration doubles and ePassport problems
The importance of biometric legal identity from birth is something of a theme this week as UNICEF pushes the concept...
 
Biometrics companies report solid but inconsistent growth in Q2: FPC, IDEX, Imageware, BIO-key, SuperCom
Biometrics sensor, software, and hardware companies have issued earnings reports, showing shifts in some parts of the market, including growth...
Biometrics research briefs: face matching software in India, Asia-Pacific and global mobile market
The Indian market for cloud-based 1:N facial matching is among the next hot biometrics markets, according to a new market...
 
Telia demonstrates 5G network with facial biometric payments to ice cream truck
Telecom Telia has demonstrated the power of its Finnish 5G network, installed by Nokia, by using biometric facial recognition for...
Australia Digital Transformation Agency to integrate biometrics with myGov this year
Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) is about to begin replacing the existing myGov authentication system with the new myGovID, iTnews.com.au...
 
Facebook and Microsoft make changes as scrutiny of AI training methods continues
Facebook is the latest company to admit to paying contractors to listen to audio recordings of its services users, with...
Credence ID’s new rugged biometric ID terminal ready for most demanding environments
Credence ID has unveiled its new rugged biometric ID terminal, the CredenceTWO-R. The CredenceTWO-R builds on the CredenceTWO platform and...
 
New GET Group NA solution enables DMVs to issue standards compliant mDLs or mIDs
GET Group North America‘s GET Mobile Administrator will enable DMVs and ID card issuing authorities to provide mobile driver’s licenses...
Telpo targets biometric access control market with facial recognition terminal
Telpo has introduced a new biometric face recognition terminal to provide physical access control to businesses and government organizations, according...
 
Millions of unencrypted biometric fingerprint and face records exposed to web; Suprema responds
Internet privacy researchers have found a huge database of publicly exposed, unencrypted biometric fingerprint and facial images from thousands of...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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