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Digital ID in Africa this week: biometrics for tea workers, financial inclusion with a thumbprint
A new scheme launching in Sierra Leone could rapidly increase the proportion of the population with bank accounts as set up only requires a thumbprint. The country’s previous biometric capture work means the paperwork will be automatic. Biometric surveillance continues in Botswana and Morocco as elsewhere rights advocacy groups try to secure data protection legislation ... Read the whole story here.

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Digital ID in Africa this week: biometrics for tea workers, financial inclusion with a thumbprint
A new scheme launching in Sierra Leone could rapidly increase the proportion of the population with bank accounts as set...
 
European Commission plans new regulations for biometric facial recognition
The European Commission is working on new regulations to give EU citizens new rights of control over the use of...
New GenKey BioHASH SDK supports advanced biometric key and signature creation
GenKey has released a new version of its Biometric BioHASH SDK to enhance the user privacy and information security of...
 
Swedish data protection authority issues first fine for biometrics use under GDPR
Sweden’s data protection authority has issued a penalty of SEK 200,000 (US$20,650) to a school which used biometric facial recognition...
Veridas biometric onboarding extended across BBVA’s global operations
Spain-based international bank BBVA has announced it is preparing to extend its biometric onboarding technology to its customers around the...
 
New anonymization solution from D-ID blocks facial biometrics with fake faces
D-ID has introduced a new Smart Anonymization offering to remove facial features used for biometrics as well as other personally...
TECH5 integrates biometric technologies with MOSIP open source ID platform
International identity management provider TECH5 has integrated its biometric software with the open-source MOSIP identity management platform, and is the...
 
FINRA certifies Telos ID’s biometric background check service
Telos ID announced that its FBI-certified fingerprinting service IDVetting has met the technical standards needed to achieve the Financial Industry...
Forbes Technology Council welcomes biometrics industry veteran Alexey Khitrov
ID R&D announced that its president Alexey Khitrov has joined Forbes Technology Council, an invitation-only organization for senior-level technology executives...
 
New FaceFirst biometric platform version boosts performance and eases deployment
FaceFirst has launched a new version of its biometric enterprise computer vision platform with improved face detection performance in challenging...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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