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US private equity considers $1.5B buyout of GBG
An American private equity fund is looking at a £1.3 billion GBG purchase. Depending on what happens with the proposed Idemia sale, it could be the year’s biggest acquisition in biometrics and digital ID .. read the full report here

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US private equity considers $1.5B buyout of GBG as market presents buyer opportunities
An American private equity fund is looking at a £1.3 billion GBG purchase, according to a statement given to Tech...
 
African nations must implement safeguards against humanitarian digital ID risks: researcher
African countries must put in place policies to ensure that personal data such as biometrics collected for humanitarian purposes are...
Biometric data privacy settlement could tempt more defendants into federal courts
A new and comparatively small BIPA payout was announced last week involving the multinational food and support firm Compass Group...
 
Embedding digital identity in the Jyväskylä Smart City Project
Smart cities will be able to create their own interoperable digital identities for residents, thanks to approaches developed by cybersecurity...
Nigeria, Rwanda progress in national childbirth registration programs
Countries around the world appear not to be making some progress on their efforts of meeting the United Nations Sustainable...
 
How much should US consumers sacrifice to get national data privacy law?
It is hard to square the circle U.S. lawmakers find themselves in over a proposed federal data privacy bill. So...
CAF welcomes Emma Lindley as director to expand digital ID reach internationally
Companies focusing on biometrics and digital ID technologies have acquired new talent for data protection, human resources and product development...
 
Apple event: iPhone 14 Pro reframes Face ID array, new temperature sensor for Apple Watch 8
Apple unveiled its new iPhone 14 lineup at its ‘Far Out’ fall event on Wednesday, alongside all the features of...
Suprema joins ultra-wideband standards group to work on next-gen wireless applications
Suprema has joined the FiRa Consortium, a standards consultant body for ultra-wideband (UWB) technology used in next-generation wireless communication, to...
 
Socure increases security, automation of KYC solution
Socure’s KYC solution has been upgraded with greater security and transparency such as the addition of full access to the...
Smart Engines provides biometric passport scanning for Greek tourism apps
Smart Engines’ optical character recognition and data extraction from documents’ machine-readable zones has been integrated with apps from tourism industry...
 
How facial recognition minimizes fraud and identity theft in online gaming
By Ricardo Amper, CEO, Incode Technologies During the last year alone there were 3.24 billion gamers. It’s also predicted that...
TrinamiX partners to build biometric driver authentication capability into vehicle trim
BASF subsidiary trinamiX has formed a partnership with Spain-based Grupo Antolin to integrate face biometrics for driver authentication into the...
 
Many eyes on digital ID credentials for travel. Now about the standards…
Digital identity programs are being mulled or rolled out internationally for air travel. It is good news in terms of...
  Skeptics of World Bank’s ID4D want more transparency and harm reduction for digital IDs
  US moves ahead with long-distance biometric ID seemingly without competition
  Experian wins digital ID infrastructure contracts, UK govt digitization continues
  Australian state contracts Unisys to deploy iris and face biometrics in prisons for $12.8M
  Fully-Verified closes funding round to expand biometric verification in Europe, KYC offerings
  Winning.I accepted into South Korean government’s international expansion accelerator
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Future Tech Expo & Summit
  September 12, 2022 - September 13, 2022
Future Tech Expo & Summit Sultanate of Oman and Online September 12 – 13, 2022 After its successful launch, as...
EAB-RPC 2022 – EAB Research Projects Conference 2022
  September 12, 2022 - September 14, 2022
EAB-RPC 2022 – EAB Research Projects Conference 2022 September 12-14, 2022 Fraunhofer IGD, Fraunhoferstraße 5, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany The 9th...
BIOSIG 2022 – 21st International Conference of the Biometrics Special Interest Group
  September 14, 2022 - September 16, 2022
BIOSIG 2022 – 21st International Conference of the Biometrics Special Interest Group Darmstadt, Germany September 14-16, 2022 The BIOSIG 2022...
Border Management & Technologies Summit Asia
  September 20, 2022 - September 22, 2022
Border Management & Technologies Summit Asia Singapore September 20-22, 2022 The Border Management & Technologies Summit Asia conference and exhibition...
Biometrics India Expo 2022 co-located with RFID India Expo / SmartCards Expo
  September 21, 2022 - September 23, 2022
Biometrics India Expo 2022 co-located with RFID India Expo / SmartCards Expo Delhi NCR, India September 21 – 23, 2022...
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