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Mastercard partnership to capture biometrics of 30 million Africans
A joint venture by Mastercard’s Community Pass and its partner Paycode aims to capture the biometrics of 30 million individuals in remote parts of Africa over the next three years .. Keep reading this report

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Governments bringing more biometrics to bear in AML fight
A new biometrics service has been launched by Pakistan’s government, while Taiwanese regulators are updating their rules to include the...
 
Trust Stamp CSO argues for biometric binding with fuzzy tokens in EAB talk
Trust Stamp Chief Science Officer Dr. Norman Poh presented a system for biometric binding which gains privacy benefits from asymmetric key...
Mastercard partnership to capture biometrics of 30 million Africans
A joint venture by Mastercard’s Community Pass and its partner Paycode aims to capture the biometrics of 30 million individuals...
 
Idemia provides selfie biometrics for remote verification of NASA collaborators
NASA is gaining the ability to verify the digital identity of partners and collaborators remotely with selfie biometrics through a...
Face, behavioral biometrics well represented on AIFinTech100
Biometrics providers are prominent on the 2021 AIFinTech100, with Jumio’s use of artificial intelligence in its ID document and selfie...
 
Governments adding biometrics, digitizing ID worldwide: Zimbabwe passports, China mDLs, Belarus ID cards
National ID continues to go biometric and digital around the world. Zimbabwe’s Civil Registry prepares to go digital with Semlex...
University researchers say voice biometrics can tell identical twins apart
Muscle use, emotion and psychological intent lead to differences between identical twins detectable by anti-spoofing voice biometrics tools according to...
 
ICO opens consultation for flow of biometric and other data out of the UK
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has opened a new consultation inviting organizations to comment on the protection of citizens’ data...
Synthetic voice industry wants as much distance from deepfakes as possible
The synthetic voice industry sees how nefarious deepfake creators have been able to define the market for realistic video animations...
 
Socure unveils executive promotion, award win, and AIFinTech100 listing
It is an eventful time for digital identity solutions provider Socure, with the company announcing the promotion of Pablo Abreu...
Databac, Invixium each integrate biometrics with ID cards for secure, touchless access control
ID card-maker Databac has developed a new cloud-based platform for mobile credentials, bringing the native fingerprint and face biometrics of mobile...
 
$200M fundraise turns Advance.AI into biometric fraud prevention unicorn
Advance.AI is working to finalize a $200 million funding round that would bestow unicorn status on the Singaporean biometric fraud...
 
 
 
 
 
 
Events and Webinars
EAB Research Projects Conference 2021
  September 13, 2021 - September 15, 2021
EAB Research Projects Conference 2021 Online September 13-15, 2021 The European Association for Biometrics (EAB) is presenting its “EAB Research...
Turing Trustworthy Digital Identity Conference
  September 13, 2021 - September 13, 2021
Turing trustworthy digital identity conference Online September 13, 2021 – 10am-5pm BST This conference presented by The Alan Turing Institute...
ICT Spring Europe 2021
  September 14, 2021 - September 15, 2021
ICT Spring Europe 2021 Luxembourg September 14 – 15, 2021 ICT Spring is a conference hosting an array of international...
Forensics Europe Expo
  September 14, 2021 - September 16, 2021
Forensics Europe Expo London, UK September 14 – 16, 2021 FEE is the only exhibition in Europe covering every aspect...
European Biometrics Max Snijder, Research, and Industry Awards 2021
  September 15, 2021 - September 15, 2021
European Biometrics Max Snijder, Research, and Industry Awards 2021  Online September 15, 2021 (16:30-21:30) The European Association for Biometrics (EAB)...