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Digital ID in Africa this week: biometric ID progress in Liberia, Idemia deal in Guinea
Nigeria’s burgeoning ID scheme seems to have run out of money to issue people with cards, yet the central bank may want to move onto finger vein biometrics. And in East Africa the government’s witnesses take to the stand to defend the Huduma Namba scheme in the High Court ... Read the whole story here.

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Daily Biometrics News
Digital ID in Africa this week: biometric ID progress in Liberia, Idemia deal in Guinea
This has been West Africa’s week in digital ID news. Liberia may be adding a few more people to its...
 
Smiths Detection demos biometric checkpoint solution at inter airport Europe 2019
Threat detection and screening technology developer Smiths Detection is demonstrating its biometric checkpoint solution that delivers risk-based screening practices at...
Mühlbauer helps Uganda reach 30M biometric registrations, details Mozambique and Fiji projects
Secure document company Mühlbauer has revealed details of three of its national identification system projects, saying it has extended biometric...
 
Researchers develop new method for ensuring quality in voice biometrics data collection
A new artificial intelligence-based method for collecting voice biometrics by ensuring the quality of automatic voice recordings has been developed...
FBI warns MFA is vulnerable, urges biometric, behavioral authentication methods integration
According to the FBI’s recent Privacy Industry Notice, companies should urgently integrate extra layers of biometric factors and behavior recognition...
 
UK knowingly deploys biased facial recognition passport checking system
The UK has admitted to introducing in 2016 a biometric facial recognition passport photo checker, although it was aware the...
Trueface biometrics to help identify and reunite Hurricane Dorian victims
Bahamas-based digital infrastructure startup Bluestone Technologies Ltd. had been in talks with facial biometrics provider Trueface for several months before...
 
KNWN facial recognition to secure authentication for Spend.com app
Spend.com is planning to integrate biometrics and artificial intelligence from KNWN to provide continuous identity authentication, protection and access from...
HooYu facial biometrics to boost KYC efficiency in GiG customer lifecycle
iGaming operator Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has partnered with identity verification platform HooYu to integrate facial biometrics and other technologies...
 
Synaptics reporting Q1 2020 financial results November 7
Synaptics will report financial results for its first quarter of fiscal 2020 on Thursday, November 7, 2019 after the close...
Self-sovereign identity could present major revenue opportunity for financial institutions
Self-sovereign identity (SSI) presents financial institutions with a major revenue opportunity, according to a new report from Mercator Advisory Group,...
 
Fujitsu and identity management provider Exostar partner to secure data exchange for DoD suppliers
Fujitsu and Exostar have partnered to increase the security of controlled unclassified information (CUI) exchanged by companies participating in the...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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