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Biometric smart gun maker raises $14 million and plans hiring spree
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Linxens takes majority stake in Sweden’s Nile to boost healthcare wearables development
Linxens is acquiring a majority stake in Nile, a company that makes printed electronics, NFC and wearable solutions for the...
 
Complaint filed against PimEyes in UK as facial recognition web search options grow
Some watching the rise to prominence of face-scraper Clearview AI feared a near future in which one company could control...
Fraud prevention platform Self launches in beta for biometric authentication in Web3
The Web3 fraud prevention platform Self has officially announced a beta launch to enable individuals to create decentralized and biometric...
 
India’s digital ID experience could boost Africa’s development drive: report
India’s digital transformation which has proven largely successful thanks to its robust Aadhaar digital ID system can be an inspiration...
Groups and motivations advocating for digital identity principles put under the microscope
What is the underlying worldview of groups proposing visions for “good” digital identity systems? An attempt to answer this question...
 
Defrag KYC landscape to prevent fraud, reputational damage, American Bankers Association says
The American Bankers Association (ABA) hopes to settle nerves in the fraud-prone U.S. financial sector with a new guide to...
RecFaces, Alcatraz each expanding presence to reach international face biometrics markets
Face biometric solution provider RecFaces says it is establishing as an independent company in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in a...
 
ACM adds to its list of principles on responsible algorithmic systems
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest computing society, has released a set of nine principles to encourage...
Biometrics for voter ID adopted by Albania, considered by Guyana
A biometric voter identification system is in the process of being set up in Albania after the country’s Central Election...
 
Health care digital ID manager integrates with portal maker
Patient portal firm Meditech says its software now works with Identos‘ open standards-based digital ID management software. It means that...
Smart Engines updates ID document scanner, adds speed and character recognition accuracy
Software developer Smart Engines has announced an upgrade to its optical character recognition and data extraction application, AnyDoc. The software...
 
BeyondID gets Okta certification; PlainID, Ping sign up partners
Several digital ID software makers have been accepted to other vendors’ partnership programs designed to identify companies that are reliable...
Plans for biometric surveillance reach epic scales with off-putting implications
A pair of troubling reports about plans for intensive biometric surveillance seem drawn from the nightmares of privacy advocates. The...
 
Border biometrics to stay hot through 2027 – market report
Cameras serving as the front end of facial recognition systems and other border surveillance technologies will double in value in...
  Biometric smart gun maker raises $14 million and plans hiring spree
  Inverid launched to extend ReadID NFC ID document scanning with face biometrics
  Nigeria ID4D seeks privacy consultant for national ID management infrastructure
  Cayman Islands advances on digital ID plan as cabinet okays draft bill
  Yoti age estimation software embedded in gambling machines
  Think tank calls for privacy safeguards on use of facial recognition systems in India
Biometrics White Papers
Single-frame facial liveness detection: How it works to reduce user friction and abandonment
The ability to ascertain facial liveness from a single-image frame enables high-performance presentation attack detection without adding friction to the...
 
Mitigating demographic bias in facial presentation attack detection
Bias in AI-powered biometric algorithms can lead to unfair treatment of individuals in certain demographic groups based on their gender,...
Improving the ATM experience with biometrics multi-factor authentication
ATMs in the U.S. and other parts of the world have generally validated the identity of bank customers with something...
 
How biometric technology is reinventing patient identification
It’s hard to care for patients if you don’t know who they are. Yet while patient identification systems have come...
Events and Webinars
Cybersecurity Leadership Summit 2022
  November 8, 2022 - November 10, 2022
Fintech Talents Europe (FTT)
  November 14, 2022 - November 15, 2022
Future Identity Festival 2022
  November 14, 2022 - November 15, 2022
International Face Performance Conference (IFPC) 2022
  November 15, 2022 - November 17, 2022
User-centric biometrics – Securing privacy and compliance in adopting identity proofing and verified credentials use cases
  November 15, 2022
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