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Socure claims highest valuation in biometric IDV space with $450M funding round
The highest valuation of any private identity verification provider may now belong to Socure, after the company raked in $450 million in an oversubscribed funding round at a $4.5 billion valuation .. Keep reading this report

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Document-free checks launch at Vienna Airport with NEC biometrics
Airports in Vienna and Jakarta are deploying face biometrics to make passenger processes contactless and document-free, with NEC supplying the...
 
IBIA appoints Washington veteran as managing director
The International Biometrics + Identity Association (IBIA) has appointed Washington insider Robert Tappan its new managing director, in which role he...
Zetes launches mDL, mobile digital ID solution in full compliance with new standard
Mobile driver’s licenses and mobile digital IDs from Zetes have reached availability, in the aftermath of the publication of and...
 
Major research project examines digital identity in 10 African countries
Detailed reports into the status quo of digital identity systems of 10 African nations have been released by Research ICT...
Controversy over Ghana VP remarks on ID card use as passport shows need for public engagement
The recent claim by Ghana’s vice president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia that the country’s national biometric ID card (the Ghana Card)...
 
Idex Biometrics plans $25M private placement as card partner approvals pile up
A planned private placement could raise $25 million for Idex Biometrics as the company looks to cover the cash requirements...
Support for innovation, regulatory pressure spur biometric payments expansion
A new partnership, solution and regulatory rule indicate the expansion of biometric authentication for payments, with Liquid Avatar, India’s Wibmo...
 
China’s biometrics sector faces interesting hurdles but it’s not slowing soon
An investigative article out of China indicates that four biometrics unicorns in that country face substantial problems meeting earlier market...
Socure claims highest valuation in biometric IDV space with $450M funding round
The highest valuation of any private identity verification provider may now belong to Socure, after the company raked in $450...
 
Specifications for NZ COVID pass published
New Zealand has published specs for its COVID-19 domestic-use vaccine pass and its verifier. The news comes as worldwide cases...
Google defends slow biometric unlock time for Pixel 6
Google has justified the somewhat longer unlock time for the Pixel 6 phone using its in-screen fingerprint sensor, saying it...
 
Canaria Technologies goes global with predictive biometric safety tools
Predictive biometric tools provider Canaria Technologies has partnered with Embley Contracting to roll out the Canaria-V Earpiece as part of...
Veridas selfie biometrics approved for remote public sector services in Spain
Veridas is the first Spanish company to certify technology for the verification of remote identity in the Spanish Public Administration,...
 
Pakistan gymnastics team fights for ID in case which could bring it to 3 million
A team of young gymnasts who are excluded from Pakistan’s centralized digital identity system are fighting to be recognized by the...
  What is China’s new data privacy law hoping to achieve?
  Nigeria state election suffers biometric voter verification failures, polls declared inconclusive
  Tourism industry deploys computer vision in Kazakhstan and Japan
  Dutch festival promoters split on face biometrics for event entry
  Failed institutions incite fear of Mexico’s biometric national ID plan
  1Kosmos achieves certification, supplies selfie biometrics for Outseer
Events and Webinars
Border Management & Technologies Summit Europe
  November 8, 2021 - November 10, 2021
Border Management & Technologies Summit Europe Brussels, Belgium Nov 8-10, 2021 With the event taking place in the heart of...
EAB workshop on the Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA)
  November 10, 2021 - November 10, 2021
EAB workshop on the Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA) Online November 10, 2021 (13.00 – 18.00 CET) The European Association for...
Future Identity Festival
  November 15, 2021 - November 16, 2021
Future Identity Festival November 15 – 16, 2021 London On 15th & 16th November 2021, 2000+ festival goers will come...
EAB workshop on face image quality
  November 16, 2021 - November 18, 2021
EAB workshop on face image quality Online November 16-18, 2021 The European Association for Biometrics (EAB ) together with DHS-OBIM,...
Security Exhibition & Conference 2021
  November 17, 2021 - November 18, 2021
Security Exhibition & Conference 2021 Online November 17 – 18, 2021 The world and the security industry have changed forever....
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