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Heavily oversubscribed Idex Biometrics private placement brings in $30M

The private placement Idex Biometrics conducted to raise $25 million has brought in even more than expected, with the company issuing...

UK selects over a dozen biometrics providers for immigration self-enrollment trial

The biometric suppliers and sub-suppliers for the UK Home Office’s forensic border check trial have been unveiled. A privacy information...

Government digital identity plans advance amid scepticism, lack of awareness

Britons do not feel well informed about common digital identity and biometrics, according to a recently published survey into opinions...

Thales inks biometrics and smart city deal in Vietnam, discusses ethical facial recognition

Thales has signed an extensive deal with Vietnam’s VNPT to accelerate the country’s digital transformation with biometrics, smart city and other...

Mastercard partners on Brazilian student digital ID to support remote exams

Mastercard has launched a digital identity partnership to secure the legitimacy of academic examination results in Brazil. The partnership between Mastercard,...

BitCenter UK facial recognition app puts CCTV capability on mobile phones

BitCenter UK has developed a facial recognition mobile app, FarFaces, that it says provides the capabilities of a biometric CCTV...

VerifyMe Nigeria plans regional expansion as biometrics startup IdentityPass raises $360K

VerifyMe Nigeria says it grew by ten times from 2020 to 2021, and has been growing by at least 40...

Have governments stopped trying to finesse intense face biometrics projects?

Israel and India are building facial recognition surveillance projects that seem consciously designed to aggravate specific fears held by privacy...

Uncle DHS wants you to help him make better biometrics

Better late than never, the U.S. government wants to find out what people think of facial recognition and other AI...

Cardlab, swIDch receive public sector support for biometric cards

Cardlab has been selected amongst the 20 companies for the EU Pavilion at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022 by...

KYC and digital ID momentum seen in award, customer wins, new products and partnerships

In an eventful week for digital ID solutions around the world, The Baltic Assembly has awarded iDenfy the Baltic Innovation...

Daimler Mobility and Visa partner on biometrics for in-car payments

Daimler Mobility and Visa have entered a new partnership to work on biometrics-powered ‘native’ in-car payments for Mercedes-Benz vehicles. The...

Penalties for Aadhaar violations set as Indian government expands applications

Penalties for hacking, sharing or using Aadhaar data without authorization can be levied by the Unique Identification Authority of India...

With biometric lawsuits increasing — what regulations can protect our privacy?

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Document-free checks launch at Vienna Airport with NEC biometrics

IBIA appoints Washington veteran as managing director

Zetes launches mDL, mobile digital ID solution in full compliance with new standard

Major research project examines digital identity in 10 African countries

Controversy over Ghana VP remarks on ID card use as passport shows need for public engagement

Idex Biometrics plans $25M private placement as card partner approvals pile up

Events and Webinars

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....

Egypt Defence Expo (EDEX)

November 29, 2021 - December 2, 2021

Egypt Defence Expo (EDEX) Cairo, Egypt November 29 – December 2, 2021 The second edition of Egypt’s leading defence and...

Future of Digital Onboarding and Customer Experience

December 1, 2021 - December 2, 2021

Future of Digital Onboarding and Customer Experience London, UK December 1 – 2, 2021 Future of Digital Onboarding and Customer...

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