DAILY NEWS   |   INTERVIEWS   |   STOCKS   |   BLOGS   |   COMPANIES   |   EVENTS
Digital ID in Africa this week: biometric ghost-busting in Ghana, resolving double registration status in Kenya
Kenya dominated digital ID developments this week. What could have been its biggest story – downgrading the new role of an independent data protection commissioner to a president-appointed agency — failed to happen, but the issue of double registration of people as refugees and Kenyans is coming to the fore as a de-registration exercise launches ... Read the whole story here.

Today's news coverage continues below. Thanks for reading.
Daily Biometrics News
Patent filings show multi-biometric conference calls from Microsoft and Apple Watch with Touch ID
The potential value of biometric voice and speech recognition for enterprise conference call tools has long been recognized, but a...
 
Police in Miami, India, Macau expand facial recognition use amid further warnings
The Miami-Dade County Police Department (MDPD), Florida’s largest police force, is seeking to join the many departments in the state...
Idex Biometrics joins OTCQB Venture Market to access U.S. capital markets
Idex Biometrics has been approved by the OTCQB Venture Market and begun trading on the exchange under the ticker symbol...
 
The realm of possibility: A balance between security and convenience
This is a guest post by Kathleen Peters, Experian’s Senior Vice President and Head of Fraud & Identity, North America....
FingerID launches AI AFIS promising fast and accurate biometric fingerprint matching at scale
An automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS) promising revolutionary performance and accuracy benefits at scale based on new innovations in artificial...
 
Gyrfalcon Technologies and Sensory partner to deliver edge AI and biometrics capabilities
AI companies Gyrfalcon Technology and Sensory have joined forces to deliver low latency, high reliability embedded, machine learning capabilities on...
Fico acquires behavioral biometrics company to integrate AI-driven authentication
U.S.-based analytics company Fico has purchased Ezmcom, a behavioral biometrics provider used by banks, which protects 60 million users worldwide,...
 
Applause launches new approach to training and testing for biometrics and AI
Technology testing company Applause has announced the launch of a new solution for training and testing artificial intelligence algorithms with...
Turkey adds autonomous facial recognition kamikaze drones to military portfolio
A major player in the engineering and defense industries, Turkish defense contractor Defense Technologies Engineering and Trade Inc. (STM) is...
 
I-Remit integrates Jumio biometric technology for AML, KYC compliance
Filipino-owned non-bank remittance service provider I-Remit has integrated Jumio’s biometric-based identity verification and authentication technology to improve digital onboarding and...
North Korea introducing facial recognition tech developed in-country to domestic market
The use of facial recognition and other biometrics in North Korea seems to be accelerating, with a new domestically developed...
 
Digital ID in Africa this week: biometric ghost-busting in Ghana, resolving double registration status in Kenya
Kenya dominated digital ID developments this week. What could have been its biggest story – downgrading the new role of...
  Spoof attacks top this week’s biometrics and digital ID news
  IBIA combats rhetoric in comments on proposed Massachusetts facial recognition ban
  Juul and WeWork sued under BIPA for collecting customer biometrics
  Biometrics research briefs: UK applications, daily interactions, and global systems market
  U.S. Homeland Security to hold biometrics for 259M people by 2022 and seeks new capabilities
  Brazilian startup idwall raises $10M for biometric selfie onboarding as Mitek reports 33 percent growth
Upcoming Events
Emerging Technologies Forum 2019
  November 11, 2019 - November 13, 2019
Emerging Technologies Forum 2019 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia November 11-13, 2019 In line with the Saudi 2030 vision, the Kingdom of...
IFINSEC Financial Sector IT Security Conference and Exhibition
  November 12, 2019 - November 13, 2019
IFINSEC Financial Sector IT Security Conference and Exhibition Istanbul, Turkey November 12-13, 2019 IFINSEC Financial Sector IT Security Conference and...
AI & Big Data Expo North America 2019
  November 13, 2019 - November 14, 2019
AI & Big Data Expo North America 2019 November 13-14, 2019 Santa Clara, CA The AI & Big Data Expo...
Cyber Security & Cloud Expo North America
  November 13, 2019 - November 14, 2019
Cyber Security & Cloud Expo North America November 13-14, 2019 Santa Clara, CA Presented in a series of top-level keynotes,...
GCC Forensics Conference & Exhibition
  November 13, 2019 - November 14, 2019
GCC Forensics Conference & Exhibition The Gulf Hotel Bahrain November 13 – 14, 2019 The 2019 edition of GCC Forensics...
This email was sent to newsletter@newslettercollector.com because you opted in on the Biometric Update Web site.

Manage Subscriptions | Unsubscribe
Copyright © 2019 Biometrics Research Group, Inc.

6 Wilkins Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5A 3C3 416-473-8853.