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How Special Olympics Nigeria will bring digital identity to the people
Nigeria's Special Olympics body won the World Bank's Mission Billion challenge by developing a way to enroll people with disabilities for ID. Ibiyemi Ayeni of Special Olympics Nigeria tells Biometric Update in an interview that the system could help the country extend the national digital ID to all ... Read the full interview here.

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Daily Biometrics News
Face, vein, fingerprint biometrics upgrades for physical access control systems announced
A facial recognition engine for access control from Tech5 has been updated, Centaman has added face biometrics to its own...
 
Biometrics-based platform in the works in Ireland to help track organized crime suspects
The police service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the Ireland national police service (Garda) are partnering to develop a forensic...
Idex says biometric cards need quality fingerprint enrollment, how to achieve it less clear
The biometric enrollment processes selected by issuers need to be informed by their overall strategy for the new product, an...
 
New biometrics test lab for Android, phones with FPC sensors and faster facial recognition
Tech consultancy and testing provider Fime has formed a partnership with Android, becoming one of the first test laboratories eligible to...
BLOK BioScience biometric digital health pass offers privacy protection for COVID-19 testing
An on-site testing and digital pass platform that employs facial recognition and could help ensure the global pandemic is better...
 
Collaborative, less adversarial regulation can boost face biometrics: World Economic Forum
Regulating facial recognition might be the one idea that the World Economic Forum can suggest and offend none of its...
eftpos partners up to trial digital ID solution for Australians with disabilities
A digital ID solution intended to facilitate online identification for persons living with disabilities is currently being tried out in...
 
Amazon introduces voice biometrics for call centers, edge computer vision
Amazon has revealed a new voice recognition tool built into its suite of call-center services for businesses to shorten call...
Biometric onboarding expands with Trulioo and nextAuth partnerships
Digital banking service provider Credit Sesame announced a new partnership with Trulioo to deploy its GlobalGateway identity verification with facial...
 
4 ways credit risk differs from fraud risk
Guest post by Beth Shulkin, VP of Global Marketing at Ekata Determining an individual’s credit risk is not the same...
Thales fingerprint biometric card named among top 100 business ideas of the year
The fingerprint-enabled biometric card from Thales has been declared among the 100 best business ideas of the year by Actualidad Económica...
 
Market ready for biometric payment cards, but enrollment challenges remain: APSCA panelists
The technology for biometric payment cards is nearly ready, but the ecosystem is still maturing, and how enrollment will work...
 
 
 
 
 
 
Events and Webinars
NEC Visionary Week
  December 1, 2020 - December 4, 2020
NEC Visionary Week Online December 1-4, 2020 Themed “Co-creation for tomorrow, designing the future,” this NEC flagship event will feature...
GISEC (Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference)
  December 6, 2020 - December 10, 2020
GISEC (Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference) Dubai December 6 – 10, 2020 GISEC is not just one of the...
MoneyNext Summit Online
  December 8, 2020 - December 10, 2020
MoneyNext Summit Online Online December 8 – 10, 2020 MoneyNext is North America’s most interactive, innovative and inclusive virtual event,...
ID4Africa 2020: Marathon of Innovations
  December 8, 2020 - December 10, 2020
ID4Africa 2020: Marathon of Innovations Online December 8-10, 2020 ID4Africa 2020: Marathon of Innovations is an all-new virtual conference and...
A whole new (contactless) world: The rise of digital identity
  December 8, 2020 - December 9, 2020
A whole new (contactless) world: The rise of digital identity Online December 8-9, 2020 The Economist Events is delighted to...