View in Browser Subscribe Today!
       
DAILY NEWS   |   INTERVIEWS   |   INSIGHTS   |   PODCASTS   |   EVENTS
EU pilot funded to test biometric payments from digital wallets
The European Commission announced that it will fund a multi-national and multi-company consortium as part of a larger pilot project involving an ambitious regional digital wallet program .. read the full story here

Today's news continues below. Thanks for reading.
Biometric Update Daily News
Next digital ID in US: Maryland tests Android app
Google’s first public step into digital U.S. state IDs will fall in Maryland, which was implied by the company in...
 
NIST updates Digital Identity Guidelines with biometrics requirements, alternatives
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology has released revised guidelines for digital identification in federal government systems. The...
Serbian rights group warns of implications in biometric surveillance act
The nonprofit Share Foundation has published a new position paper warning against the biometric surveillance implications of a draft law...
 
UK police about to accelerate digital fingerprint matching with hopes to prevent crime
A new system from the Police Digital Service is set to speed up the submission of fingerprints gathered at crime...
G+D takes top stake in Netcetera, brings in new CEO
Already a major shareholder in Netcetera, Gieseke+Devrient has taken the majority stake and ushered the acquired firm’s CEO to the...
 
Mastercard Africa digital ID scheme to benefit from $50M of DFC funding to its partners
Mastercard’s Community Pass is set for a boost as the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) seeks to support investments...
US blacklists Tiandy Technologies as Intel washes its hands
Tiandy Technologies, one of the largest video surveillance suppliers in the world, joins its surveillance compatriots Dahua and Hikvision on...
 
Concerns raised over biometric voter registration delays ahead of Liberia elections
Some civil society actors as well as political party officials in Liberia have expressed worries over a number of issues...
Biometric passports: progress in Nepal, Seychelles, ‘huge crowds’ in Bhutan
Biometric passport issuance is progressing at different rates in three countries this week. First to the Seychelles, which has unveiled...
 
Daon and Entrust each add digital ID solutions to AWS marketplace
Two companies in the digital identity space have recently announced the availability of their solutions on the Amazon Web Services...
VerifyFaces unveils facial recognition background check service for public
Australia and U.S.-based face biometrics provider VerifyFaces has unveiled its consumer-facing facial recognition service which can be used for background...
 
EU pilot funded to test biometric payments from digital wallets
The European Commission has announced that it will fund a multi-national and multi-company consortium as part of a larger pilot...
ID R&D demystifies biometric PAD terminology with new paper to help educate customers, public
As presentation attack detection becomes more well known as an important element in any biometric system being used for fraud...
 
Lessons from Aadhaar for digital ID architecture, financing shared by Nilekani and ID4Africa
Nandan Nilekani, founding chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India, and prominent Aadhaar architect, expounded on the lessons that...
  CyberLink’s face biometrics gets FIDO certified, Aware receives SOC 2
  LAPD has compliance issues; other departments move ahead with facial recognition
  Microsoft can’t squeak out of BIPA case but could a university?
  Papersoft add fingerprint capability from Integrated Biometrics to remote enrollment platform
  Jumio and Keyless partner to use selfie biometrics for passwordless authentication
  New Zealand Commissioner considers establishing biometrics code of practice
Biometrics White Papers
Presentation attack detection: Measuring performance of APCER and BPCER
APCER and BPCER are acronyms for error rates used to quantify the performance of presentation attack detection (PAD) systems. This...
 
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,...
 
On-demand webinar – Demographic Bias in Facial Liveness Detection: Impact, Measurement, and Mitigation
AI-powered facial liveness detection algorithms can introduce bias the same way matching algorithms can, causing mobile banking services to be...
Events and Webinars
Aviation Festival Asia 2023
  February 28, 2023 - March 1, 2023
SECON 2023
  March 29, 2023 - March 31, 2023
Digital Onboarding Forum
  April 12, 2023 - April 13, 2023
ID@Borders and Future of Travel Conference 2023
  April 20, 2023 - April 21, 2023
Asia-Pacific Conference 2023
  May 24, 2023 - May 25, 2023
This email was sent to newsletter@newslettercollector.com because you opted in on the Biometric Update Web site.

Manage Subscriptions | Unsubscribe
Copyright © 2022 Biometrics Research Group, Inc.

2 Toronto St., Ste. #239, Toronto, ON, M5C 2B5, Canada 416-277-5449.