| Weekend Reading : Jul 27, 2024 |
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| Biometrics enabling explosive identity verification growth |
| Biometric identity verification is increasing in frequency, becoming a regular part of life in more countries and industries, as seen…Read More |
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| UNHCR to seek provider for BIMS lightweight fingerprint and iris scanners |
| Biometrics firms should be aware of a forthcoming procurement opportunity with the United Nations High… |
| OIX calls on new UK government to accelerate digital ID rollout |
| The UK should work toward a digital wallet strategy, provide clarity on how ID will… |
| Yoti, iProov and Blair Institute tell governments to increase digital ID support |
| UK Member of Parliament Peter Kyle, the new Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and… |
| How can the private sector shape the EUDI Wallet project? |
| Private firms are increasingly looking towards digital identities but challenges remain in aligning the private… |
| Selective disclosure and zero-knowledge proofs: Examining the latest revision of ETSI TR 119 476 |
| By Sebastian Elfors, Senior Architect at IDnow In July 2024, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)… |
| NEC to lead major upgrade to New Zealand’s biometric capabilities |
| A massive upgrade of New Zealand’s biometric capabilities with an estimated cost of $35 million… |
| NZ’s face biometrics system sees zero uptake from govt agencies |
| A project in New Zealand that makes face biometrics technology available to public institutions and… |
| NZ police struggle to delete unlawfully collected images |
| Three years after New Zealand law enforcement agencies were ordered to delete tens of thousands… |
| Controversial US privacy bill rewritten again, but path still unclear |
| The already controversial American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 (APRA), which was originally introduced in… |
| Online age verification requirements in US legislation raise thorny problems |
| More than a dozen bills have been introduced in the current U.S. Congress that, if… |
| Incode age assurance gets stamp of approval from ACCS |
| Incode Technologies has announced that their Incode Identity Platform product has received certification under the… |
| Strengthening biometrics to fight against sophisticated payments fraud |
| By Tim Brown, Global Identity Officer at Prove Biometrics have become a part of consumers’… |
| Palm vein biometrics deployed for payments at Paris grocery store |
| A Carrefour Market in Paris is implementing palm vein biometrics for payment in partnership with… |
| Worldline, PayEye collaborate to develop a biometric payment system |
| Worldline has announced a strategic partnership with PayEye to develop cashless payment systems using biometric… |
| Biometric video injection attacks getting easier; ID R&D helps devs mitigate |
| Through the use of generative AI and open-source tools, hackers are gaining the ability to… |
| Nearly three quarters of U.S. adults worry deepfakes could sway election: Jumio |
| The hour is ripe for political deepfakes. The U.S. presidential elections are still four months… |
| UK faces down threat of deepfakes that demean, defraud, disinform |
| New research from Ofcom reveals just how prevalent deepfakes have become in the UK and… |
| AI generated deepfake fraud drives public appetite for biometrics: FIDO Alliance |
| A truly honest accounting of life’s constants would add, to death and taxes, the ongoing… |
| IDnow and Idiap researchers create biometric PAD dataset for better generalization |
| A new dataset for conducting research on facial recognition presentation attack detection (PAD) has been… |
| WEF and MOSIP call for gender equality in DPI and digital ID systems |
| Digital public infrastructure (DPI), which includes systems for digital identity, payments, and data exchange, offers… |
| Digital Identity as a vehicle for financial inclusion |
| By Lance Fanaroff iiDENTIFii co-founder Across the world, governments and companies are looking for vehicles… |
| Smile ID surges past 150M identity verifications completed |
| Selfie biometrics provider Smile ID (formally Smile Identity) has achieved the completion of 150 million… |
| Kenyan high court pauses national digital ID for third time in 4 years |
| Kenya’s digital identity rollout has been paused by the country’s high court again, pending the… |
| Groups reject expiry date for digital ID cards in Kenya as govt defends move |
| Some civil society organizations in Kenya say they want an explanation from the government with… |
| Kenya austerity measures affect biometric voter management system budget |
| The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission of Kenya (IEBC) has cried out that supplementary budget… |
| Eswatini urged to digitize national ID system with regard for privacy, security risks |
| Activating the digital dimension of the Eswatini national identification system will bring along important socio-economic… |
| Coppernic biometric tablets selected for Guinea scholarship program modernization |
| Coppernic has announced its involvement in the modernization of a foreign studies scholarship program for… |
| CMU, MSC open hackathon series to increase digital ID use cases in Africa |
| Students from universities across Eastern Africa have been invited to submit ideas in the first… |
| Contractor needed for project to identify civil registration hurdles in Chad |
| A request for the Expression of Interest (EOI) has been launched for a consultancy firm… |
| African Union adopts AI strategy to streamline continental digital transformation efforts |
| A document which defines the trajectory Africa intends to take regarding the development, use and… |
| Philippines continues successful national ID, digital transformation programs |
| The Philippines is forging ahead with digital transformation initiatives mandated by its “Ease of Doing… |
| Indonesia offers lessons in govt benefit digitalization: Report |
| Indonesia has successfully digitized its government assistance programs, aiding poverty reduction inside the Asian-Pacific country.… |
| Veriff enhances biometric security, Nametag and Tines partner amid rising ATOs |
| Account Takeover Fraud (ATO) has become an increasing concern, with fraudsters using techniques to target… |
| Idemia and Iowa collaborate on mDLs in Samsung Wallet |
| Idemia is bringing mobile ID to Samsung Wallet in Iowa, in collaboration with the state’s… |
| Oklahoma unveils overhaul of driver license system with Thales and Idemia |
| Thales and Idemia have been selected by Service Oklahoma as vendors for their card printing… |
| Tech5 introduces flexible biometric template protection for its ABIS |
| Tech5 has developed biometric template protection technology that it says meets the criteria set out… |
| Maza streamlines KYC with Regula biometric and document verification |
| Regula has integrated its document and biometric verification system into Maza Financial, a fintech company… |
| Innov8tif patents document authenticity check method to boost IDV security |
| Smartphones play a central role in remote identity verification (IDV), enabling a host of advanced… |
| Korean regulators plan formal framework for biometrics as use cases expand |
| The scope of biometric technologies is often boiled down to facial recognition and ID verification.… |
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