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Fingerprint biometrics mature for government use, mobile phone sensors and newborns
Fingerprint biometrics and innovations in national identity systems are common themes in many of the week’s most-read stories on Biometric Update .. read the full report here

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International biometrics standards development focus turns to PAD
Several new publications and events in 2022 advanced the gradually building body of international standards for biometrics. As that standardization...
 
CAF revenues up 250 percent in 2022, firm plans international expansion: CEO
Darryl Green joined Brazilian facial identification and recognition firm CAF as its CEO in July 2022. At the time, the...
NADRA details Pakistan’s stronger fingerprint biometric system for SIM registration
A new fingerprint biometric system is now being used by telecoms in Pakistan to register people for SIM activation, following...
 
ID document validation and selfie biometrics providers invited to join DHS tech demo
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology Directorate is hosting a challenge for remote ID validation technologies to...
Clinical research shows infant fingerprint biometrics nearing real-world effectiveness
Confirming the identity of newborns in healthcare settings with biometrics may be within reach with current technology, according to a...
 
Digital wallets and biometrics to replace traditional payments in UK: Mastercard survey
Roughly half (51 percent) of people in the UK believe physical wallets will become less relevant as digital ways to...
Delays, extortions, and voter exclusion: Cameroon’s national biometric ID card conundrum
Ashu M. just clocked 20 years this November, the legal age for voting in the central African nation of Cameroon....
 
Efforts to increase digital ID issuance across Africa maintain steam
As digital ID adoption continues around the world, a number of countries in Africa including Malawi, Nigeria and Tanzania, are...
World Bank provides $250M for Indonesia digital ID for public and private service access
Indonesia is receiving US$250 million in funding from the World Bank Group’s International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) to...
 
MOSIP registrations pass 76M, Burkina Faso partners for pilot with more in pipeline
More than 76 million people around the world have now been registered into MOSIP-based identity systems and Burkina Faso becomes...
Mistaken arrest in Georgia triggered by false facial recognition match in different state
Racial bias in facial recognition is getting a close-up, after police in Georgia used facial biometrics to arrest a man...
 
The latest lesson on biometric data privacy could cost people’s lives
Two United States government documents about the use of biometric identification in occupied Afghanistan lack any mention of data security...
Consumers are placing their trust in mobile deposits. Here’s how banks can keep it.
By Michael Diamond, Senior Vice President, GM Digital Banking at Mitek Systems In our post-pandemic world, it’s evident most people...
 
Don’t confuse multispectral imaging with consumer-grade biometrics: HID Global white paper
With small, low-cost fingerprint sensors approaching ubiquity through consumer devices such as mobile phones and laptops, HID Global has published...
  Socure slashes workforce
  Apple wins US biometric privacy case on appeal
  HooYu aligns brand with Mitek, signs up selfie biometrics partner
  FaceTec pulled into BIPA case; Yoti pushes for a federal judge
  Mississippi mDLs from Idemia I&S go live with full legal status
  Totm share issuance to complete InterBIO acquisition approved
  PayEye dual biometrics win FIDO certification with zero PAD errors
  Precise inks licensing deal and FPC gets volume order for new biometric sensors
  Intellicheck expands multimillion-dollar digital ID contract with financial customer
  VerifyMe picks up ISO certification to build confidence in security of digital ID data
Biometrics White Papers
Multispectral imaging (MSI) fingerprint technology
Organizations increasingly rely on digital technologies to validate identities for secure interactions and services such as banking transactions, medication dispensing,...
 
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...
Improving the ATM experience with biometrics multi-factor authentication
ATMs in the U.S. and other parts of the world have generally validated the identity of bank customers with something...
 
On-demand webinar – Human or machine: AI proves best at spotting biometric attacks
With large organizations processing millions of face checks monthly, one advantage of AI liveness detection is the reduced burden on...
Events and Webinars
Aviation Festival Asia 2023
  February 28, 2023 - March 1, 2023
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  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
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