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Biometrics adoption for remote identity verification expands as tech demo begins
Two biometrics studies, very different in form and subject, are the subject of widely-read articles on Biometric Update this week .. read the full report here

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Biometric Update Weekend Reading
How Nametag is providing reusable identity verification without apps or browsers
“Apple is very excited about what we’ve built on App Clips. There are very few companies using it,” says Aaron...
 
MOSIP prepares to launch Inji digital wallet for all, identity verification tool
“I can design my own systems, I don’t need IIIT-Bangalore. That would be the success of this project,” says Prof...
‘Seamless transactions and experiences’ coming to Corsight, says new CEO
Shai Toren joined biometric solutions provider Corsight as its new CEO in November 2022, replacing Rob Watts, who is now...
 
Digital ID firms close two seeds and a series B funding round. One of them is a giant
The pipeline for early investments in biometric identity companies is nothing to dismiss. While jumbo series C through E deals...
Authentication startup in France closes €2M seed round for US expansion
French biometric authentication startup ShareID has closed a €2 million (US$2.14 million) seed round of funding led by a French-American...
 
Biometrics industry has a big problem with call to ban ‘surveillance’ in airports
Two influential industry groups say a call by five powerful U.S. senators demanding a federal ban on facial recognition is...
BioID shares PAD research amid increase in digital injection attacks found by iProov
German biometric solutions provider BioID GmbH has shared new information about its presentation attack detection (PAD) solution that checks the...
 
UK updates digital identity guidelines for right to work, rent and criminal record checks
The UK government has updated its guidelines to aid employers and landlords in using certified digital identity service providers (IDSPs)...
UNICEF, AfDB reports reveal civil registration gaps and opportunities in Africa
Civil registration and vital statistics systems are being gradually digitalized in African nations, and the pictures both of how they...
 
DHS Remote Identity Validation demonstration details revealed ahead of first deadline
The first deadline to participate in U.S. government testing of remote identity validation technologies is approaching, and the organizing agency...
Uniqueness of fingerprints from birth explained in academic study
Definitive proof that fingerprints are a unique biometric at birth has been published by a team of academic researchers in...
 
ID R&D explores risk and potential of generative AI in Biometric Update webinar
The same family of generative artificial intelligence tools that are used to create deepfakes can also be applied to the...
India plans expansion of DigiLocker to organizations for digital document, ID management
India is working to expand the DigiLocker application to businesses and other organizations to allow them to manage digital documents...
 
Pakistan ID boss to head UNDP digital transformation committee as World Bank mulls funding
Muhammad Tariq Malik, chairman of Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), has been appointed the chairman of the Technical...
  Xtract One funded by notable NYC fan of biometric surveillance
  Strata launches no-code solution for passwordless authentication
  Compliance win announced by NtechLab after iBeta presentation attack test
  Securiport sponsors Notre Dame pulse biometrics presentation at Biosignals
  Smart Engines secures US patent for on-device document recognition solution
  Iris biometrics crypto project Worldcoin reportedly looks for $120M investment
  PopID announces big customer deployment for face biometric payments in UAE
  iBeta examines impact of PAD standard update for biometrics developers and labs
  Aratek fingerprint scanners reach huge national ID market with MOSIP certification
  Chile extends Idemia contract to supply and support digital ID documents by a year
Biometrics White Papers
On-demand webinar – Securing identity in a world shared with virtual humans
How biometrics and liveness detection have evolved to protect us from deepfake- and chat-powered fraud Deepfakes have been identified as...
 
January 2023 update to ISO/IEC standard 30107-3: How do changes affect development and testing?
In January of 2023, ISO/IEC published a new, second edition of the 30107-3 standard that replaces the earlier, first edition...
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,...
 
How biometric technology is reinventing patient identification
It’s hard to care for patients if you don’t know who they are. Yet while patient identification systems have come...
Events and Webinars
Aviation Festival Asia 2023
  February 28, 2023 - March 1, 2023
Workshop on protection of biometric data under GDPR
  March 1, 2023
World Police Summit
  March 7, 2023 - March 9, 2023
7th Edition Connected Banking Summit East Africa
  March 7, 2023
GISEC 2023
  March 14, 2023 - March 16, 2023
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