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Biometrics testing and market building presage broader technology adoption
Gains in biometric accuracy and new developments in digital wallets were major themes this week .. read the full report here

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Biometric Update Weekend Reading
Facial recognition algorithms hit new accuracy highs in latest NIST test
Idemia correctly matched 99.88 percent of 12 million faces in the mugshot category of the latest 1:N test by the...
 
Vendors reveal achievements in DHS biometrics rally
The anonymized results of the 2022 DHS Biometric Technology Rally were announced last week, and showed that state of the...
Fingerprint Cards targets new biometrics markets with mobile capacitive bounce-back ahead
Moving back to Sweden to take over as the CEO of Fingerprint Cards was a big change for Ted Hansson...
 
Digital wallets beyond $16T in payments; banks want to handle identity transactions too
The launch by the Linux Foundation Europe of the global OpenWallet Foundation  (OWF) drive to create an open-source engine –...
Why are so many organizations still playing the waiting game with digital ID?
By Nick Mothershaw, Chief Identity Strategist at the Open Identity Exchange The digital ID eco-system is rapidly expanding, with ID...
 
Digital identity market poised for massive growth, but not in the US
If a new industry research paper is correct, digital ID apps are going to boom. Juniper Research says the 2.3...
Cyprus plans $43M ID document upgrade tender
Biometric passports, ID cards, and residence permits issued by Cyprus are getting an upgrade at a cost of 41 million...
 
EU program creates criminal network investigation platform with Phonexia voice biometrics
European Union research project ‘ROXANNE’ has completed its development of a system that includes voice biometrics for law enforcement agencies...
Journalist uses AI voice to break into own bank account
In a recent experiment, Vice.com writer Joseph Cox used an AI-generated voice to bypass Lloyds Bank security and access his...
 
Innovatrics CEO advises careful use of synthetic data to improve biometrics, cut bias
Synthetic data can be used to improve biometric machine learning models and AI applications, says Innovatrics CEO Ján Lunter, but...
EAB explores how to comply with GDPR mandate for biometric template protection
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation imposes new requirements for protecting biometric data, but debates and uncertainty about how...
 
Pakistan in midst of digital census, ‘unprecedented’ change in data policies
Officials with Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority are boasting of a new service intended to put people in charge...
Social protection lessons: Indian interoperability, opportunities for private sector
India sees an interoperable future for its economy and African countries could benefit from separating population registers and social protection...
 
Kenya Huduma Namba funding almost entirely cut as UPI, digital birth registration begins
The identity landscape in Kenya continues to shift as birth registration goes digital on 1 March and funding for Huduma...
  Nominations open until April 5 for the 2023 women in biometrics awards
  Vouched seeks more growth after $6.3M in venture funding
  Shufti Pro makes fraud report available, upgrades AML capabilities
  Dojah, Nethone earn ISO certifications to demonstrate data security
  PixLab adds active liveness detection to FaceIO biometrics framework
  cetecom advanced accredited for Android biometric standards testing
  Seamfix extends MTN’s biometric SIM registration to 5 more African nations
  Instagram takes Yoti facial age estimation to Europe, Australia, Canada, Japan
  Jenetric granted patent for multiple fingerprint scanning on touchscreen display
  Yoti passes iBeta Level 2 presentation attack detection test with 100% detection rate
Biometrics White Papers
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...
Tenprint fingerprint scanners: All you need to know
Tenprint scanners were developed to read and store fingerprints for law enforcement and forensic purposes. Now, ‘tenprint’ scanners are gaining...
 
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,...
Events and Webinars
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
2023 Digital Identity Accountability Summit
  March 14, 2023
Emerging & Disruptive Technology for Defense
  March 21, 2023 - March 22, 2023
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