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Biometric hardware, ID documents and processes to ease travel advance
Biometrics for travel, by air land or sea, are a theme among several of the most-read stories on Biometric Update over the past week … read this report here

This week in review continues below. Thanks for reading.
Biometric Update Weekend Reading
Pioneering BixeLab test shows accuracy of Tech5 contactless fingerprint biometrics
Contactless fingerprinting has reached the stage in its maturity of laboratories pioneering independent testing from biometrics developers at the forefront...
 
Worldcoin says SDK lets you prove you’re a human online. Coins not included
Worldcoin’s dream of providing biometrically unique “proof of personhood” for the entire globe takes a step forward with the release...
Biometric Schengen Information System goes live, UK readies ETAs
The European Union’s upgraded Schengen Information System (SIS) for security and border management is now in operation, incorporating biometrics of...
 
Say goodbye to the passport and hello to digital travel credentials
By Jon Payne, Director of Business Development and Strategic Alliances for Identity Verification, Entrust Biometric identification enables greater convenience and...
Contracts for national biometric travel IDs won by HID in Bahrain, Veridos in Guyana
A pair of major contracts for national biometric travel ID documents have been won by HID Global and Veridos. HID...
 
Digital Travel Credential Pilot relaunched with Idemia biometric app
A Dutch consortium has chosen Idemia to provide technology for the world’s first transatlantic Digital Travel Credential (DTC) Pilot, using...
EU moves into negotiations on legal framework for digital identity, wallet plan
The political process is moving ahead on the European Digital Identity, reports Euractiv, with the EU Parliament adopting a mandate...
 
OpenAI setting the pace for EU regulators, as GPAIs throw a wrench into AI Act
The boom in Artificial Intelligence has regulators trying to catch up with technology that advances its capabilities by the day....
IRS’ gutsy move: Plug in Login.gov at the last minute for ID verification
Could it be that U.S. governmental verification service Login.gov is ready for its closeup with the Internal Revenue Service? Federal...
 
US govt targets standards harmonization in digital ID; New York wants its own
A pair of new developments could give digital IDs a nudge forward in the United States. The National Institute of...
MPs bicker over move to make Ghana Card sole ID for biometric voter registration
A proposal for the amendment of Ghana’s electoral law to make the Ghana Card the only ID document to confirm...
 
Maldives contracts identity card design, says no digital ID for upcoming election
The Republic of Maldives recently introduced digital ID in the country, but it will not be one of the credentials...
Bill Gates visits MOSIP, gets the T-shirt, discusses financial inclusion via the platform
Bill Gates has visited MOSIP (Modular Open Source Identity Platform) in its hometown Bangalore for presentations on the project’s progress...
 
Somalia passes law to launch new civil registry and national ID
Somalia is preparing for its first civil registration and identity card issuance exercise in three decades after new legislation was...
ChatGPT takes AI mainstream; could biometrics be next?
By Terry Schulenburg, VP, Business Development, CyberLink FaceMe Since launching a few months ago, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, a language model trained...
 
More digital engagement means more fraud and passwords, boosting biometrics’ appeal
The possibility of greater convenience and security together is positioning biometrics to dethrone passwords as the top choice for authentication...
  Partnerships for Pangiam, SITA and Embross to ease travel processes
  OIX welcomes Mitek as latest member to push trusted digital ID agenda
  Eurasian Bank onboards 1 million clients using Oz Forensics’ biometrics
  Not all fintechs are looking for a hiding place. Plaid and Stripe see opportunities
  Idemia I&S claims largest-ever law enforcement contract with Florida MBIS extension
  Shufti Pro appoints Dubai team leaders, signs up 3 fintechs for identity verification
  Indigenous missing person and murder cases being run through Biometrica system
  Paravision’s flexible enterprise face biometrics platform reaches commercial availability
  Tech5, ZKTeco USA collaborating on decentralized biometrics for physical, logical access
  ROC highlights facial recognition accuracy, efficiency scores as school expansion planned
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...
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,...
 
Biometrics are transforming the retail landscape
The retail experience has undergone profound shifts in the past decade. As consumers grew more comfortable making purchases online, they...
Events and Webinars
Emerging & Disruptive Technology for Defense
  March 21, 2023 - March 22, 2023
ID4Africa Livecast: Digital identity in the service of social protection
  March 22, 2023
Biometric Summit 2023
  March 23, 2023
SECON 2023
  March 29, 2023 - March 31, 2023
Webinar – One selfie to rule them all: Could distributed biometrics revolutionize the way we authenticate?
  March 30, 2023
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