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Regtech ID verifier Fourthline nets €50 million in funding
An Amsterdam fintech compliance startup has closed a €50 million (approximately US$55 million) round of funding from institutional investors. Fourthline...
 
ID.me reports millions of new sign-ups for its digital wallet
One hundred million people in the United States have signed up to use a digital wallet from identification vendor ID.me....
New Zealand digital identity trust framework law passes
New Zealand has introduced a regulatory framework for digital identity that will allow technology providers operating in the country to...
 
World Economic Forum panel pushes for blockchain-based decentralized digital ID
The Digital Identity Initiative of the World Economic Forum (WEF) has been discussing the possibilities of agreeing on an international...
UK police claim study support to resume live facial recognition deployments
London Metropolitan Police officials and their counterparts in South Wales say a study they commissioned and participated in has given...
 
The EU is leaving human rights in AI Act to tech standards groups — researchers
A noted data-impact research publisher has identified what it generously describes as a regulatory misalignment in efforts to regulate biometrics...
Fake documents and synthetic identities led to higher fraud in financial services in 2022
Sapio Research and partner Regula have revealed that the impact of identity fraud varies for organizations in the Financial Services industry,...
 
Consortium to run large-scale pilots for EU Digital Identity Wallet
A new program has been launched by a consortium of Europe’s digital identity stakeholders to promote the development and deployment...
Privately first certified for voice biometrics for age estimation to UK regulations
Voice age estimation technology from Switzerland-based Privately SA has been certified by a UK regulator, according to a company announcement....
 
TSA fighting to fund biometric screening devices, airport digital ID expansion
The Biden administration is selling its fiscal 2024 Transportation Security Administration budget request to the opposition-held House of Representatives, which...
Hon-That of Clearview sued for breach of contract
Face-scraper Clearview AI is in court again, but this time not because someone objects its business model. An archconservative repeatedly...
 
OCR Labs denies breach report details, patches vulnerability
A vulnerability allegedly exposing sensitive credentials of Australian financial institutions has been closed by OCR Labs, after being discovered and...
Convenient identity, the real accelerator for digital transformation
(Photo by Carl Heyerdahl on Unsplash) By Mike Vesey, CEO, IdRamp Digital identity is the lifeline of modern businesses, bridging the connection between...
 
Options for verification of personhood online growing; Twitter still pretending
The ability to pay seven or eight dollars does not constitute evidence of who a person is, or that their...
  Yoti improves accuracy and skin tone balance for age estimation
  Fiscal ’22 ‘transformative’ for biometrics providers Trust Stamp, Zwipe
  Carahsoft, Okta, Socure partner to fight fraud against US government
  NSW govt selects Mattr for ‘Digital ID and Verifiable Credentials’ issuance
  Neurotechnology fingerprint biometric accuracy reaches new high in PFT III
  Facewatch facial recognition declared compliant with UK data protection law
  Suprema AI unveils new OEM module to advance face biometrics performance
  Keyless execs tout privacy protections of combined FIDO and server-side biometrics
  Fingerprint Cards surpasses 1M sensor modules shipped for biometric payment cards
  Facephi meeting dozens of potential UK face biometrics customers through accelerator
Biometrics White Papers
One selfie to rule them all: Could distributed biometrics revolutionize the way we authenticate?
Traditional biometric authentication methods, which include both local and server-side biometrics, have limitations that need to be addressed. Local biometrics...
 
Deep dive into deepfakes
Concerns about fraud are growing as the technology to create deepfakes becomes increasingly accessible. This white paper by ID R&D...
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,...
Events and Webinars
Identity Management Day 2023 Virtual Conference
  April 11, 2023
Digital Onboarding Forum
  April 12, 2023 - April 13, 2023
Identity Management Symposium
  April 19, 2023 - April 20, 2023
ID@Borders and Future of Travel Conference 2023
  April 20, 2023 - April 21, 2023
Border Security & Intelligence Summit
  April 26, 2023 - April 27, 2023
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