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Biometrics growth draws investment in online ID, credentials and law enforcement
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Biometric Update Weekend Reading
How will Europe make the EUDI secure: Cryptomathic weighs in
By the end of 2023, European countries have promised to offer their citizens the European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI), an...
 
Americas DMVs considering the future of the digital ID role thrust upon them
Mobile driver’s licenses are a necessary next step for America’s state motor vehicle departments in playing a role that has...
Entrust granted UK Home Office selfie biometrics contract to streamline immigration
Entrust has won a new two-year contract with the UK Home Office to expand the digitization of immigration application processes,...
 
ID.me rakes in $132M to expand biometric service access, portable digital ID
ID.me has taken the opportunity of appointing a new CFO to reveal that it has raised $132 million in a...
Xator wins $750M contract to support humanitarian logistics with identity services
Xator has been selected by the United States Department of State to supply support services for humanitarian efforts under a...
 
Decentralized digital ID and contactless biometrics trends converge in Tech5’s vision
The combination of Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and biometrics is the way to meet both the security needs of people, businesses...
International standard for testing bias in biometrics reaches committee stage
The standard for testing demographic differentials or ‘bias’ in biometric systems has reached the committee draft stage, and comments from...
 
Gender, race bias risk reported in biometrics used by US Labor Department
An alert issued by the inspector general (IG) of the U.S. Department of Labor is raising “urgent equity and security...
UIDAI partners to develop contactless fingerprint capture software for phones
A touchless fingerprint biometric capture system will be jointly developed by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and the...
 
Age assurance tech providers wrestle with growing demand, privacy concerns
Age assurance is one of the hottest topics in digital identity at the moment, but does not necessarily need to...
Consortium prepares Bulgaria’s biometric ID for a debut this year
Chipped national ID and residence cards will be issued in Bulgaria before 2024, according to local reports. Switching to the...
 
Armenia introduces new biometric passport issuance system, Albania choses new supplier
After halting the issuing of biometric passports last year until early 2024, Armenia has announced a new system for issuing...
Switzerland to spend $27M on new multimodal biometric matching system
The Swiss government is earmarking 24.61 million Swiss francs (roughly US$27.18 million) for the renewal and upgrade of the country’s...
 
AfDB earmarks $8m to establish interoperable bank ID system in 4 West African countries
The West African Monetary Institute (WAMI) is leading the implementation of a project aimed at creating an interoperable unique digital...
Integrated digital system in Zimbabwe to enhance ID issuance, birth registration
Zimbabwe’s Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Kazembe Kazembe has announced the setting up of an ambitious integrated digital...
 
ID2020 certifies Mastercard Community Pass as meeting requirements for ‘good digital ID’
Mastercard Community Pass has been certified by ID2020 for meeting dozens of functional technical requirements and agreeing to adhere to...
  8 US states renew contract for NEC’s ABIS services
  Regula gives its face biometrics SDK another polish
  SenseTime demos its large-language model, stock jumps
  Accura Scan updates OCR to read Chinese, Japanese and Korean IDs
  Innovatrics introduces iris layer for liveness detection technology
  Digital identity company Intellicheck eyes Europe after ensuring GDPR compliance
  VisionLabs enters Vietnam as Russian biometrics developers seek new markets
  vAIsual signs deal for Asian photos to increase biometric training data diversity
  Clear biometrics, Microsoft Entra verifiable credentials integrated with LinkedIn
  Daon jumps into health care with ID management platform and biometric vending machine
Biometrics White Papers
From good to great: The right biometrics capabilities for better banking
The banking industry was already a major user of biometric solutions before the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the pandemic accelerated the...
 
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...
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...
 
Demographic bias in facial liveness detection: impact, measurement, and mitigation
AI-powered facial liveness detection algorithms can introduce bias the same way matching algorithms can, causing mobile banking services to be...
Events and Webinars
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
Call & Contact Center Expo
  April 26, 2023 - April 27, 2023
DIDO 2023 (Digital Identity and Digital Onboarding for Fintech & Crypto 2023)
  April 27, 2023 - April 28, 2023
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