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Biometric Update Weekend Reading
Sale of Idemia may net less, result in a bust-up
Handicapping the sale of Idemia proves the advice about reading tea leaves. You have to drink the tea first. In...
 
Liveness detection to take biometric adoption to new heights
By Carla Roncato and Chris Burt There is a compelling reason to believe that in the next few years, the...
Veridas folds in dasGate, raises €15M from partners for ambitious global expansion
Veridas has incorporated previously-independent company dasGate and collected 15 million euros (approximately US$16.5 million) from its partners to support its...
 
Elenium looks at a little-known tool for funding at $185M valuation
Another rainy-day funding scheme has found a fan in Elenium Automation, a face and palm biometrics supplier focused on the...
Idemia I&S wins $128M ID and biometrics scanner contract to enhance US airport security
Idemia Identity & Security USA has secured an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ), $128 million contract with the U.S. Department...
 
Infineon, Thales get 10-year passport security contract in the US
A contract to provide the United States State Department with passport electronics and software has been awarded to Infineon and...
Jamaica hails public enthusiasm for new digital ID card project, earmarks $13M
Jamaican government officials have praised the public for its interest in the implementation of the new national identification system (NIDS)...
 
Fingerprint matching system developed in-house by NADRA reaches market launch
NADRA has launched its domestically-developed automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS) as a commercial solution, under the name NADIR, which translates...
Stakeholders examine benefits of digital public infrastructure at IMF meeting
Speakers at a seminar during the recent spring meetings of the Bretton Woods institutions (IMF and World Bank) shared thoughts...
 
Outcome of public digital infrastructures should be social before being economical
Jaume Dubois, Senior consultant at ID30, previously former SVP Product and Projects at Gemalto, Thales and Laxton, explains its vision...
Malaysian digital ID companies pair up to address government market
Executives of a Malaysian public company have said they will invest an undisclosed sum in a biometrics developer, also in...
 
Belfast digital ID startup SureCert wins advisor role for Thailand’s digital ID strategy
Belfast-based digital identity and background check provider SureCert has won a contract to support the foundation of a national digital...
Digital identity schemes touted as drivers of economic growth in Ethiopia, Ghana
A policy advisor at Ethiopia’s MOSIP-based digital ID scheme, Gabriella Abraham, has described the project as a lever for the...
 
Global push to strengthen ID verification with selfie biometrics gains momentum
Selfie biometrics are being mandated for financial institutions in another jurisdiction, while SmartSearch has announced a new version of its...
European standards agency presents new proof of concept for user-centric digital ID
Up until recently, interaction with smart products and services often did not live up to users’ expectations due to technical...
 
Biometrics research community convenes in Switzerland to tackle top technical challenges
Biometrics researchers have an array of ideas for technologies, metrics and architectures to address the most serious threats to biometric...
  Mitek introduces liveness checking for checks
  Daon introduces TrustX cloud biometrics platform
  Precise seeks funding to weather smartphone biometrics dip
  StoneLock launches software for compliant biometric access control
  PopID adds palm for multimodal payments with Redrock partnership
  Smart Engines OCR now reads credit card numbers in more formats
  Intellicheck, OCR Labs, and Privately each pass security, privacy evaluations
  Clearview’s new storage system reduces stress on CPUs for database scalability
  Tech5 joins Secure Identity Alliance and OSIA to advance open standards in digital ID
  SynSense raises new funding for 3D edge vision chips, expects to reach $29M in B round
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...
 
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...
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,...
 
ISO PAD and FIDO testing comparison
Two of the most popular testing services that iBeta offers are ISO 30107 compliance, and FIDO Biometrics Component Certification. To...
Events and Webinars
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
Nigeria Cybersecurity Summit 2023
  April 27, 2023 - April 28, 2023
IFINTEC Finance Technologies Conference and Exhibition
  May 3, 2023 - May 4, 2023
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