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Digital wallets and mobile ID to be taken at more TSA checkpoints
Android customers in Maryland have a new option for identity verification at select U.S. airports, with the announcement that the...
 
Kuwait to collect biometric data of everyone entering the country
Kuwait intends to set up a biometric fingerprint database for everyone who lives in the country over the age of...
Angola seals financing agreement for $139M biometric passport contract
The green light has now been given for the supply of a new generation biometric passport for Angola after a...
 
Nigeria reaches 100M digital IDs issuance milestone, eyes World Bank target
Nigeria’s Digital Economy Minister Ali Isa Ibrahim Pantami is being praised for spearheading efforts which led Nigeria to issuing 61...
Togo brings in Atos and Idemia to build national digital ID program
The government of Togo has hired Atos and Idemia to create a MOSIP-based national digital ID program for its citizens....
 
Population scale ID verification in focus at ID4Africa 2023
The various options available when it comes to identity verification at population scale for access to services, the challenges as...
Papua New Guinea could be heading for a country-wide digital identity system ‘by 2025’
Papua New Guinea could be heading for a country-wide digital identity system by 2025 according to statements from two of...
 
Philippines govt expedites digital IDs
The government of Philippines is hoping to expedite the issuance of digital identity cards to nationals with the Department of...
Turkish minister sued after showcasing gov’t facial recognition app
Turkey’s minister of interior is facing a data privacy lawsuit after going on air to show off a state-developed mobile...
 
Irish police watchdog warns of facial recognition abuse, UK police defends the technology
Ireland’s police watchdog said that they will need significant funds in order to track potential abuse of facial recognition technology...
EU data watchdog publishes guidelines on facial recognition in policing
As the debates over the AI Act heats up, the European Union’s data protection watchdog has published its final set...
 
DHS HART program still behind schedule and over-budget
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has implemented some but not all of a critical replacement plan for outdated computer...
US states closely watching federal rule changes on biometrics
Amazon lost two notable biometrics arguments with a U.S. regulator this week, but they are miniscule compared to analyses that...
 
GDPR 5 years on: Spain, Ireland lead in issuing fines; Meta hit hardest
Five years ago – May 12, 2018, in fact – the Bulgarian Personal Data Protection Commission fined a domestic bank...
EU, US might not be best digital ID models, but they can help African leaders
Members of the digital ID communities in the United States and European Union talked up the federated approach to digital...
 
Evrotrust’s eID scheme made Bulgaria’s official digital identity program, expands to Romania
Evrotrust’s eID scheme has been made Bulgaria’s official digital identity program, following a decision by the Council of Ministers of...
  IrisGuard to verify IDs for aid recipients in Iraq
  Innovatrics ABIS gets high marks on NIST ELFT benchmark
  Alice Biometrics earns high-security certification in Spain
  Trust Stamp gains approval for multi-factor authentication patent
  Sensory fast-tracks accurate custom voice UIs using ChatGPT generative AI
  OCR Labs to identify as IDVerse, reflecting changes in digital ID verification
  Socure updates KYC solution, improves onboarding rates for Gen Z customers
  YouVerify expands to Kenya, KYC platform updates from Shufti, Veridas, Keesing
  iProov, FacePhi certified under UK Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework
  Nok Nok’s customer expansion continues, spurred by Fido Alliance’s new passkey guidelines
Biometrics White Papers
iProov Biometric Threat Intelligence Report 2023
As face verification gains traction and becomes more prevalent, threat actors are developing evermore sophisticated ways to circumvent these systems...
 
Yoti MyFace liveness white paper
Liveness is an essential part of any verification or authentication process. It gives you reassurance that you are dealing with...
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...
 
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...
Events and Webinars
Border Security Week
  June 6, 2023 - June 7, 2023
Digital Identity unConference Europe​ 2023
  June 7, 2023 - June 9, 2023
Webinar: Is your digital onboarding really digital?
  June 15, 2023
Future Identity Finance
  June 20, 2023
Biometrics Institute: US Discussion Day 2023
  June 21, 2023
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