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Biometrics rolling out at scale in maturing markets with next ones on horizon
Biometrics for age verification and payments made up two of the top stories of the week, but the main theme is future adoption. ... read more here

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Cameroon launches video surveillance with live facial recognition in largest city
An Annex facility of the National Command and Control Centre for Video Surveillance has gone operational in Douala in a...
 
Pilot shows digital travel credentials’ evolution in progress
By Yunus Emre Yıldırım, Legal & Policy Intern at European Association for Biometrics Identity Week Europe 2023 was held in...
UK financial authorities work with industry on digital ID, US regulator signals support
UK payments and self-sovereign identity firm Nuggets has worked on developing a digital wallet solution for a retail use case...
 
G7 data protection authorities endorse 3-pillar plan, nod to privacy-enhancing tech
The G7 Data Protection and Privacy Authorities (DPAs) have endorsed a plan based on three pillars resulting from a roundtable...
A nice $14M seed for an AI company making model-monitoring software
Machine learning software maker Deepchecks has received a healthy $14 million seed round. Company executives have taken the opportunity to...
 
CloudWalk joins $421M funding round for chipmaker amid potential AI pivot
China-based facial recognition software firm CloudWalk has joined a 3-billion-yuan (US$421 million) series D round for ESWIN Computer, also based...
EU Digital Identity Wallet technical specifications out in the next weeks
Preparations are ramping up for the European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI) launch with the European Commission revealing that its technical...
 
Civil society groups warn about EU Digital ID Wallet privacy, discrimination risks
The European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet is about to create an “unprecedented” risk for Europeans in their online and offline...
Bhutan’s digital ID bill scales through National Assembly amid accountability concerns
Members of the National Assembly of Bhutan on Monday June 19 overwhelmingly voted in favour the National Identity Bill which...
 
The case for an integrated digital CRVS system for African countries
Speakers during the ID4Africa Livecast on June 21, which was dedicated to summarising key points from some workshops during the...
DHS S&T earmarks $1.7M to build W3C standards into digital wallets
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is making $1.7 million available for participants in contracts to develop and adapt digital...
 
FIDO Alliance gets ITU approval for two specifications in passwordless authentication
The International Telecommunication Union’s Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) has recognized two of the FIDO Alliance’s remote authentication specifications – FIDO...
Meta declines to make voice tool public as BixeLab highlights voice fraud concerns
AI voice technology can quite literally bring a voice to the voiceless and help us transcend language barriers. Even with...
 
Generative speech firm ElevenLabs raises $19M, launches tool to snuff out deepfakes
As the risks presented by generative AI fraud may be growing worldwide, ElevenLabs has unveiled a new tool that will...
Quality, depth, and scale of AI fraud poses greatest financial services threat in history
By Mike Gross, VP, Applied Fraud Research & Analytics at Experian Over the last year, artificial intelligence (AI), especially ChatGPT...
 
Sumsub launches deepfake detection tool, announces pivot to ‘full-cycle verification’
London-based identity verification firm Sumsub has incorporated enhanced deepfake detection technology into its existing biometric liveness detection solution. Sumsub’s liveness...
  Patent granted to ID R&D for way to increase liveness detection speed and accuracy
  Paravision takes top spot in accuracy matching to NIST’s new high-angle dataset
  UK retailer uses ITL biometrics to verify age as teen vaping risks pile up
  Tech5 claims victory in contactless fingerprint liveness competition
  Access management firm NineID launches with a $1.2M round
  Persona wins major gaming client as age verification grows up
  Idemia grabs a piece of Digi Yatra airport biometrics rollout
  Smart Engines ID document scanning tech receives US patent
  Daon granted patents for verification of government-issued IDs
  Details of HID tech partner program for mobile solutions revealed
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...
 
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...
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...
 
Solving fraud in banking with trusted identities
One of the biggest challenges facing banks today is providing secure and trusted services while substantially improving the customer experience....
Events and Webinars
Seamless Asia 2023
  June 27, 2023 - June 28, 2023
FinTech Connect 2023
  June 27, 2023
ICT Spring
  June 29, 2023 - June 30, 2023
Zero Trust Government Symposium
  July 19, 2023 - July 20, 2023
Digital Transformation via Open Public Stacks
  July 20, 2023 - July 21, 2023
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