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Biometrics industry maturation shown in deals and IP

The scale of biometrics product integrations, apps, database searches and an acquisition this week demonstrate the industry’s advancing maturity, and its full cycle ... read more here
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How Clearview developed its method for fast search on an above-billion scale database

Databases used in facial recognition are growing to previously-unseen scale, which for Clearview AI created a need to develop a...

Digital ID case studies suggest solvable technical issues, but raise fundamental questions

Digital platforms that government systems are being built on, like digital ID, promise greater inclusion and protection for citizens, but...

Socure adds document verification engine from Berbix in $70M acquisition

Socure has acquired San Francisco-based document verification software maker Berbix for $70 million in cash and stocks to integrate its...

US facial recognition developers jockey for position in NIST accuracy testing

U.S. developers do not appear among the first seven algorithms of the leaderboard for the Face Recognition Vendor Test for...

Tentative political agreement reached on revised EU digital ID framework proposal

Representatives of the Council and Parliament of the European Union have agreed on key elements contained in the proposed legislative...

EU financial associations want traditional payments excluded from eIDAS regulation

Financial institutions and digital commerce entities in Europe are calling for clarification on some wordings used in the EU’s Digital...

Use of face biometrics sharply criticized in two US criminal cases

Kylese Perryman, 21, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against two police agencies in the U.S. state of Minnesota...

Biometrics are moving the restaurant industry beyond cards and phones

In an era of rapid technological advancements, biometric payment methods are emerging as a game-changer for the restaurant industry. Integrating...

Australia’s new digital ID strategy calls for more biometrics, stronger data protection

Australia’s federal government has released what it calls a National Strategy for Identity Resilience, which outlines how state and territory...

Identifying billions: white paper touts economic heft of digital ID

The convenience and practical security benefits of digital credentials are often listed among their top benefits. But a new white...

Early and proactive public engagement needed for DPI projects: panel

Digital Public Infrastructure has become a hot topic in the development and identity communities, but as with any technology, will...

Birth registration efforts advance with funding support announcements for Cameroon, Tanzania

Reports of funding support for the implementation of different civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) and birth registration projects have...

Can biometrics put a dent in humanitarian aid theft? Nothing else has

A pattern for international food aid has been set. Biometric checks that to date have been marketed as a nice-to-have...

Biometrics registration on the way to the US border is not getting easier for migrants

Information technology’s benefits can be intangible and hard to quantify, but its failings are often apparent. Evidence of this can...

UIDAI refuses disclosure on liveness project as Indian police crack down on cybercrime

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has declined to answer inquiries regarding its recent efforts to combat Aadhaar-based frauds,...

Researchers defeat voice biometric security by targeting common liveness approaches

Shortcomings in voice presentation attack detection are making it surprisingly easy to defeat biometric defenses. A pair of Canadian computer...

BixeLab NIST certification for biometric testing extended

Innovatrics launches DNA search capability for law enforcement

Worldcoin launches digital ID, proof of personhood in Germany

Border protection in US debuts biometric app using FaceTec liveness

FBI’s iris biometrics repository reaches 2.5 million with tech from Iris ID

Integrated Biometrics scanners now compliant with MOSIP Android specs

IrisGuard biometrics to support Ethiopia’s G2C payments, financial inclusion

New facial authentication module launched by Alcatraz AI for easy integration

Daon adds algorithms to improve deepfake detection for voice and face biometrics

Regula updates ID document scanning to detect image forgeries, snuff out ‘ghost’ images

Biometrics White Papers

Using biometric technology to fight public sector benefit fraud

The pandemic caused a scramble to digitize typically in-person services in order to provide extensive financial aid to those in...

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...

Events and Webinars

Zero Trust Government Symposium

July 19, 2023 - July 20, 2023

Digital Transformation via Open Public Stacks

July 20, 2023 - July 21, 2023

4th Annual Digital Forensics for National Security Symposium

August 2, 2023 - August 3, 2023

Cyber DSA 2023

August 15, 2023 - August 17, 2023

BIOSIG 2023 – 22nd international conference of the biometrics special interest group

September 20, 2023 - September 22, 2023

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