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Biometrics maturing for smartphones, smart cards and passports
Biometrics in consumer devices and technology to protect biometric data in passports continue to mature, as seen in several of the top headlines over the past week .. read the full report here

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Biometric Update Weekend Reading
Biometric cards developers prepare to support mass adoption for payments, access control
Biometric payment cards featured prominently among the presentations at the Asia Pacific Smart Card Association’s (APSCA’s) recent Next-Generation Cards 2022...
 
Children, interoperability, billion-dollar fines and browser biometrics: the Online Safety Bill
The UK government’s effectively crowd-sourced draft Online Safety Bill has managed yet another twist. Gone is the provision to regulate...
Advocacy groups urge US Congress to pass Improving Digital Identity Act
The Better Identity Coalition has joined with the Identity Theft Resource Center and eight other organizations to call on U.S....
 
UK and Ukraine sign digital trade deal, collaborate on digital identity
The UK and Ukraine have agreed a digital trade deal which is intended to help the Ukrainian economy and future...
Ghanaians encouraged to complete biometric capture for SIM registration as deadline nears
Some telecommunication service providers in Ghana have begun a partial block of SIM cards which have not been fully registered...
 
Rumors and infighting plague Liberia’s biometric voter registration procurement process
By Ayang Macdonald and Chris Burt The Public Procurement and Concessions Commission (PPCC) of Liberia has reportedly endorsed the choice...
Samsung Galaxy S23 line may use third-gen Qualcomm fingerprint biometrics
The Samsung Galaxy S23 lineup may integrate Qualcomm’s third-generation ultrasonic fingerprint reader when it comes out next year, according to...
 
World-first post-quantum biometric passport security demonstrated by Infineon, partners
A security controller made by semiconductor developer Infineon Technologies protects biometric and demographic data held in an e-passport from both...
US wants to ID travelers in a moving group in 3 seconds with biometrics
In a development that will hearten some, but give the most privacy-minded travelers a second thought about travel-related surveillance, the...
 
Speech recognition startup pulls in a respectable series B round of funding
There still is significant funding heat to be found in biometrics. A speech recognition startup is reporting that it has...
Research indicates improved skin tone calibration can raise face biometrics accuracy
Skin tone is not just Black and white. It is also not quite what camera calibration systems represent it as,...
 
Facial recognition ruled out for 2024 Olympics and Paralympics by French Ministry of Sport
France’s Ministry of Sport confirmed that the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris will not make use of facial...
UK government moves against Chinese-made security cameras in public sector
The UK Government Security Group has instructed government departments to stop deploying security cameras provided by Chinese companies subject to...
 
Unflattering spotlight grows brighter on Chinese biometric surveillance firms
The pressure campaign to get Chinese facial recognition firm Tiandy Technologies on a sanctions or export control list has not...
  Multi-factor authentication firm Hypr nets $25M in latest round of fundraising
  Moscow court rules in favor of Smart Engines in Citibank ID scanning software row
  Takeover begets Mangopay takeover in biometric fraud prevention sector
  Reorg to shave millions in one-time costs for Precise Biometrics
  Secunet biometrics software integrated within Suprema ID’s new document reader
  Regula providing ID document verification for biometric onboarding by UBS
  Aratek introduces new biometric kiosk for border control at Bangkok conference
  Intellicheck ID document authentication gets 6-month trial to curb under-age drinking
  Fingerprint Cards urges FIDO2 and biometrics use to increase security of access control
  Rank One gets nod on ISO-IEC biometric PAD standard, wins a school security contract
Biometrics White Papers
On-demand webinar – Biometrics at the Edge
Edge computing is one of the major trends in infrastructure for IT systems, including those that use artificial intelligence. But...
 
Single-frame facial liveness detection: How it works to reduce user friction and abandonment
The ability to ascertain facial liveness from a single-image frame enables high-performance presentation attack detection without adding friction to the...
Mitigating demographic bias in facial presentation attack detection
Bias in AI-powered biometric algorithms can lead to unfair treatment of individuals in certain demographic groups based on their gender,...
 
On-demand webinar – 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
6th Border Management and Identity Conference (6th BMIC)
  December 7, 2022 - December 9, 2022
ID4Africa LiveCast Episode 36
  December 7, 2022
Aviation Festival Asia 2023
  February 28, 2023 - March 1, 2023
SECON 2023
  March 29, 2023 - March 31, 2023
Digital Onboarding Forum
  April 12, 2023 - April 13, 2023
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