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Innovation, funding and acquisition position biometrics providers for growth

Government biometrics projects involving passports, identity verification and border control generate controversy this week. Meanwhile, positive developments were announced by businesses positioning themselves for growth .. continue reading this report here
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Biometric Update Weekend Reading

IBT acquires Tailored Solutions to extend biometric background checks, identity management

IBT (Integrated Biometric Technology) has boosted its back-end capabilities for identity management to address biometrics demand in government services and stadiums...

Biometrics experts plead for scientific foundation to White House policy

Biometric technologies for establishing or confirming a person’s physical identity are not similar enough to those intended for emotional analysis...

ID.me founder defends claims, growing use of its biometric verification by US gov

A media backlash against ID.me and the claims of its Co-founder and CEO Blake Hall has erupted in U.S. media...

Video selfie biometrics growth carries Veriff to $1.5B valuation in $100M funding round

Veriff is the latest biometric provider to raise $100 million in funding, with a Series C at a valuation of $1.5...

Samsung one step closer to biometric payment cards arrival with integrated chip launch

Samsung has introduced a new all-in-one integrated circuit (IC) for fingerprint security as its next step into the biometric payment...

SAFR executive shares company’s biometrics progress in Japan

SAFR is growing steadily in Japan, having deployed its biometric technology at several Japanese construction sites last December. In an...

Calls for digital identity access in European Commission rights and principles proposal

The European Commission has reached out to both the European Parliament and Council to sign a new declaration on digital...

Australia files tender for national face biometrics, document verification services

Australia’s Department of Home Affairs has published a tender for ID document verification and face biometrics matching as components of its...

Biometrics use by Canadian border agency increasing. Maybe it already has

The COVID-19 pandemic has given the impetus for sweeping technological and behavioral change across various organizations, and biometrics are often...

TSA and CBP discuss travel biometrics progress

As January is about to conclude, many companies and government agencies are taking stock of their efforts in biometrics for...

US Treasury moots digital ID grants in FIDO webinar

The FIDO Alliance co-hosted the Identity, Authentication, and the Road Ahead Cybersecurity Policy Forum earlier this week, together with the...

DHS SVIP Program offering funding for biometric wearables

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) SVIP (Silicon Valley Innovation Program) has launched a new funding opportunity focused on...

Digital public goods and infrastructure can’t be stamped out on an assembly line

Ambitious plans for using digital public goods and infrastructure for national economic development are resulting in insights for the next...

ID4Africa digital identity Ambassadors group diversifies and grows for 2022

Women are better-represented in the 2022 ID4Africa Ambassador Class than ever before, with females making up 33 percent of the...

Global state of SSI and how to build on it: EU report

Biometrics and digital identity: 5 bold predictions for 2022

Biometrics earnings reports: better margins for Fingerprint Cards

Fourthline reports 170 percent YoY growth, predicts digital ID trends for 2022

Idemia NSS names government biometrics, Army veteran Patrick Clancey CEO

Pimloc raises $7.5M seed round for privacy-preserving surveillance footage AI

FaceTec tallies up banner year for 3D liveness checks, biometrics partnerships

Certn widens selfie biometrics availability for background checks with acquisition

Expanded Smart Engines customer base leads to 113M ID document scans in 2021

Paravision reports 70 percent facial recognition accuracy boost in latest NIST report

Biometrics White Papers

ID document verification impact report

In this new report, Aite-Novarica Group has rated Socure the #1 solution and market leader, with its Predictive DocV solution...

The rise of ethical facial recognition

Facial recognition offers tremendous benefits to businesses and society when used effectively and responsibly. It’s a convenient way to unlock...

How electronic IDs are changing identity verification in the EU and beyond

eIDAS is the European Union’s legislation that oversees electronic identification (eID), authentication and trust services for electronic transactions in the...

5 key qualities of a successful AML compliance program

The U.S. and foreign nations have established AML standards to stop financial criminal activity that can hurt your business and...

Events and Webinars

LEAP | Global Tech Event In Saudi Arabia

February 1, 2022 - February 3, 2022

LEAP | Global Tech Event In Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia February 1-3, 2022 The largest tech event in history just...

Idemia’s Biometric Breakfast

February 2, 2022 - February 2, 2022

Idemia’s Biometric Breakfast February 2, 2022 Vienna, Austria IDEMIA Biometric Devices’ next “Biometric breakfast” session will take place in Vienna,...

OIX 2022 Trust Framework Launch

February 3, 2022 - February 3, 2022

OIX 2022 Trust Framework Launch February 3, 2022, 10-11am EST OIX is a community for all those involved in the...

Why deepfakes aren’t the real challenge for remote biometrics – EAB virtual lunch talk

February 22, 2022 - February 22, 2022

Why deepfakes aren’t the real challenge for remote biometrics – EAB virtual lunch talk Online February 22, 2022 at 12:30-1:30pm...

GISEC 2022

March 21, 2022 - March 23, 2022

GISEC 2022 Dubai March 21 – 23, 2022 GISEC is the region’s most established and influential cybersecurity and infosec exhibition...

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