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Financial services and biometrics organizations continue contactless courtship
Biometrics and digital ID solutions for safe work and financial transactions continue to be launched, and increasingly rolled out, as the world plans for social and economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic .... Read the whole story here.

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Financial services and biometrics organizations continue contactless courtship with fingerprints, face, behavior
Biometrics and digital ID solutions for safe work and financial transactions continue to be launched, and increasingly rolled out, as...
 
Biometrics evolution in payments enabled by contactless advances: Infineon executives
The idea to use fingerprint biometrics to enhance the security of payment cards has a longer history than many people...
SuperCom raises $3.2M to support health and security biometrics growth
SuperCom is the latest publicly traded biometrics company to raise funds with a share placement, as Ping Identity shareholders look...
 
Veriff raises $15.5M as biometric selfie and ID check onboarding services grow
Veriff has raised €13.7 million (US$15.5 million) in Series A funding to accelerate its global growth and increase enterprise sales of...
Onfido reports massive growth in facial biometrics sales driven by U.S. demand
Onfido has reported a 40 percent quarter-over-quarter rise in global sales ending June 30, 2020, and a 264 percent year-over-year...
 
First half 2020 results for ID R&D show biometric authentication reaching mainstream
A combination of factors have driven ID R&D to three times more customer signups in the second quarter of its fiscal...
Biometrics leaders added by five organizations and sought by two more as outlooks remain strong
Staffing and board appointments have been announced by SAFR, AnyVision, Q5id, Callsign, and the Identity Defined Security Alliance, while Booz...
 
Tech5 names industry veteran Rob Haslam as Strategic Advisor for new biometric platform
Tech5 has named secure ID document and biometrics industry veteran Rob Haslam as Strategic Adviser to define a three-year strategy...
Leidos strikes traveler biometrics deal worth potential $960M with U.S. border protection
Leidos will provide biometric capture devices and other technology for processing and vetting travelers under a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) worth...
 
Consumer comfort with biometrics for banking rises; companies pitch public and financial services
Consumers are ready to use biometrics for card payments, Fingerprint Cards says, and the company is talking directly to them in...
  Video surveillance to drive biometric facial recognition market to $12.9B by 2027
  Biometric surveillance opposition erupting globally like summer temperatures
  Fingerprint Cards and STMicroelectronics co-develop Biometric System-on-Card platform
  Facial recognition needs auditing and ethics standards to be safe, AI Now bias critic argues
  Secunet white paper argues biometric kiosks needed for efficient European EES border control
  Nigeria shows biometric flexibility, slow progress on voter registers continues across Africa
Biometrics White Papers
Remote onboarding: How banks are changing the game
The number of new in-branch account openings was already on a sharp decline before the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the shift...
 
Telco contact center fraud detector
When it comes to identity fraud specifically for telcos, fraudsters target the contact center with various scams. Fortunately, the latest...
The ABCs of eKYC
In today’s digital-first world, businesses subject to KYC requirements must find a way to create onboarding and authentication processes that...
 
The important role of liveness detection in face biometric authentication
In order for face biometrics to truly gain mainstream adoption as a better mode of authentication, it is essential to...
Events and Webinars
Cyber Security & Privacy Summit 2020
  July 16, 2020 - July 16, 2020
Cyber Security & Privacy Summit 2020 Online July 16, 2020 Opal’s Cyber Security and Privacy Summit brings together professionals with...
Launch workshop: The Biometrics Institute Good Practice Framework
  July 16, 2020 - July 16, 2020
Launch workshop: The Biometrics Institute Good Practice Framework Online July 16, 12:00-14:30 BST Biometrics Institute members are invited to join...
ID4Africa webinar – Spotlight on Unique Digital Identity Numbers
  July 23, 2020 - July 23, 2020
Spotlight on Unique Digital Identity Numbers Webinar (Free) July 23, 2020 at 2:30pm – 4:00pm CET/Paris Time Ongoing debates surrounding...
8th Border Security & Intelligence Summit
  July 29, 2020 - July 30, 2020
8th Border Security & Intelligence Summit Alexandria, VA July 29 – 30, 2020 DSI’s Border Security and Intelligence Summit will...
The 3rd Guangzhou Int’l Smart Retail Expo (SRE 2020)
  August 3, 2020 - August 5, 2020
The 3rd Guangzhou Int’l Smart Retail Expo (SRE 2020) Guangzhou, China August 3 – 5, 2020 Guangzhou Int’l Smart Retail...
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