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Investment pours into industry for voice and face biometrics, international expansion
This week we see big money being invested in voice biometrics and facial authentication with Microsoft acquiring Nuance and Veriff's funding round. Industry momentum is also seen with FPC and Zwipe expanding internationally, and digital identity solutions in development for health status and treatment .. Read the full report here.

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Biometrics News This Week
ID4Africa panel urges caution, debates trust framework for digital vaccine certificates
Some governments have begun accepting international travelers with digital proof of their health status. Questions around how these digital health...
 
Support for digital health passes high among consumers, government response mixed
Health passes and the connection they should have to digital identities are being considered by businesses and governments, but also...
SIA report: global increase in biometric border security and digital travel ID use
The Secure Identity Alliance (SIA) has published a comprehensive report on the future of identity management for border security and...
 
Getting back to normal with vaccine passports
By Mohammed Murad, vice president, global development and sales for Iris ID. Travel-related businesses, and the public they serve, eagerly...
Rollout of biometrics-backed health passes for travel recovery continues
Biometric systems for managing COVID-19 immunity and vaccination status are being launched and trialed around the world, and common through-lines...
 
Role of biometrics in healthcare highlighted by Idemia in Panacea seminar
A seminar organized by Horizon 2020 research and innovation project Panacea took place last week, highlighting the role of biometrics...
Microsoft buys Nuance for $19.7B, expands voice biometrics footprint
Microsoft is expanding its speech biometrics offerings for businesses and governments with the acquisition of Nuance Communications. Microsoft, which first...
 
Veriff Series B funding round nets $69M to expand biometric video IDV in American market
Veriff has raised $69 million in a Series B funding round to meet what the company says is accelerating demand for...
Keyless brings privacy-first biometrics to Microsoft, OneLogin, and Auth0 partnerships
Keyless announced that it has secured $9.2 million in funding after entering into partnerships with Microsoft Azure Active Directory B2C,...
 
Juniper predicts 1.4 billion software-based face biometric payments users by 2025
A market report by Juniper Research predicts an expansion of the use of software-based face biometrics to secure payment authentication,...
  3 proctoring app makers fidget as they are tested
  TypingDNA CEO honored for biometrics entrepreneurship
  Global ID 3D vein biometrics patent filing published in Hong Kong
  NYPD not true blue when it comes to facial recognition transparency
  Biometric data for music, game personalization draws controversy, research
  ID R&D expands support for face biometric liveness to Nvidia Jetson platform
  Colorado debates giving consumers biometric rights, including to sue vendors
  Young Frankensteins: Biometric authentication with electrical muscle stimulation
  EAB hosting events on banking biometrics in Europe and presentation attack detection
  Biometrics industry hires: Jumio, Suprema, Trusona, Papilon, Intellicheck, iProov expand teams
Biometrics White Papers
KYC Remediation: Mistakes and best practices
Regulatory scrutiny obliges banks to re-validate existing clients. Done right, it leads to better customer data and less fraud—but done...
 
Global Identity Fraud Report 2020
According to Merchant Savvy, global losses from fraud have tripled to USD 32.39 billion in 2020 from USD 9.84 billion...
Face recognition and the future air travel experience
Airports uniquely demand both a very high passenger throughput and a very high degree of security underpinned by the positive...
 
An introduction to presentation attack detection
Biometrics can deliver a unique combination of high security and ease of use in applications that require identity authentication, such...
Events and Webinars
MoneyFest
  April 19, 2021 - April 23, 2021
MoneyFest Online April 19 – 23, 2021 Financial firms need what each other has, whether that’s customers, deposits, innovation, licenses...
ID@Borders and Future of Travel Conference 2021
  April 20, 2021 - April 27, 2021
ID@Borders and Future of Travel Conference 2021 April 20th and 27th, 2021 Online and on demand As borders specialists continue...
Biometrics Challenges in the European Banking Ecosystem
  April 21, 2021 - April 23, 2021
Biometrics Challenges in the European Banking Ecosystem EAB Online Seminar April 21 and 23, 9:30-13:30 CEST The European Association for...
Identity Management Symposium
  April 21, 2021 - April 22, 2021
Identity Management Symposium Online April 21 – 22, 2021 DSI’s 7th Annual Identity Management Symposium will provide a town-hall type...
9th Border Security & Intelligence Summit
  April 28, 2021 - April 29, 2021
9th Border Security & Intelligence Summit National Harbor, MD April 28-29, 2021 DSI’s 9th Annual Border Security and Intelligence Summit...
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