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Flurry of biometrics rollouts and partnerships, payment cards to touchless access control
The markets for fingerprint biometrics in cards, facial recognition for physical access control systems, and both in mobile devices are gaining momentum. This week's most read stories contain a dozen new customer wins and partnerships, plus more than half a dozen new technology launches .. Keep reading this report

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Biometric Update Weekend Reading
Fingerprint Cards awarded biometric card manufacturing patent in US
Fingerprint Cards has been granted a biometrics patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the design and manufacturing...
 
Stripe launches selfie biometrics to join active identity verification market
Stripe is joining the market for remote biometric identity verification, just as Idemia, TruNarrative and Yoti have signed up new...
Fintechs race to adopt biometrics for remote KYC
More than three out of four millennials are “very satisfied” with using mobile device-based face biometrics for authentication, according to...
 
‘Red Teaming’ approach to biometric spoof attack detection testing discussed by BixeLab
A workshop held by BixeLab presents an alternative to ISO standards-based biometric system testing focussed on defeating spoof attacks, but...
EAB webinar looks at facial recognition for criminal investigations in EU countries
A recent webinar by the European Association for Biometrics (EAB) explored the role of facial recognition technologies in criminal investigations...
 
How fraudster behavior changed in our long 2020
By Collin Davis, CTO, Pindrop For three-quarters of last year, “business as usual” was a distant memory. Essential workers masked,...
Biometric access control launches, deployments indicate booming market
HID Global, Anviz and ZKTeco USA have all launched biometric access control technologies in the form of scanners for the...
 
Apple takes significant step towards biometric passwordless authentication
Apple is reportedly testing a new feature on iPhones and other devices allowing users to log in using passkeys with...
Nepal considers $14M biometric national ID card bids from Thales and Idemia
Competing bids from Thales and Idemia are being considered by Nepal’s government for a national biometric ID card program, which...
 
SITA, NEC and Star Alliance partner to extend touchless biometrics across airlines
A partnership has been formed by SITA, NEC and Star Alliance to expand the use of biometric identity for touchless...
SK Telecom partners with Octatco on biometric security key with quantum number generation
South Korea Telecom (SKT) has launched a keycard featuring fingerprint biometrics and quantum computing technology to provide secure logical access...
 
Governments and tech companies are ‘gaming the rules’ on biometrics, need hard lines
Greater legislative protections on the use of people’s biometrics are needed and technology companies need to be told to desist...
BBVA Mexico claims first contactless biometric payment card from Visa issued in Latin America
BBVA Mexico is launching a pair of new payment card offerings in collaboration with Visa, one of which features fingerprint...
 
Fingerprint biometrics preferred modality in Philippines digital banking space, Visa survey shows
A study carried out by Visa Consumer Payment Attitudes has revealed that more Filipinos have been embracing new payment methods...
  SIA sees trust in supporting role for avoiding biometric moratorium
  Trustmatic launches online biometric identity verification with Innovatrics partnership
  ISS continues Middle East biometrics market push with Dubai expansion
  Ipsidy rebrands to reflect biometric authentication focus, prepares for uplist
  APAC region share of biometric public security market forecast to grow
  New biometric sensor can discern 9 voices in a package small enough for a phone
  Biometrics earnings in hand, Mitek plans common stock repurchase up to $15M
  OCR Labs raises €12.5M to bring ID doc and selfie biometrics checks to UK, Turkish markets
  Testing standards and biometrics certification needed to combat fragmentation, Fime argues
  Behavioral biometrics market moves: Elisity raises $26M, D4t4 platform launch, BehavioSec patents
Biometrics White Papers
The dawn of end-to-end AML compliance
AML fines are rising each year as financial institutions continue to make the same compliance mistakes. Often, organizations must cobble...
 
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...
Events and Webinars
Identiverse
  June 21, 2021 - June 23, 2021
Identiverse Denver, CO June 21-23, 2021 Virtual Dates June 21-July 2  The brightest minds in the identity industry come here...
Aviation Festival Asia
  June 22, 2021 - June 23, 2021
Aviation Festival Asia Online June 22 – 23, 2021 Join Asia’s Largest Business Aviation Event! Aviation Festival Asia is broadcasting...
Aviation Festival Asia 2021
  June 22, 2021 - June 23, 2021
Aviation Festival Asia 2021 Singapore June 22 – 23, 2021 Join Asia’s Largest Business Aviation Event! The 16th edition of...
VoiceTech Summit Asia
  June 24, 2021 - June 26, 2021
VoiceTech Summit Asia Online June 24 – 25, 2021 Voice Tech Summit Asia is the first-ever two days AI-focus virtual...
Identify 2021
  June 29, 2021 - June 29, 2021
Identify 2021 Online June 29, 2021, 10:00 AM – 6:15 PM [BST] Identity and biometrics research, consulting and events organization...
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