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Lucrative biometrics contracts for government credentials, authorization unveiled
Ethiopia’s national digital ID program, an Australian government contract, a series of announcements out of the UK, and U.S. digital ID legislation were among the week’s top stories .. read the full report here

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Biometric Update Weekend Reading
Shrinking commands, ageing voices and microphones everywhere: Pindrop’s future for voice biometrics
“Where we want to be is to more or less reproduce banking as it was done 100 years ago when...
 
Smartmetric CEO claims progress towards American biometric payment card launch
A battery-powered biometric payment card designed for the U.S. market is approaching readiness from Smartmetric, and takes a different approach...
UK outlines plans to increase biometrics for immigration, travel
“By 2025, the UK border will look very different,” states the New Plan for Immigration: Legal Migration and Border Control,...
 
Australia outsourcing biometrics capture aspect of visa issuance
Australia is looking for private companies to handle the biometrics information collection component of its visa process as the number...
UK’s first look at biometrics self-enrollment systems didn’t wow, but new trials planned
The British Home Office wants to hear from biometrics self-enrollment researchers and vendors capable of supplying self-service kiosk, phone apps...
 
NIN numbers, corruption, forex, lack of booklets: Nigeria’s passport woes to be investigated
Nigeria’s House of Representatives is to establishing an ad hoc committee to investigate why there is a shortage of booklets...
Digital ID cards for right to work proposed as migrant crisis fix by Tony Blair Institute
The stream of migrants to the UK arriving in small boats has prompted The Tony Blair Institute to propose a...
 
US law could give nation 50 digital IDs backed by many more databases
Digital ID legislation that could not even get out of committee last year in the U.S. House of Representatives has...
Congo’s troubled, lucrative biometric passport contract still open?
It still is not known who, if anyone, has won a contract to make biometric passports for the Democratic People’s...
 
Corruption runs deep in some EU nations when issuing passports
News reports out of The Netherlands and Cyprus, both members of the European Union, document systemic passport fraud. News publisher...
Post GDPR ‘Global Britain’ to be built by restricting data protection rights, recourse
A new bill has been introduced to the UK parliament which proposes significant changes to data protection, biometrics, law enforcement,...
 
British police deploy live facial recognition, license plate recognition to make 11 arrests
British police operating in London and the northwest of England recently used live facial recognition (LFR), operator initiated facial recognition...
UK data regulator ICO sets out plan to be recognized and used by public and business
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data regulator, has launched a plan to become better known and better used...
 
UK government positions itself away from EU on AI regulation while testing how light touch it can go
The UK government launched a trio of documents concerning AI on 18 July, all with the general purpose of fostering...
  The password paradigm at Identiverse 2022
  Microsoft touts new biometrics-based contact center platform
  New adversarial mask designs evade facial recognition systems
  Fingerprint Cards retracts forecasts amid worsening market, financials
  FaceTec says use of biometric liveness solution grew nearly 60% in Q2
  A buyout, private investment and geo expansion for biometric KYC firms
  Zimbabwean start-up lands €250K award with biometric verification solution
  Combate à Fraude picks new CEO to lead digital ID market expansion efforts
  Ethiopia using Tech5 biometric engine, digital ID in MOSIP-based scheme pre-launch
  Funding activity announced by Unum ID and Liquid Avatar to scale online digital identities
Biometrics White Papers
The ultimate retail experience starts with facial recognition
As digital transformation sweeps across our society, bringing together the physical and virtual worlds, the retail space is changing in...
 
5 success factors for onboarding more good customers faster
Onboarding is not just about keeping bad actors out, it’s about letting good customers in. Unfortunately for many companies, the...
Customer identity continuity: why it’s critical
Industry analysts and practitioners explain how challenges with customer experience, fraud, and consistency throughout the customer lifecycle can be solved...
 
Create trusted, seamless access control experiences with visual AI: a how-to guide
Incorporating biometric technology into your access control system can solve some of these challenges, and it’s likely that you’ve done...
Events and Webinars
Digital Forensics for National Security Symposium
  July 27, 2022 - July 28, 2022
Digital Forensics for National Security Symposium National Harbor, MD  July 27 – 28, 2022 DSI’s 3rd Annual Digital Forensics for...
Security Exhibition & Conference
  August 17, 2022 - August 19, 2022
Security Exhibition & Conference Sydney, Australia August 17 – 19, 2022 The security landscape has evolved. Integrating physical security with...
SPIE Remote Sensing
  September 5, 2022 - September 8, 2022
SPIE Remote Sensing Berlin, Germany September 5 – 8, 2022 SPIE Sensors + Imaging 2022 combines two of Europe’s best...
Identity Week Asia
  September 6, 2022 - September 7, 2022
Identity Week Asia Singapore September 6-7, 2022 Identity Week Asia is a conference and exhibition bringing together the brightest minds...
Future Tech Expo & Summit
  September 12, 2022 - September 13, 2022
Future Tech Expo & Summit Sultanate of Oman and Online September 12 – 13, 2022 After its successful launch, as...
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