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Alternative approaches to mobile device biometrics on the rise
Good news-bad news for Samsung in one of the most-read stories on Biometric Update this week, with an ultrasonic under-display fingerprint sensor apparently working better than internal corporate cybersecurity controls ... keep reading this report

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Thirdfort secures $20M in Series A funding as AML business scales
London-based biometric KYC and AML startup Thirdfort has secured £15 million (US$20 million) in a Series A funding round led...
 
Salto acquires Cognitec to build face biometrics into access control portfolio
Cognitec will join the Salto Group, adding the German face biometrics company’s technology to the Spanish electronic security and access control...
Keyless opens doors for software biometrics with FIDO2 certification, says co-founder
Months after Keyless became the first company to earn certificates for compliance with FIDO2 and FIDO Biometric Component standards for...
 
Cameroon seeks escape from its biometric national ID card woes
Isidore O., a 25-year-old Cameroonian living in the town of Bangem in the South West Region of the country applied...
Mobile phones for legal identity, not just digital: ID4Africa livecast
Mobile phones as a tool, a technology and an enabler of services were discussed in the first part of a...
 
Thailand’s NDID partners with Mastercard to connect digital IDs internationally
National Digital ID (NDID), both Thailand’s national digital identity platform for financial institutions and a private company, announces that following...
TSA launches digital identity roadmap
Among several familiar themes for airport biometrics – the need for collaboration, improved passenger processing times and experiences, the rapid...
 
Women in Biometrics Awards: Security Industry Association opens nominations
The Security Industry Association (SIA) opened the call for nominations for its 2022 Women in Biometrics Awards program on March...
U.S. states follow BIPA with biometric data privacy proposals
Florida’s House of Representatives has passed a bill to establish a data privacy bill in the state with a right...
 
Italian privacy authority fines Clearview AI €20M, orders biometrics deletion
The Italian privacy guarantor (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, or GPDP) has fined Clearview AI  €20,000,000 (US$22 million)...
Government-convened panel pitches strong collaboration to protect Canadian’s digital IDs
Canada is making fairly tentative advances in digital identity applications, according to a panel of experts, but it is well-positioned...
 
UK establishes Office for Digital Identities and Attributes, new legislation and trustmark
The UK government has established the interim Office for Digital Identities and Attributes (ODIA) to oversee security and privacy for...
  ID2020 seeks new ED as Gruener steps aside
  Microsoft finishes $19.7B acquisition of Nuance
  ITL’s age estimation certified for UK GDPR
  Yoti joins WEF coalition to advance global digital safety campaign
  Biometix joins with UNSW Canberra on synthetic biometric testing data
  Infinity Optics launches biometric cryptography SDK after CSIRO validates platform
  KSV granted patent on voice biometrics in various recording conditions by USPTO
  FacePhi biometrics certified by Spanish data protection scheme for public entities
  OCR Labs reaches highest level of remote digital ID proofing under Australian framework
  Samsung Galaxy biometric software hacked, overshadowing strong ultrasonic sensor performance
Biometrics White Papers
Anti-money laundering regulations in 2022: Understanding the global AML regulatory landscape
With the increased global focus on anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT), regulatory agencies around the...
 
Know your payments: A guide to AML compliance in the payments industry
With the surge in digital transformation in recent years, businesses now fully rely on the ability of their customers to...
Moving beyond CCTV’s limited out-of-the-box video analytics
Modern organizations understand that their network of CCTV cameras and the videos that these cameras record are the foundation to...
 
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...
Events and Webinars
ID4Africa LiveCasts: Mobile for Identity Management and Inclusive ID4D
  March 9, 2022 - April 27, 2022
ID4Africa LiveCasts: Mobile for Identity Management and Inclusive ID4D March 9 & 23, April 13 & 27: 13:30 GMT From...
World Police Summit
  March 14, 2022 - March 17, 2022
World Police Summit Dubai, UAE March 14 – 17, 2022 Hosted by Dubai Police, the World Police Summit will host...
Border Management & Technologies Summit Middle East 2022
  March 14, 2022 - March 16, 2022
Border Management & Technologies Summit Middle East 2022 March 14 – 16, 2022 Dubai, UAE IBMATA are pleased to announce...
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...
‘Explaining’ biometric recognition and PAD methods: xAI tools for face biometrics
  March 22, 2022 - March 22, 2022
“Explaining” biometric recognition and PAD methods: xAI tools for face biometrics EAB virtual lunch talk March 22, 2022 at 12:30-1:30pm...
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