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Funding is out there for biometrics, to meet diverse but specific needs
Investments in biometrics and technologies supporting digital identity made up several of the most widely-read stories of the week .. read the full report here

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Biometric Update Weekend Reading
Gates Foundation commits $200M to digital ID and other public infrastructure
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has renewed its commitment to digital ID, topping up its investment in the space...
 
UK plans next round of biometrics self-enrollment trials for apps and kiosks
The UK’s Biometrics Self-Enrolment Feasibility Trials have reached Phase 2, with a request for expression of interest from developers of...
Venture capital will fund biometrics startups based on founders and focus over product
Fund managers at big venture capital firms want to invest in biometrics, but have a hard time judging which technologies...
 
Use biometric and MFA layers to block gaps in fraud protection created by digitization
Digitization continues to change the kinds of fraud opportunities available to cybercriminals, even as the most common targets struggle to...
Signzy raises $26M to enhance no-code biometric workflow digitalization platform
Signzy has disclosed an INR 210 crore (approximately US$26 million) series B funding round led by Gaja Capital with participation...
 
iiDENTIFii secures $15M in funding to expand face biometric authentication across Africa
South Africa-based iiDENTIFii has secured 272 million South Africa Rand (approximately US$15.2 million) in a series A funding round to...
Ugandan officials emphasize inclusive digital ID plan to enroll 17M unregistered citizens
The National Identification and Registration Authority of Uganda (NIRA) says it is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that each...
 
GAIN one year in: demos successful but plenty of work ahead to reach global interoperability
Creating ways for digital identities to work anywhere in the world is endlessly complex. GAIN, or the Global Assured Identity...
The thing most people fear about facial recognition spreading from China
The dark side of facial recognition, long warned about by privacy and human rights advocates, is growing in starker relief....
 
EU parliament majority now in favor of banning AI surveillance in public
Renew, the third largest group in the EU parliament, has joined the Greens and Socialists & Democrats groups in backing...
Researchers pitch model law for facial recognition to Australian government
Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney have published a model law to regulate facial recognition technologies in the country....
 
Attorneys, digital rights advocates want facial recognition process open to discovery in court
Two digital rights groups and a defendants’ rights association are arguing in a New Jersey court that evidence discovery in...
Criticism of Liberia’s biometric voter registration contract rumored to irk Chinese embassy
The latest twist in an ongoing saga over the contract to support Liberia’s biometric voter registry is a complaint from...
 
India, Nigeria, Pakistan discuss sustainable financing for digital ID schemes with ID4Africa
Designing identity authorities based on business models which can generate funds for the proper functioning and sustainability of their systems...
  Clearview granted patent for building biometric training dataset by USPTO
  Oosto offers advice on facial recognition implementations for stadium security
  Ideal Innovations wins $63M DoD multimodal biometrics collection contract
  Tascent’s multimodal biometrics contracted for Palau border, Australian prisons
  Pangiam on US hiring spree as Trulioo cuts staff and SMB digital identity portfolio
  PayByFace expansion brings retail biometrics to South Africa, India, UAE, US
  Speechmatics, Yoti selected for Tech Nation’s Future Fifty accelerator program
  Texas university launches lab to investigate AI bias with support from Pangiam
Biometrics White Papers
Preventing stadium violence
Many stadiums and sports venues are left wondering how they can safeguard the fan experience and keep hooligans, criminals and...
 
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...
Solving fraud in banking with trusted identities
One of the biggest challenges facing banks today is providing secure and trusted services while substantially improving the customer experience....
 
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...
Events and Webinars
UK Home Office biometric self-enrolment technology – findings from recent large scale trials and future plans
  October 4, 2022
Identity Week America
  October 4, 2022 - October 5, 2022
GITEX Global
  October 10, 2022 - October 14, 2022
Digital Transformation EXPO (DTX)
  October 12, 2022 - October 13, 2022
Authenticate 2022
  October 17, 2022 - October 19, 2022
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