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Online biometric authentication and interoperability talks to advance digital identity ecosystems
Another major funding announcement cracks the top stories of the week on Biometric Update, along with advancing and interoperable digital ID systems, and controversies related to automated identification systems .. Read the full report here

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Biometric Update Weekend Reading
OCR Labs raises $30M to grow global face biometrics presence, plans to double staff
Australian ID verification and biometrics startup OCR Labs has raised $30 million in Series B funding to grow in the...
 
Beyond Identity raises $100M to expand passwordless authentication worldwide
New York-based Beyond Identity has raised $100 million in a fundraising round to grow its presence in the multi-factor authentication...
Pimloc CEO on meeting the highest privacy denominator and adding biometrics features
Multiple factors will increase demand for AI and software that can both obscure biometrics and personal information in video surveillance...
 
BioID shares sobering research on deepfakes and biometric liveness detection with EAB
Deepfake images and videos pose a significant threat to biometric systems used for remote identity verification, and though existing liveness...
Biometrics for every stage of a more effective global COVID-19 response
A new white paper outlines the benefits and risks of integrating biometrics in response to COVID-19 in humanitarian and developing...
 
The need for identity trust — what successful Trust Frameworks must encompass
By Nick Mothershaw, Chief Identity Strategist at the Open Identity Exchange (OIX) A shared digital future has to work well for...
NEC Africa takes South African government to court over biometric contract awarded to Idemia
NEC Africa is taking South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and technology services provider EOH to court to have a...
 
UK government selects Deloitte to produce One Login digital identity app
The UK’s Government Digital Service (GDS) has selected professional services firm Deloitte to develop a smartphone app to check individuals’...
How digital identity could unlock Nigeria’s economic and social potential
The potential benefit that digital identity could bring to financial services, e-commerce and government in Nigeria are explored in a...
 
Progress on international digital ID interoperability: DGX report
Singapore’s Digital Government Exchange (DGX) Digital Identity Working Group (DIWG) has published a new report highlighting the efforts of eight...
ITIF, former DHS exec push back on criticisms of facial recognition use by US agency
The Internal Revenue Agency (IRS) should have taken a more measured response to the controversy around its use of identity...
 
Downwind of IRS decision to back off biometric authentication: More change
An event as significant as the U.S. Internal Revenue Service distancing itself from biometric identifier vendor ID.me was bound to...
  Businesses need robust digital identity too
  Dominican Republic begins work on Haiti biometric border wall
  Onfido, IDnow ride selfie biometrics to record growth in Q4 2021
  Tech5 identifies five key principles for training of biometrics systems
  Anonybit partners with Aware to preserve biometric template privacy
  Clearview AI, Trust Stamp add biometrics research leaders amid patent pushes
  California BIPA copy proposed as biometric data privacy proposals proliferate
  Global face biometrics pass rate 95 percent; Sumsub sees room for improvement
  Unissey, ME Group face biometrics each pass liveness compliance testing by CLR Labs
  Apple ditches fingerprint sensors on upcoming iPhones, pushes hard on Face ID through masks
Biometrics White Papers
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...
 
How edge computing is set to benefit the market for biometric identification technologies
The advancement of edge AI hardware and software presents a significant opportunity to improve the accuracy and security of biometric...
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
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...
Identity Management Symposium
  April 6, 2022 - April 7, 2022
Identity Management Symposium Oxon Hill, Maryland April 6-7, 2022 DSI’s 8th Annual Identity Management Symposium will focus on the technologies...
SECON 2022
  April 20, 2022 - April 22, 2022
SECON 2022KINTEX, KoreaApril 20 – 22, 2022SECON is the biggest professional B2B security event as well as a comprehensive security...
ID@Borders and Future of Travel Conference 2022
  April 26, 2022 - April 27, 2022
ID@Borders and Future of Travel Conference 2022 Brussels, Belgium April 26-27, 2022 As some of us are coming out of...
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