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Trust frameworks and biometrics innovation to boost financial inclusion and digital ID adoption
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Biometric Update Weekend Reading
Canadian report considers biometrics, ID banks to improve financial inclusion
Biometrics are one of the top solutions suggested in a new report to mitigate barriers to acquiring and using ID...
 
Digital identity trust frameworks – could ID-free UK show the way?
Details emerged for plans for the UK’s digital identity landscape via a series of talks at London Identity Week on...
NGI delivers faster results from more biometric modalities with no shopping mall storage
FBI biometrics no longer fill a defunct shopping mall, and requests no longer take months to process, but contactless fingerprints...
 
Time is running out — preparation for digital ID adoption must start now
By Nick Mothershaw, Chief Identity Strategist at the Open Identity Exchange (OIX) Digital-first initiatives have had their place on board...
DHS suggests face biometrics bias reduction method, quantifies demographic effects
Removing facial features associated with race and gender can make face biometric algorithms less likely to confuse people with others...
 
Aadhaar biometrics allegedly targeted by Chinese state-sponsored hacker group
TAG-28, a hacker group thought to be supported by the Chinese government, has been attacking the Unique Identification Authority of...
Growing SIM swap fraud threat necessitates strong identity verification
By Stuart Neal, General Manager for Identity at Boku Inc. Mobile banking has become a smartphone practice as common as...
 
Researchers use makeup to elude facial recognition via novel black-box attack
Researchers at Israeli ​​Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have found a way to thwart facial recognition cameras using certain software-generated...
Digital ID infrastructure broadens economies, worth the effort — panel
In an interesting twist, a bureaucrat from a tiny West African nation has advice about fielding digital IDs in developed...
 
Trust Stamp tokenized biometrics for Mastercard financial inclusion initiative
Mastercard has chosen Trust Stamp to provide biometric privacy technology for its African financial inclusion initiative with Paycode. The Mastercard...
Precise Biometrics CEO exits, search for replacement begins
Stefan K. Persson is stepping down as CEO of Precise Biometrics to pursue new challenges, according to a company announcement. Precise’s...
 
ForgeRock raises $275M and reaches $2.8B valuation in IPO
The latest major IPO in the biometrics space with ForgeRock’s initial public offering raking in $275 million and its stock...
  Digital identity evaluation tools to be turned on Africa
  Sberbank sells VisionLabs stake to focus on STC biometrics
  Jumio brings in IPO veteran as biometrics growth spurs hiring
  Presentation attack detection might not suffer with gender bias
  UL develops compliance program for mobile driver’s license tools
  Aware CCO pitches NIST Digital Identity Guidelines at Identity Week
  Physical start for digital ID and cryptograph wrappers at Identity Week Day 2
  SIA promotes digital ID document verification techniques amid expanded issuance
  Techsign secures funding to deliver biometric authentication, KYC services beyond Turkey
  Multi-spectral face biometrics, emotion recognition and deepfakes discussed at EAB seminar
Biometrics White Papers
How electronic IDs are changing identity verification in the EU and beyond
eIDAS is the European Union’s legislation that oversees electronic identification (eID), authentication and trust services for electronic transactions in the...
 
Mobile app friction report – Login authentication and password reset
Time spent on mobile financial apps in the US has grown more than 90% in 2020. A frictionless mobile app...
Incognia case study: will bank
High growth challenger bank will bank became a target of social engineering attack initiated on social media. In possession of...
 
5 key qualities of a successful AML compliance program
The U.S. and foreign nations have established AML standards to stop financial criminal activity that can hurt your business and...
Events and Webinars
i-On-Africa LiveCast: The South Africa & Kenya Report
  September 29, 2021 - September 29, 2021
i-On-Africa LiveCast: The South Africa & Kenya Report Online September 29, 2021 (12:30 GMT) In this upcoming LiveCast episode, ID4Africa...
Digital Dilemmas Debate: Biometrics – ‘Overpurposed’ by design?
  September 30, 2021 - September 30, 2021
Digital Dilemmas Debate: Biometrics – ‘Overpurposed’ by design? Online September 30, 2021, 14:00 – 15:00 CET The Digital Dilemmas Debates...
Digital Trust World 2021
  October 4, 2021 - October 7, 2021
Digital Trust World 2021 Online October 4-7, 2021 Digital Trust World 2021 is a new event from research and consulting...
Bias mitigation in anti-spoofing through knowledge distillation – EAB virtual lunch talk
  October 5, 2021 - October 5, 2021
Bias mitigation in anti-spoofing through knowledge distillation – EAB virtual lunch talk Online October 5, 2021 (12:30-13:30 CET) The European...
connect:ID
  October 5, 2021 - October 6, 2021
connect:ID October 5-6, 2021 Washington, DC Connect:ID is an identity conference and exhibition, showcasing practical implementations of trusted identity solutions,...
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