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Face biometrics roll out at airports on three continents amid ethics, oversight debates
Airport deployments, financial inclusion, payment cards, mDL standards and synthetic data for algorithm training are the focus of this week’s most widely read stories. Oversight issues, however, continue to make headlines .. Keep reading this report

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Biometric Update Weekend Reading
UK pitches less oversight for Surveillance, who-knows-what for Biometrics Commissioner role
Tucked away on page 141 of 146, questions number 409 and 410 of the UK government’s data reform consultation document...
 
New facial recognition ethics tool being tested in the Netherlands
A reality-check pilot project has been launched in the Netherlands to see if a proposed governance framework can mitigate the...
NZ airport face biometrics trial deployed against Privacy Commissioner advice
New Zealand’s Aviation Security Service (AvSec), a branch of the country’s Civil Aviation Authority, started trials of a new face...
 
Biometric payment cards see new tech, new uses and new names
Biometrically-authenticated payment cards look set to become the next piece of biometric kit in people’s pockets worldwide. Idemia is developing...
ISO standard for mobile driving licenses published
In a move that should speed the adoption of and investment in mobile driving licenses (mDL), the International Organization for...
 
The challenges of electronic IDs
By Malte Pollmann, CSO of Utimaco Digital fraud has never been more prevalent. It is possible that fraud will cost...
Why digital onboarding is the future
By John Dobson CEO, SmartSearch It has become a cliche at this point to say that the pandemic has changed...
 
US spends $239M on digital identity projects
The federal government has awarded $239 million for four digital identity-related agency projects three of which are zero-trust initiatives. It...
Microsoft demonstrates facial analysis in the wild using just synthetic data
Microsoft has published a research paper demonstrating that it is possible to train facial analysis algorithms just using synthetic data,...
 
Timor-Leste to launch iris biometrics payments with IrisGuard, EyeTrust partnership
Biometric technology from IrisGuard and EyeTrust LDA is bringing iris authentication and payments to Timor-Leste which will allow those enrolled to...
‘You cannot trust a vendor’: understanding biometrics in the humanitarian sector
Biometrics were the theme of the month for September in the ICRC’s Digital Dilemmas series of talks and debates on aspects...
 
EAB expert sees long-term benefit to biometric border control in birth certificate standards
The effectiveness of biometric identity verification systems at European borders would improve over the long term if birth certificates were...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
Biometrics Institute Congress
  October 6, 2021 - October 26, 2021
Biometrics Institute Congress Online October 6th, 13th, 20th and 26th 2021 The Biometrics Institute Congress is the industry gathering for...
IFINTEC Finance Technologies Conference and Exhibition
  October 12, 2021 - October 13, 2021
IFINTEC Finance Technologies Conference and Exhibition Istanbul, Turkey October 12-13, 2021 IFINTEC Finance Technologies Conference and Exhibition will be held...
i-On-Africa: The Pakistan, Morocco and Lesotho Report
  October 13, 2021 - October 13, 2021
i-On-Africa LiveCast: The Pakistan, Morocco and Lesotho Report Online October 13, 2021, 12:30 GMT Join ID4Africa on Wednesday, October 13,...
Authenticate 2021 Conference
  October 18, 2021 - October 20, 2021
Authenticate 2021 Conference Seattle, WA or Virtually October 18-20, 2021 Relying on passwords is passé. Modern authentication systems and standards...
Money20/20 USA
  October 24, 2021 - October 27, 2021
Money20/20 USA Las Vegas October 24 – 27,2021 Money20/20 USA is the premier show for the fintech industry where C-level executives,...