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Biometrics opportunities proliferate, from deepfake protection to the metaverse
The wide range of application areas biometric technology and digital identity are expanding in drove the most-read articles on Biometric Update this week .. Keep reading this report

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Biometric Update Weekend Reading
Morocco, Lesotho report progress on digital ID ecosystems development
Identity management officials in Morocco and Lesotho have explained the different stages of their efforts in the building and rollout...
 
Biometrics are the future of decentralized identity, says Tech5’s Rob Haslam
Rob Haslam, strategy consultant at Tech5, believes that far from being opposed, biometrics will underpin the increasing use of decentralized identity...
Gov.uk digital identity app tender with $6.6M budget now open
The UK government is issuing a tender for a common digital identity check app for online access to services through...
 
Technical issues hit EU biometric border plan, potentially delaying 2022 launch
The EU’s updated biometric border control system, Entry/Exit System (EES), is suffering massive technical and organizational problems, and looks to...
Nigeria collects biometrics of elementary school children for meal program
Nigeria is creating a database of children’s biometrics ostensibly to increase transparency in a school meals scheme. The National Home...
 
Businesses need verification devices for digital health passes
Much of the world has largely returned to normal business operations, with some measures taken to prevent the spread of...
Consumers prefer biometrics to passwords, think less of brands with bad authentication
A far greater number of consumers would choose to use biometrics for authentication than passwords, if given the choice, according...
 
Yoti seeks accreditation as private digital ID provider from Australian government
Yoti has received approval to begin the process for accreditation to enable Australians to carry out digital identity transactions and...
ForgeRock, Sun Microsystems co-founders launch IndyKite for open-source Web3 identity layer
Two tech leaders have teamed up to launch a startup creating a digital identity layer for people, devices and machines...
 
Zwipe signs LATAM biometric payment cards partner, North American demand high
Zwipe has signed a deal with Chile-based fintech IC Payment to bring biometric payment cards to the Latin American and Caribbean...
Belgium developing digital wallet for online government services, UK could follow
Belgium has announced the launch of a digital wallet for people living in the country to access government services through...
 
FPC reports Q3 revenue gains, sees biometric payment cards going mainstream in 2022
Revenues for Fingerprint Cards reached SEK 354.3 million (US$41.2 million) for the third quarter of the company’s fiscal 2021 year, well...
Potentially devastating digital ID hack in Argentina could have many ripples
Demonstrating just how hard it is going to be to engender trust in public or private biometric systems, a hacker...
 
Seoul shares face biometrics of 170M travelers with private firms
The South Korean government shared roughly 170 million face images of citizens and resident foreign nationals with the private sector...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Biometrics White Papers
Mobile app friction report – Device change
This edition of Incognia‘s Mobile App Friction Report contains data and analysis of the friction for changing devices and authenticating...
 
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...
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...
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,...
i-On-Africa LiveCast: The CGD, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire Reports
  October 27, 2021 - October 27, 2021
i-On-Africa LiveCast: The CGD, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire Reports Date: October 27, 2021, 12:30 GMT Join ID4Africa for another LiveCast...
Identity India 2021
  October 28, 2021 - October 29, 2021
Identity India 2021 New Delhi, India October 28 – 29, 2021 The IDENTITY India conference and exhibition is an in-depth...
4th World Conference and Exhibition on Forensic Science
  November 4, 2021 - November 6, 2021
4th World Conference and Exhibition on Forensic Science Osaka, Japan November 4 – 6, 2021 Scientific Federation welcomes you to...