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Methods for enrolling fingerprints to biometric payment cards pitched by providers
From promotional materials released by players in the biometric payment card ecosystem to the spotlight at APSCA’s annual event, how to perform fingerprint enrollment to cards is the theme of the week’s top stories. Advances in America’s digital ID system and a NIST report on facial recognition with masked faces also made headlines ... Read the full report here.

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Weekend Reading
How Special Olympics Nigeria will bring digital identity to the people
“Whenever we’re organizing an international competition, we find ourselves having to start from the very beginning, to get them their...
 
Face biometrics accuracy identifying mask wearers improves in latest NIST FRVT report
Facial recognition accuracy remains significantly lower when subjects’ faces are covered, but error rates have dropped by around a quarter...
Market ready for biometric payment cards, but enrollment challenges remain: APSCA panelists
The technology for biometric payment cards is nearly ready, but the ecosystem is still maturing, and how enrollment will work...
 
Idex says biometric cards need quality fingerprint enrollment, how to achieve it less clear
The biometric enrollment processes selected by issuers need to be informed by their overall strategy for the new product, an...
New Handbook of Biometric Anti-Spoofing edition coming, researchers call for contributions
Idiap Research Institute Senior Researcher Sebastien Marcel has called for contributions to be included in the 3rd Edition of the...
 
Distributed enrollment of ID data demonstrated in OSIA Advisory Committee meeting
Members of the open standards identity initiative demonstrated the live simultaneous collection of sensitive ID data like biometrics from multiple...
Suprema biometric access controller certified for UL 294 reliability
Intelligent biometric access controller CoreStation from Suprema has been confirmed for UL 294 compliance, which indicates the safety and reliability of...
 
Yoti’s AI-powered age estimation software earns independent certification
The age estimation solution by Yoti has obtained independent certification from the United Kingdom’s Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS) as...
UN says nations need to ensure biometrics firms aren’t part of rights abuses
A UN committee on fighting racial discrimination has published a report detailing the role that facial recognition companies should play...
 
Ugandan police accused of using facial recognition system to fuel rights abuses
The police in the east African nation of Uganda have been faulted for using a facial recognition system deployed in...
Gartner to biometrics firms: Do better with facial recognition. Somehow
The facial recognition community continues to speak in circles when ethics is the topic. Notable business-to-business tech analyst Gartner is...
 
NY school district allegedly misled about face biometrics system’s racial bias
A facial recognition system purchased by New York’s Lockport School District has greater disparities in performance between demographics than claimed...
Trust in digital ID requires intensive collaboration, public education: Women in Identity panel
Moving beyond the distrust that prevented the Australia Card from being introduced a generation ago to provide effective digital ID...
 
Digital ID increasingly critical to people and businesses, webinar panel suggests
National and digital IDs can impact the lives of individuals while benefiting consumer-facing companies, attendees of the webinar ‘Simplifying Transactions...
  4 ways credit risk differs from fraud risk
  AI cannot help humanity if it cannot help an individual: UK report
  More calls, more crimes: New tools to stop fraud in the call center
  Startup wants to give biometric face scrapers digital dead ends to chase
  Investors pile on $3M more for Signzy biometric video KYC and platform expansion
  Imprivata acquires Fairwarning to upgrade digital identity solution for healthcare
  Thales fingerprint biometric card named among top 100 business ideas of the year
  Biden administration expected to prioritize digital ID and tighten fintech regulations
  Collaborative, less adversarial regulation can boost face biometrics: World Economic Forum
  SimpleMachines enters AI chip race with a design that runs all your models at the same time
Biometrics White Papers
The dawn of end-to-end AML compliance
AML fines are rising each year as financial institutions continue to make the same compliance mistakes. Often, organizations must cobble...
 
Face recognition and the future air travel experience
Airports uniquely demand both a very high passenger throughput and a very high degree of security underpinned by the positive...
An introduction to presentation attack detection
Biometrics can deliver a unique combination of high security and ease of use in applications that require identity authentication, such...
 
How eKYC is streamlining digital banking – an Asia-Pacific perspective
The launch of virtual banks across Asia-Pacific is disrupting the traditional banking model. Meanwhile, financial institutions must comply with stringent...
Events and Webinars
GISEC (Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference)
  December 6, 2020 - December 10, 2020
GISEC (Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference) Dubai December 6 – 10, 2020 GISEC is not just one of the...
MoneyNext Summit Online
  December 8, 2020 - December 10, 2020
MoneyNext Summit Online Online December 8 – 10, 2020 MoneyNext is North America’s most interactive, innovative and inclusive virtual event,...
ID4Africa 2020: Marathon of Innovations
  December 8, 2020 - December 10, 2020
ID4Africa 2020: Marathon of Innovations Online December 8-10, 2020 ID4Africa 2020: Marathon of Innovations is an all-new virtual conference and...
A whole new (contactless) world: The rise of digital identity
  December 8, 2020 - December 9, 2020
A whole new (contactless) world: The rise of digital identity Online December 8-9, 2020 The Economist Events is delighted to...
Boosting Growth with Customer Identity Management
  December 8, 2020 - December 8, 2020
Boosting Growth with Customer Identity Management December 8, 2020 Online The Coronavirus pandemic, and the subsequent lockdown, has driven a...
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