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Biometric payment card timelines move up, tech giants pause facial recognition sales to U.S. police
Anticipation for mass market biometric credit and debit cards continues to build, with market conditions aligning and major announcements expected in the second half of the year. Broader adoption of facial recognition also seemed to be a major theme for the week in biometrics news, before the technology’s use by law enforcement in the U.S. hijacked the topic .... Read the whole story here.

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Biometric payment card timelines move up, tech giants pause facial recognition sales to U.S. police
Anticipation for mass market biometric credit and debit cards continues to build, with market conditions aligning and major announcements expected...
 
Digital health credentials with face or fingerprint biometrics supported by Tony Blair Institute
Digital health credentials secured by biometrics should be adopted by the UK to allow people to resume travelling, according to...
Invixium raises $3M to address new demand for touchless biometrics with temperature screening
Invixium has successfully closed a $3 million funding round to address growth opportunities amid surging demand for touchless biometrics with elevated...
 
Normee raises $2.5M to fund expansion of palm print and vein biometrics to overseas markets
Japanese startup Normee, which develops software for palm print and vein biometrics on mobile devices, has raised 270 million yen...
Group says governments can push private sector AI ethics through procurements
A global think tank is reminding governments that they can indirectly impose ethical practices and standards on the woolly artificial...
 
Onfido pushes for a unitary EU regulatory framework for digital identity verification
As digital identity plays a valuable part in financial services and tech ecosystems in Europe to ensure the customer is...
Biometric payment card commercialization coming this year says Fingerprint Cards CEO
Fingerprint biometrics companies Fingerprint Cards and Zwipe see the commercialization of biometric payment cards receiving a boost from contactless payments...
 
New standard will address jurisdictional and societal considerations for biometric applications
This is a guest post by Antoinette Price, Co-editor of IEC e-tech magazine. As global connectivity increases, we need to...
Biometric contactless cards making a sprint for the mainstream
Ubiquitous contactless payments have always been a long-term inevitability. All it took to make them a smart short-term investment was...
 
Rethinking biometrics in the IoT industry
This is a guest post by Eva Na, CMO at Tuya Smart. Biometrics offer one answer to the fundamental question...
  Biometrics experts call for creation of FDA-style government body to regulate facial recognition
  IBM pulls face biometrics and questions their use by law enforcement in letter to Congress
  Amazon pauses sale of facial biometrics to police while advocates push Microsoft and Ring to follow
  Microsoft joins the crowd in declining to sell facial biometrics to U.S. police until federal law in place
  EU regulators warns facial recognition in law enforcement, commercial settings may be illegal
  Proposal would ban warrantless facial biometrics on U.S. police body cameras, use on protestors questioned
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Telco contact center fraud detector
When it comes to identity fraud specifically for telcos, fraudsters target the contact center with various scams. Fortunately, the latest...
 
Seamless identification technology can help prevent the transmission of pathogens at airports
This whitepaper explores a new path for hygienic transactions, touchless biometric identification as the new normal and proactive risk management...
The important role of liveness detection in face biometric authentication
In order for face biometrics to truly gain mainstream adoption as a better mode of authentication, it is essential to...
 
Biometrics and the three elements of healthcare
In the case of healthcare, biometrics can offer greater efficiency and assurance for professionals in hospitals and clinics, optimal security...
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