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Biometrics and digital ID in Africa: GenKey in Niger, Securiport in CAR, new reseller partner for Daon in SA
There is plenty of biometrics supplier news out of Africa this week. GenKey is embarking on a World Bank project in Niger, Securiport is setting up in Central African Republic while completing its exit transfer in Equatorial Guinea and Daon finds a resale partner in South Africa .. Read the full story here.

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Daily Biometrics News
Amazon considers palm biometrics for touchless in-store payments, tests terminal transactions with Visa
Amazon is working on linking users’ hands to credit card information to enable palm biometric payments at checkout terminals, reports...
 
FacePhi reports record growth, 82.88 percent revenue increase in 2019
FacePhi has announced a 2019 growth of 82.88 percent compared to 2018, reaching a net turnover of more than 8.2...
what3words Voice API features Speechmatics automatic speech recognition technology
what3words has entered a partnership with automated speech recognition software provider Speechmatics for users to enter their what3words address by...
 
Barclays says new FaceID sensor and 3D scanning planned for 2020 iPhone series
Apple’s new 2020 iPhones will come with a new Face ID sensor for biometric facial recognition and its Pro series...
Biometrics and digital ID in Africa: GenKey in Niger, Securiport in CAR, new reseller partner for Daon in SA
Heading into a new decade there’s a clear theme in Africa’s digital ID sphere: looming deadlines. First up is Tanzania’s...
 
Growth prospects for aviation and automotive biometrics top digital ID stories of the week
Growth in and trade show announcements around a wide range of biometric applications topped the week’s news, with rapid adoption...
Santander Mexico biometric data collection initiative aims to enroll 3.7 million banking customers
Banco Santander México is collecting biometric data such as fingerprints and facial prints for client registration, and plans on registering...
 
Mastercard certifies first contactless biometric payment card from Thales and Fingerprint Cards
The biometric payment card offered by Thales Group with a Fingerprint Cards sensor has been announced as the first contactless...
Yoti outlines humanitarian and digital identity research plans in 2020 Social Purpose Strategy
Yoti’s 2020 Social Purpose Strategy has been published by the company. “Social purpose is at the heart of everything” Yoti...
 
Biometric surveillance, access control and workforce management on display at Intersec 2020
Vivotek has partnered with CyberLink to equip its IP surveillance solutions with CyberLink’s FaceMe AI facial recognition engine. The Taiwanese...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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