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MasterCard and Orange: why global brands are delving into African biometrics
The speed at which African nations are implementing biometric systems for national ID and electoral rolls has created something of a goldrush for the biometrics industry, as the recent ID4Africa 2019 conference in Johannesburg highlighted ... Read the whole story here.

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Researchers develop “soft biometrics” from facial expressions to detect deepfakes
Researchers at the University of California Berkeley and University of Southern California have developed a way to detect deepfake video...
 
Danish football stadium deploys Panasonic facial recognition to improve fan safety
Panasonic’s facial recognition technology is being used to improve fan safety at the stadium of Danish Superliga football club Brøndby...
Banco Bolivariano selects FacePhi biometric digital onboarding technology
Spanish biometrics company FacePhi announced today that Banco Bolivariano will deploy its SelphID facial recognition solution to enable clients to...
 
Fingerprints being piloted for prisoner medication access and drug tests in UK
A pair of programs in the UK are introducing biometric fingerprinting technology, in one case to distribute drugs and in...
Invixium announces software upgrade and new distributors as investor McRock increases stake
Invixium has launched a major software upgrade, including biometric face de-duplication, and announced a pair of new distribution deals, as...
 
NEC server software supports FIDO online biometrics and SDK provides voice authentication
NEC has launched its enhanced NC7000-3A server software to enable secure access to websites and mobile applications in compliance with...
Ping Identity updates core MFA product with FIDO support and intelligence capabilities
Ping Identity has updated its PingID multi-factor authentication (MFA) solution with new methods of evaluating user and device risk before...
 
Sumsub brings biometric selfie and ID check to Polymath security token services marketplace
Biometric compliance-as-a-Service provider Sumsub has joined the Polymath Service Provider Marketplace to provide KYC and other regulatory checks to Polymath’s...
Somerville second U.S. city to ban public biometric facial recognition
Somerville, Massachusetts has banned the use of biometric facial recognition by any city department or agency with a unanimous vote...
 
ZorroSign updates mobile app with better handwritten signature capture
ZorroSign has launched version 2.0 of its mobile app with new features to make routine document signing more secure, convenient,...
IDEX Biometrics to support Girls into Electronics 2019 event
IDEX Biometrics announced that it will support the 2019 Girls into Electronics event which is being held this month at...
 
U.S. hospital applies biometric facial recognition to cancer treatment verification after FDA approval
Parker Adventist Hospital in Colorado is using biometric facial recognition from Vision RT to confirm the identity and treatment of...
Biometrics research briefs: voice recognition, cloud biometric services, intelligent and risk-based authentication
New biometrics market research indicates that both cloud biometric services and voice biometric technologies will be worth $2.7 billion in...
 
New survey finds 43% support facial recognition technology in airports
This a guest post by Joe Robison, a consultant and researcher for travel search engine Reservations.com. Facial recognition technology is...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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