| Daily Biometrics News: July 16, 2025 |
| |
| OFIQ community reviews early results of biometric quality assessment tool |
| The standardization of image quality for face biometrics is a major step towards making population-scale biometric systems functional, and as…Read More |
| |
| Pimeyes’ new tool will be able to search billions of faces through videos |
| Face image search engine Pimeyes has stirred controversy over its ability to pinpoint exactly where… |
| Signicat forms ‘European identity powerhouse’ with Inverid acquisition |
| Signicat is absorbing NFC-based digital identity verification specialist Inverid in a deal that Co-founder and… |
| Big; bigger; biggest: IN Groupe CEO plots course with more digital ID tools |
| The completed acquisition of Idemia Smart Identity by IN Groupe earlier this month is the… |
| Financial fraud prompts $14M digital identity intelligence investment, calls for action |
| Financial institutions and regulators continue to invest in anti-fraud and identity verification. Barclays has invested… |
| States push ahead on AI regulation as Congress falters |
| This month, the U.S. Senate voted to strike down a controversial provision in President Trump’s… |
| Congress charts diverging paths on AI in FY 2026 defense bills |
| As the Pentagon races to integrate AI across all operations of each of the services,… |
| How to measure success in biometric security? |
| By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner How do you measure the… |
| UK Home Office working on rules for police use of LFR |
| The UK Home Office is in the process of crafting a governance framework for the… |
| Age estimation at the shop, age verification online: France laws tested with questions |
| In France, age assurance tools are showing up online and at retail vendors selling age… |
| EU moves forward on age verification with release of guidelines, software |
| The European Commission has released both its guidelines for protecting kids online and its “white… |
| Ofcom planning more safety measures to tackle addictive design |
| It has been noted previously in these pages that the UK is looking to be… |
| Here comes the age check: BU Podcast talks age assurance with AVPA’s Iain Corby |
| Like it or not, age assurance is going mainstream. As regulators in the UK… |
| Okta and Palo Alto Networks integrate enterprise digital identity, cybersecurity tools |
| Digital identity security tools from Okta have been integrated with cybersecurity software from Palo Alto… |
| New binocular iris scanner from IriTech designed for high volume use cases |
| Iris recognition provider IriTech, Inc. has announced the launch of the IriAegis-BK, a binocular iris… |
| Zimpler brings biometrics, regulatory checks to first user interaction with Zimpler ID+ |
| Zimpler has unveiled its new identity layer that embeds biometric identification and regulatory checks into… |
| Laos begins integrating digital ID cards into public agencies |
| Government agencies in Laos have received the order to begin integrating the country’s chip-enabled identity… |
| Kazakhstan sees dramatic growth in digital government use |
| Kazakhstan is building out a tech ecosystem and digital government ranks among its priorities. In… |
| Bhutan upgrades digital identity wallet, including liveness and P2P chat |
| Bhutan has rolled out four major upgrades to its National Digital Identity (NDI) wallet with… |
| 5M Ugandans renews national IDs, 100k new cards ready for pickup |
| Uganda’s National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has announced that more than 5.3 million people… |
| World Bank highlights Pakistan’s progress on digital infrastructure, inclusive ID |
| As Pakistan transitions to a more digital economy, access, infrastructure, and inclusion remain major challenges.… |
