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Digital travel credential one step closer with ICAO implementation model approval
Specifications for the first digital travel credential type have been endorsed by the ICAO Technical Advisory Group for the Traveller Identification Programme (TAG/TRIP), bringing digital identity-based travel one step closer to reality ... Read the full report here.

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Daily Biometrics News
Chooch AI receives $20M in funding to tackle edge biometrics and visual AI market
Chooch AI, a provider of technology and services for visual AI, announced it has secured $20M in a Series A round...
 
Corsight AI launches real-time facial recognition that identifies masked faces
Corsight AI has launched a facial recognition solution that has the ability to speedily and accurately identify persons, bypassing obstructions...
Biometric and SSI tools for financial services compliance launch as regulatory landscape shifts
buguroo has launched a Policy Manager for its behavioral biometric fraud protection tool, Fraudster Hunter, for customizable automation of alerts to...
 
Acuant joins DIACC, Paiblock and Infineon launch digital ID solutions for government services
Digital government services continue to be a hot topic, with Acuant joining the group leading Canada’s digital ID efforts, a...
Mastercard biometric digital identity service selected by Australian telecom for all channels
Mastercard has partnered with Australian telecom Optus to integrate the payments company’s biometrically-secured digital identity service ‘ID’ with its mobile, voice,...
 
UNECA expert highlights importance of digital ID for Africa’s post COVID-19 economy
The Lead Advisor for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA’s) Digital Centre of Excellence, Tunde Fafunwa, has explained...
SAFR and VSBLTY face biometrics deployed for crowd customer safety and insights
Partnerships on facial recognition and computer vision technologies have been formed by RealNetworks and VSBLTY, and Patriot One has announced...
 
South Africa & DRC: Biometric government contracts raise mismanagement concerns
Changes to government contracts with private contractors and their partners have come under scrutiny in two countries this week. In...
NIST issues new PIV standards including rules for digital IDs
The U.S. government has issued a draft update to its biometric PIV card standard addressing initial identity proofing, interoperability infrastructure...
 
Aware acquires AFIX biometric software and team, extends ABIS product line
Aware has acquired a suite of biometric products known as AFIX from Maxar Technologies to extend the Aware ABIS product family...
New Unisys biometric access control release enhances security and flexibility features
Unisys has announced the release of the latest version of its biometric access control software, Unisys Stealth 6.0, with a...
 
Iraq draws closer to biometrics-backed elections in 2021 with 16M voter cards issued
Biometric cards which will be required to vote in Iraq’s upcoming elections have been distributed to 13 million eligible voters,...
 
 
 
 
 
 
Events and Webinars
Authenticate 2020
  November 9, 2020 - November 20, 2020
authenticate 2020 Online November 9 – 20, 2020 Authenticate is the first conference dedicated to the who, what, why and...
Identity Week 2020
  November 16, 2020 - November 18, 2020
Identity Week 2020 Online Nov 16 – 18, 2020 Identity Week Virtual comprises three world-class events – Digital:ID, Planet Biometrics...
4th edition World Financial Innovation Series #WFIS 2020: LIVE – Africa
  November 17, 2020 - November 18, 2020
4th edition World Financial Innovation Series #WFIS 2020 : LIVE – Africa Online November 17 – 18, 2020 Africa is...
ENBANTEC Retail Banking Conference EMEA
  November 18, 2020 - November 19, 2020
ENBANTEC Retail Banking Conference EMEA Online November 18 – 19, 2020 Our company will organize ENBANTEC Retail Banking Technologies Conference...
Legal issues on facial recognition from an international perspective
  November 18, 2020 - November 18, 2020
Panel Discussion: Legal issues on facial recognition from an international perspective Online November 18, 2020, 10:00-11:30am EST Following the report...