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Biometric Update Weekend Reading
Metalenz partners up to commercialize 3D facial recognition locks and payment kiosks
Optical sensor developer Metalenz has formed a partnership with 3D sensing system supplier Dilusense to enable ultra-secure facial recognition to...
 
Newer algorithms join incumbent facial recognition developers among accuracy leaders
A series of new facial recognition algorithms submitted to the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology for its Face...
ENISA issues new EUDI Wallet recommendations in report on digital ID standards
From ITU and ICAO to NIST and FIDO, organizations across the world have been working on a multitude of standards...
 
Missing the mark on messaging about retail facial recognition use sparks backlash
Clear communication about the use of biometrics in retail environments is even more important than in places like airports, at...
NIST advancing contactless fingerprint biometric technology with test fingers
To improve the accuracy of the emerging contactless fingerprint reader technology, researchers with the U.S. National Institute of Standards and...
 
NIST seeks comment on plan to test facial age estimation
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology is planning to begin evaluating age estimation with face biometrics in September,...
Procurement begins for Sri Lanka’s national digital ID
The procurement process for Sri Lanka’s national digital identity project has begun in partnership with the Indian government. Only Indian...
 
Battle on to choose contractor for Kenya’s new digital ID scheme
The race to pick a contractor for Kenya’s new digital ID project is said to be hotting up with the...
$1.9M a month bid wins contract for São Paulo 20K camera biometric surveillance system
Brazil’s vibrant financial center São Paulo is preparing to deploy 20,000 facial recognition cameras designed to increase public safety. But...
 
Philippines unveils new CCTV system command center, plans facial recognition procurement
A massive video surveillance communications and command center with more than 400 high-definition CCTV cameras has gone operational in Pasig...
Nigerians raise eyebrows as CBN tells banks to require social media accounts for KYC
There have been mixed reactions by concerned parties in Nigeria following a directive by the country’s Central Bank (CBN) for...
 
Ethiopia to make digital ID obligatory for banking operations
The use of Ethiopia’s national digital ID, Fayda, for all transactions with financial institutions will soon be mandatory. According to...
Bhutan adopts National Identity Bill
Bhutan has adopted the National Digital Identity Bill 2023, setting up a framework for its national digital ID system that...
 
PhilSys shares notes with WURI officials on digital ID best practices
Delegations form six West African countries participating in a regional identification project dubbed WURI recently had a working session with...
Beware overreliance on digital ID for financial inclusion. Policy is just as key
Welcome to the peak of inflated expectations for digital-ID onboarding for financial services. All familiar with the remarkably long-lived Hype...
 
EU, India and US make louder noises about legislating privacy protection
On the assumption that all (or maybe a lot) of change can be good, things are good for data protection...
  Accura Scan offers partners free NFC scanning for biometric passports, IDs
  Idemia supplies 2.8M more biometric passports for Nepal at reduced price
  Regula improves ID document verification with new light source capabilities
  Spain adopts Worldcoin’s ID protocol as the company boasts ambitious plans
  ROC.ai adds prominent biometrics industry veteran Hutchinson as revenue chief
  Veriff compliant with UK DIATF, ready to help US businesses meet new obligations
  Checkout.com launches selfie biometrics solution for seamless customer onboarding
  Global ID claims 2 patents for vein biometrics systems, ramps up production capacity
  Neurotechnology shows impressive fingerprint biometrics accuracy in NIST evaluation
  ID scanning for age verification deployed by Intellicheck in Charleston, launched by Au10tix
Biometrics White Papers
How can financial institutions safeguard against deepfakes: The new frontier of online crime?
Biometric face verification has quickly become recognized as a secure and user-friendly method to verify identity at onboarding and re-authenticate...
 
Using biometric technology to fight public sector benefit fraud
The pandemic caused a scramble to digitize typically in-person services in order to provide extensive financial aid to those in...
Multispectral imaging (MSI) fingerprint technology
Organizations increasingly rely on digital technologies to validate identities for secure interactions and services such as banking transactions, medication dispensing,...
 
How can we get personal? Leveraging biometrics for loss prevention — and beyond
With biometrics, retailers can reduce loss and theft, improve customer service and increase operational efficiency. The value of robust identification...
Events and Webinars
Zero Trust Government Symposium
  July 19, 2023 - July 20, 2023
Deepfake: The battle to determine what is Real vs (Deep)Fake!
  July 19, 2023
Digital Transformation via Open Public Stacks
  July 20, 2023 - July 21, 2023
4th Annual Digital Forensics for National Security Symposium
  August 2, 2023 - August 3, 2023
Cyber DSA 2023
  August 15, 2023 - August 17, 2023
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