Biometric Update for April 19, 2019

Daily biometrics news and exclusive features about biometrics companies.

Biometric driver identification market worth $10 billion and growing fast

By Chris Burt

The market for biometric driver identification systems will grow from $10 billion in 2018 by an estimated 25 percent in…

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D-ID honored for its facial recognition-blocking technology

By Stephen Mayhew

Tel Aviv-based startup D-ID is a 2019 Netexplo award winner for its artificial intelligence technology that protects facial images from…

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NEC and Nagasaki University partner for global health and biometric authentication program

By Chris Burt

NEC Corporation has partnered with Nagasaki University to establish a program on global health and biometric authentication for Nagasaki University’s…

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Biometric Exit expected to process nearly all air passengers departing U.S. within four years

By Chris Burt

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expects its Biometric Exit program to process 97 percent of airline passengers departing…

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Round Table of African Data Protection Authorities to launch at ID4Africa

By Chris Burt

ID4Africa will launch the Round Table of African Data Protection Authorities (RADPA) as a side meeting at the movement’s annual…

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Eliminating mobile fraud with biometric authentication

By DJ Murphy

This is a guest post by DJ Murphy, editor-in-chief of Card Not Present. Merchants are investing heavily in mobile commerce…

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Serve integrates fingerprint biometrics to secure sensitive deliveries

By Chris Burt

On the heels of its facial biometrics integration, logistics company Serve has integrated its fingerprint recognition technology with its blockchain-based…

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Stripe acquires biometric software provider Touchtech Payments to support GDPR requirements

By Chris Burt

With GDPR mandating the introduction of strong customer authentication (SCA) by September 14 of this year, Stripe has acquired mobile…

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DHS struggles to deploy system to collect biometrics of departing travelers; proposed FY 2019 budget will help

By Anthony Kimery

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to work to deploy systems and procedures to collect the biographic and biometric…

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Onfido adds former Spotify and ForgeRock technology executives to its leadership team

By Stephen Mayhew

Onfido announced today two seasoned technology executives to its leadership team. Thomas Ammirati, the new Chief Technology Officer and Kevin…

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Sensory launches platform for speech recognition at network edge to protect customer privacy

By Chris Burt

Sensory has announced the first full-feature release of its embedded large vocabulary speech recognition platform, TrulyNatural, to help companies create…

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Jumio reports 60 percent revenue growth in Q1 2019

By Stephen Mayhew

Jumio announced today that revenue increased by 60 percent year-over-year in the first quarter of 2019. Q1 for Jumio also…

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Biometric Exit expected to process nearly all air passengers departing U.S. within four years
Biometric driver identification market worth $10 billion and growing fast
Onfido adds former Spotify and ForgeRock technology executives to its leadership team
NEC and Nagasaki University partner for global health and biometric authentication program
Sensory launches platform for speech recognition at network edge to protect customer privacy
D-ID honored for its facial recognition-blocking technology
Jumio reports 60 percent revenue growth in Q1 2019
Serve integrates fingerprint biometrics to secure sensitive deliveries
Stripe acquires biometric software provider Touchtech Payments to support GDPR requirements
Okta integrates Evident ID identity verification platform to reduce enterprise risk exposure
Web Payment collaboration group formed to increase security and interoperability
Reports says attention to “pipeline” has not helped diversity crisis in artificial intelligence industry

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Round Table of African Data Protection Authorities to launch at ID4Africa

By Chris Burt

ID4Africa will launch the Round Table of African Data Protection Authorities (RADPA) as a side meeting at the movement’s annual…

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DHS struggles to deploy system to collect biometrics of departing travelers; proposed FY 2019 budget will help
Odyssey hackathon to explore place of biometrics in new digital ecosystems
Onfido raises $50 million and adds former Salesforce executive to board
ID4Africa welcomes two more UN agencies to advisory board
Airline e-ticket systems’ vulnerabilities could compromise PII to hackers
New SAML solution extends BIO-key biometric authentication to cloud and IAM applications

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Biometric Update Guest Posts features industry experts discussing their unique perspectives on products, services and the future of biometrics.

Eliminating mobile fraud with biometric authentication

By DJ Murphy

This is a guest post by DJ Murphy, editor-in-chief of Card Not Present. Merchants are investing heavily in mobile commerce…

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International Identity Day campaign

The campaign calls for the recognition of September 16 as International Identity Day in tribute to UN Sustainable Development Goal 16.9 which calls for legal identity for all by 2030.

The purpose of this day is to raise awareness about the important role identity plays in empowering individuals to exercise their rights and responsibilities fairly and equitably in a modern society.

Biometric Update is proud to be a Coalition Partner.

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