Biometric Update for May 25, 2020

Daily biometrics news and exclusive features about biometrics companies.

Anti-government nonprofit wants to rebalance biometrics law in Utah

By Jim Nash

A small libertarian nonprofit in Utah is pushing the state to curb government surveillance, biometric and otherwise. Libertas Institute sees…

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Smart Engines and Innovatrics expand document recognition and onboarding services in Eastern Europe

By Luana Pascu

Citibank has chosen AI document recognition technology developed by Smart Engines to verify client documents in Russia, the company announced.…

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Biometrics providers among Chinese companies added to U.S. Entity List for rights abuses

By Chris Burt

Biometrics firms are again prominent among new companies based in China added to the U.S. Government’s Entity List, restricting their…

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BitVenture, VerifyMe, CompuLynx offer new digital ID and biometrics solutions to African market

By Frank Hersey

Reporting by Reuters reveals how not only is the DRC not renewing its biometric passport contract with Semlex in June,…

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U.S. Air Force, DISA use biometric tech to achieve secure mobility

By Luana Pascu

The U.S. Air Force has partnered with DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency) to test phone and tablet cases that leverage…

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Thermal cameras with facial biometrics deployed by ZKTeco partner, launched by Platinum CCTV

By Luana Pascu

Terra State Community College in Ohio is installing touchless multi-biometric devices with thermal and mask detection from ZKTeco to reduce the…

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Leverage passwordless authentication for better experiences and security

By Ben Goodman

This a guest post by Ben Goodman, SVP of Global Business and Corporate Development at ForgeRock The average consumer has…

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Biometrics embraced by major payment networks as contactless fingerprints put to the test by NIST

By Chris Burt

The enthusiasm with which two of the world’s largest payment networks are embracing biometrics stands out in another blockbuster news…

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Trends in biometrics accelerated by pandemic, analyst Goode sees chance for industry to help humanity

By Chris Burt

While much of the world’s business is disrupted, biometrics providers are attempting to help enable remote work and transactions. The…

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Biometric app proposed for Chilean inmates on home release, monitoring deployed to Australia prison

By Chris Burt

An app leveraging face and voice biometrics and geolocation is being proposed by Chilean technology company GeoVictoria to enable Columbia to…

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PayMyTuition adds biometric facial recognition to secure international tuition payments

By Luana Pascu

Global payment processing provider PayMyTuition, part of the MTFX Group of companies, has added biometric facial recognition technology to boost…

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Knowledge and recognition: new wave biometrics

By Ajay Bhalla

This is a guest post by Ajay Bhalla, President, Cyber & Intelligence at Mastercard. How do we know someone is…

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PayMyTuition adds biometric facial recognition to secure international tuition payments
Thermal cameras with facial biometrics deployed by ZKTeco partner, launched by Platinum CCTV
Biometric app proposed for Chilean inmates on home release, monitoring deployed to Australia prison
Smart Engines and Innovatrics expand document recognition and onboarding services in Eastern Europe
Anti-government nonprofit wants to rebalance biometrics law in Utah
U.S. Air Force, DISA use biometric tech to achieve secure mobility
BitVenture, VerifyMe, CompuLynx offer new digital ID and biometrics solutions to African market
Biometrics embraced by major payment networks as contactless fingerprints put to the test by NIST
Biometrics providers among Chinese companies added to U.S. Entity List for rights abuses
Venues see higher value transactions processed faster with biometric payments: webinar
Interest in biometric time tracking with facial recognition up as people return to work
Four new fever detection with facial recognition solutions launched for enterprise market
Swiss biometrics startup PXL Vision raises $4.7M as Onfido and Socure add digital identity customers
Touchless biometrics terminal for multimodal authentication with face and iris released by NEC

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Trends in biometrics accelerated by pandemic, analyst Goode sees chance for industry to help humanity

By Chris Burt

While much of the world’s business is disrupted, biometrics providers are attempting to help enable remote work and transactions. The…

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3D cameras ideal for facial biometrics and distance checks as world returns to work, Orbbec CEO says
Behavioral biometrics and continuous authentication advance as business adapts to remote everything
Voice biometrics adoption and call center demand increase during lockdown, Pindrop CEO says
NIST’s Patrick Grother on bias, biometrics evolution and plans to test face recognition with masks
Working, shopping and banking from home forces scalable authentication rethink, Nok Nok CEO says
ThumbSignIn launches FIDO2 authentication and biometric e-signing as VP says full passwordless 5 years off
Nomidio launches cloud biometrics service with key-splitting to enable self-sovereign identity
Facial biometrics loophole highlighted by World Privacy Forum report on U.S. schools

Digital Identity in Developing Nations

With UN SDG 16.9 calling for legal identity for all by 2030, Biometric Update is taking a special in-depth focus on digital ID projects in developing countries.

BitVenture, VerifyMe, CompuLynx offer new digital ID and biometrics solutions to African market

By Frank Hersey

Reporting by Reuters reveals how not only is the DRC not renewing its biometric passport contract with Semlex in June,…

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Digital Identity in Developing Nations

Mastercard joins ID2020 Alliance to advance digital identity as a fundamental human right
Biometrics support financial services efficiency in Malawi, Nigeria and Ghana as UNHCR ramps up in Niger
Biometrics for charity in Nigeria, electoral audit demand in Malawi, WURI funding for West Africa
National digital IDs are essential, but can they be made secure?

Industry Insights: Guest Posts

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

Knowledge and recognition: new wave biometrics

By Ajay Bhalla

This is a guest post by Ajay Bhalla, President, Cyber & Intelligence at Mastercard. How do we know someone is…

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More Industry Insights

Leverage passwordless authentication for better experiences and security
Why investing in identity access management is a must-do in a time of remote working
Proof of life: The past, present, and future of identity
Look Ma—No Hands! How biometrics will drive the post-COVID technology world
Covid-19: Contactless biometrics in the spotlight
Conducting business in a Zero Trust world: we need an additional, highly secure mechanism to verify identity

ID4Africa 2020

Biometric Update has been the official journalist for the last four annual meetings of the ID4Africa ID-4-All Movement.

ID4Africa 2020 will be held in Marrakesh, Morocco October 28 – 30, 2020. The theme of the conference will be “Identity 360.”

More ID4Africa News

ID4Africa rescheduled for October 28 to 30 to ensure full inclusive participation
New approaches to identity altering government operations to take the spotlight at ID4Africa 2020

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