Biometric Update for September 19, 2018

Daily biometrics news and exclusive features about biometrics companies.

Details emerge about centralized monitoring system used during World Cup 2018

By Chris Burt

In preparation for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, AxxonSoft customized settings on more than 1,350 video channels, including 9…

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Zwipe adds VP of Strategic Partnerships and Alliances

By Stephen Mayhew

Zwipe has announced the appointment of Marcio Stervid as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Alliances. Stervid is expected to…

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CallVu enables major credit card company to authenticate service calls with smartphone biometrics

By Chris Burt

A large international credit card company has chosen CallVu to enable its customers to use the biometric authentication capabilities of…

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Travel Money Club selects Onfido identity verification tech for customer onboarding

By Stephen Mayhew

Onfido has partnered with Travel Money Club and will deploy its machine learning-based identity verification technology to enable Travel Money…

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NEC VP sees critical period of public facial recognition deployments and debate over next 24 months

By Chris Burt

NEC is one of the few companies among the Fortune Global 500 that are leaders in biometric technology. It has…

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Bahrain bank partners with Eazy Financial Services for biometric payment network

By Chris Burt

Bahrain-based Ithmaar Bank and Eazy Financial Services have partnered to launch a biometric payments network which the MENA Herald reports…

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‘Strange Occurrences’ highlight insider threats to aviation security, TSA warns

By Anthony Kimery

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently issued a special bulletin in which it raised concerns about insider threats following the…

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Goodix responds to FPC patent infringement complaint

By Stephen Mayhew

Goodix has responded to a recently filed patent infringement complaint by Fingerprint Cards (FPC) with the Beijing Intellectual Property Court.…

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The biometrics arms race and the future of in-surface fingerprint sensors

By Ian Campbell

This is a guest post by Ian Campbell, CEO of OnScale. What if your fingerprint was able to unlock not…

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Artificial intelligence community seeks international collaboration at industry conference

By Chris Burt

As China and the U.S. add new tariffs in their ongoing trade dispute, Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He told an audience…

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Gemalto and R3 to launch self-sovereign digital identity network

By Chris Burt

Gemalto has announced plans to pilot blockchain technology in collaboration with R3 to provide consumers with a mobile application providing…

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Beijing leverages face and voice recognition to launch internet court

By Chris Burt

Beijing is using facial and speech recognition to operate an “internet court,” which allows plaintiffs and defendants to participate through…

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Artificial intelligence community seeks international collaboration at industry conference
Travel Money Club selects Onfido identity verification tech for customer onboarding
Goodix responds to FPC patent infringement complaint
Beijing leverages face and voice recognition to launch internet court
Zwipe adds VP of Strategic Partnerships and Alliances
Details emerge about centralized monitoring system used during World Cup 2018
Bahrain bank partners with Eazy Financial Services for biometric payment network
CallVu enables major credit card company to authenticate service calls with smartphone biometrics
Gemalto and R3 to launch self-sovereign digital identity network
Yoti researching ways to help charities with digital identity

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NEC VP sees critical period of public facial recognition deployments and debate over next 24 months

By Chris Burt

NEC is one of the few companies among the Fortune Global 500 that are leaders in biometric technology. It has…

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‘Strange Occurrences’ highlight insider threats to aviation security, TSA warns
Inside the HART of the DHS Office of Biometric Identity Management
Concerns raised about voting infrastructure security in mid-term elections
Mobile driver’s licenses present massive opportunity for biometric technology providers
Security of federal information systems, protecting PII remains ‘high risk issue’
Rising tide lifts biometric digital identity verification providers

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The biometrics arms race and the future of in-surface fingerprint sensors

By Ian Campbell

This is a guest post by Ian Campbell, CEO of OnScale. What if your fingerprint was able to unlock not…

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Biometrics and blockchain will beat credit card fraudsters
Biometrics: obstacles and opportunities in healthcare
Behavioral and physiological biometrics – a marriage made in heaven
Blink and you’ll miss it: The mass-market adoption of facial verification in business
Biometrics: Are they becoming the nirvana of personal security?
Continuous authentication for securing online accounts

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.

More International Identity Day News

Coalition supporting September 16 as International Identity Day reaches 40 groups
European Association for Biometrics and Secure Identity Alliance join International Identity Day campaign
Integrated Biometrics supports call to recognize International Identity Day
Drive for official UN International Identity Day launched at ID4Africa

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