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Rapid expansion of DHS’s citizenship database raises new election concerns

By Anthony Kimery

- Over the past month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has quietly transformed the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE)…

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Aurigin adds voice liveness detection to Swisscom identity infrastructure

By Joel R. McConvey

- Aurigin.ai is collaborating with Swisscom Digital Trust to strengthen existing KYC processes with voice-based liveness verification and AI deepfake detection,…

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Live facial recognition vans spread across seven additional UK cities

By Masha Borak

- UK police authorities are expanding their live facial recognition (LFR) surveillance program, which uses cameras on top of vans to…

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Biometrics ease airport and online journeys, national digital ID expansion

By Chris Burt

- Biometrics advances are culminating in new kinds of experiences for crossing international borders and getting through online age gates in…

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Nothin’ like a G-Knot: finger vein crypto wallet mixes hard science with soft lines

By Joel R. McConvey

- Let’s be frank: most biometric security hardware is not especially handsome. Facial scanners and fingerprint readers tend to skew toward…

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Do biometrics hold the key to prison release?

By Fraser Sampson

- By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner In the criminal justice setting there are two questions in…

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Idemia Smart Identity negotiates with Nepal, nears ID document issuance in Armenia

By Chris Burt

- A pair of deals for Idemia Smart Identity to supply biometric ID documents, one in Nepal and one in Armenia,…

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Self completes $9M seed round, introduces points scheme for verification

By Joel R. McConvey

- Self, which provides zero-knowledge identity and proof-of-personhood (PoP) infrastructure, has announced the completion of a nine-million-dollar seed raise earlier this…

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New digital identity verification market report forecasts dramatic change and growth

By Stephen Mayhew

- The latest report from Biometric Update and Goode Intelligence, the 2025 Digital Identity Verification Market Report & Buyers Guide, projects…

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Do biometrics hold the key to prison release?

By Fraser Sampson

- By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner In the criminal justice setting there are two questions in…

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Boarding tomorrow: SITA envisions the future of air travel in Singapore Experience Center

By Lu-Hai Liang

- Jewel Changi waterfall at Singapore Changi Airport, November 2025 (Photo/Lu-Hai Liang) Singapore Changi has a singular distinction among airports. Besides the…

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Agentic AI working groups ask what happens when we ‘give identity the power to act’

By Joel R. McConvey

- The pitch behind agentic AI is that large language models and algorithms can be harnessed to deploy bots on behalf…

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Nothin’ like a G-Knot: finger vein crypto wallet mixes hard science with soft lines
With passkey sign-in secured, FIDO Alliance looks to frontier of digital credentials
Do biometrics hold the key to prison release?
Fraser Sampson |
New digital identity verification market report forecasts dramatic change and growth
Stephen Mayhew |
Live facial recognition vans spread across seven additional UK cities
Masha Borak |
Biometrics ease airport and online journeys, national digital ID expansion
Chris Burt |
Agentic AI working groups ask what happens when we ‘give identity the power to act’
Joel R. McConvey |
Idemia Smart Identity negotiates with Nepal, nears ID document issuance in Armenia
Chris Burt |
Rapid expansion of DHS’s citizenship database raises new election concerns
Anthony Kimery |
Aurigin adds voice liveness detection to Swisscom identity infrastructure
Joel R. McConvey |
Self completes $9M seed round, introduces points scheme for verification
Joel R. McConvey |
M-Tech’s biometric payment card with FPC, Infineon tech certified by Visa for India
Chris Burt |
Switzerland closer to facial recognition at airports
Masha Borak |
Sri Lanka strengthens cyber defenses, digital infrastructure
Duruthu Edirimuni Chandrasekera |
Biometric fraud prevention has entered a new paradigm: Au10tix, Booking.com, evoke
Chris Burt |
Idemia PS rebrands biometric travel and tourism portfolio
Chris Burt |
Tech5 to integrate AI assistant in digital ID wallet
Masha Borak |
Credolab layers in Zoloz biometric identity verification
Masha Borak |
Myanmar adopts MOSIP, begins digital ID pilot
Ayang Macdonald |
EAB event goes deep on technical details of voice deepfake detection
Joel R. McConvey |
Oz Forensics completes SOC 2 assessment
Stephen Mayhew |
Egypt rolls out digital ID platform to scale up financial inclusion
Ayang Macdonald |

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Nothin’ like a G-Knot: finger vein crypto wallet mixes hard science with soft lines

By Joel R. McConvey

- Let’s be frank: most biometric security hardware is not especially handsome. Facial scanners and fingerprint readers tend to skew toward…

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Boarding tomorrow: SITA envisions the future of air travel in Singapore Experience Center
Lu-Hai Liang |
With passkey sign-in secured, FIDO Alliance looks to frontier of digital credentials
Joel R. McConvey |
Pimeyes responds to US senator’s claims of enabling ICE doxing
Anthony Kimery |
Dashlane unpacks its Passkey Power 20 on Biometric Update Podcast
Joel R. McConvey |
Verifymy’s Andy Lulham talks age assurance myths in latest BU Podcast
Joel R. McConvey |
AI agents are already on your site, Vouched says, introducing KYA tool to prove it
Chris Burt |
‘Catalytic use case for digital ID’: Luciditi’s Dan Johnson talks OSA, age verification
Joel R. McConvey |
You’re going to need a bigger lab: BixeLab reveals new facility, contract, projects
Chris Burt |

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Biometric Update Industry Insights feature biometrics and digital ID industry experts discussing their unique perspectives.

Do biometrics hold the key to prison release?

By Fraser Sampson

- By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner In the criminal justice setting there are two questions in…

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The role of identity in solving gaming’s accountability crisis
Andrew Wailes |
Canada’s digital trust moment: Understanding the new frontier of identity verification
Andrew Johnston |
Policing deepfakes: does the camera ever lie?
Fraser Sampson |
Asserting identity in AI-native environments – Questions you need to be asking
Patrick Harding |
Fighting digital threats starts with knowing who’s there
Jon Schlegel |
Building public trust in digital identity
Jesus Aragon |

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.

Open-source software for DPI market still largely underdeveloped, research finds

By Ayang Macdonald

- Open-source software (OSS) adoption for Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) still lags behind proprietary technology not because it is immature, but…

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Digital Identity in Developing Nations
Global but uneven progress made on digital public infrastructure: IIPP report
Ayang Macdonald |
New World Bank data shows 800M people worldwide still lack legal identity
Ayang Macdonald |
Senegal taps inspiration from Togo’s digital ID experience
Ayang Macdonald |
Brookings and Co-Develop urge smarter MDB financing and digital infrastructure reuse
Lu-Hai Liang |
New Digital Public Infrastructure program from World Bank aims for inclusivity
Joel R. McConvey |
Digital ID solutions for displaced populations addressed at UN
Lu-Hai Liang |

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