Major financial inclusion progress made since 2011, World Bank says
Great progress has been made in financial inclusion since 2011, when only half of adults worldwide had a bank or…
Year: 2025
Bermuda pushes ahead with digital ID service providers framework consultations
Bermuda has issued a second consultation paper as the British Island territory advances efforts toward putting in place a new…
Alcatraz introduces over a dozen new capabilities in latest round of updates
Biometric authentication company Alcatraz is bringing new updates to its face scanning devices, as well as its software platform. Overall,…
White House AI action plan charts high-stakes path to global dominance
The White House’s new blueprint for AI, Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan, represents a sweeping attempt to…
Altman denounces voice, face biometrics, prophecies ‘intelligence too cheap to meter’
Having found few sympathetic ears among privacy regulators with his World ID project, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has turned…
AI agents offer rewards for financial services, but must align with human values
A new white paper authored by the UK’s Neira Jones, a respected advisor on payments, fintech, information security and more,…
Idemia Public Security previews TPE6 biometric capture for police, civil registration
The LiveScan family of biometric enrollment solutions from Idemia Public Security is already one of the most popular choices amongst…
Entrust transitions to new CEO after 17 years, Peak IDV founder joins Prove
Several recognizable figures from the world of digital identity are changing roles, including Todd Wilkinson, Neville Pattinson and Steve Craig,…
New mDL resource from STA explores real-world age verification use cases
The Identity and Access Forum (IAF) has published what it calls the industry’s first comprehensive guide to how standards-based mobile…
UK to tender facial age estimation for migrant assessments within weeks
Desperate people take desperate measures. This cliché applies to immigrants lying about their age to increase their chances of being…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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