iProov uncovers global cybercriminal operation ‘Grey Nickel’
Biometric identity company iProov says it has uncovered live operations of a cybercrime operation that has infiltrated financial institutions worldwide….
Year: 2025
OneSpan doubles down on biometric FIDO authentication with Nok Nok Labs acquisition
OneSpan is diving into FIDO biometric authentication across its platform for passwordless e-signatures and digital banking transactions with the acquisition…
Biometric privacy on trial: The constitutional stakes in United States v. Brown
In January 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a ruling that may ultimately…
PopID gets equity financing to build global biometric network infrastructure
PopID has received equity financing with investments from Verifone, Chipotle’s Cultivate Next venture fund, Commerce Ventures, PayPal and Visa Ventures….
Mastercard halfway to Europe’s ecommerce transformation with passkeys, tokenization
Visa and Mastercard, the payments giants bestriding the globe, are pushing biometrics, tokenization and Click to Pay. Their vision is…
IKE’s on-device age assurance for vapes gets FDA approval to proceed
IKE Tech LLC has received an Acceptance Review letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Premarket…
FaceTec advances 2 patents for its 3D face biometric liveness to protect IP
FaceTec has strengthened its intellectual property protections for the company’s biometric identity verification technology, with one patent granted by the…
Sierra Leone reaches 93 percent national ID coverage, 80 percent services digitized
Sierra Leone says it has recorded a 93 percent civil registration and national ID issuance coverage rate, with at least…
São Tomé and Principe pilots MOSIP-based national digital ID system
São Tomé and Principe, Africa’s second smallest country by area and population, with just around a thousand square kilometres and…
$60M to speed up digital connectivity infrastructure in Ethiopia, Djibouti, Tanzania
A data center operator, Wingu Africa, has announced the obtention of $60 million to accelerate the rollout of critical digital…
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