Biometric Update for January 21, 2025

Daily biometrics news and exclusive features about biometrics companies.

Guyana national digital ID project gets $4.8M in 2025 budget

By Joel R. McConvey

Jan 20, 2025 - The government of Guyana has allocated $1 billion (US$4.8M) for national e-ID cards, as part of a budget presented last…

Facial recognition for borders and travel: 2025 trends and insights

By Vito Fabbrizio

Jan 20, 2025 - By Vito Fabbrizio Managing Director, Biometrics Business Unit, HID The world of biometrics is constantly evolving, and 2024 was a transformative…

Mobile driver’s licenses coming to the UK this year

By Chris Burt

Jan 20, 2025 - The UK government is planning to issue digital driver’s licenses this year with legal backing to be accepted as proof…

FTC, Texas AG take action against surveillance, sale of drivers' data

By Anthony Kimery

Jan 20, 2025 - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken a significant step toward safeguarding consumer privacy by initiating a proposed action against…

Brazil's Infant.ID sees bump in biometric birth registration, national rollout expected

By Chris Burt

Jan 20, 2025 - Infant.ID has surpassed 10,000 infant biometric registrations in Brazil’s state of Mato Grosso as the company prepares for the establishment…

Somalia officially launches printing process of new national ID card

By Ayang Macdonald

Jan 20, 2025 - The government of Somalia says the printing of its new generation national ID cards is now officially underway. The country’s…

Azerbaijan president approves 2025-2027 digital ID, govt strategy

By Ayang Macdonald

Jan 20, 2025 - President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has issued a decree activating the “Digital Development Concept of the Republic of Azerbaijan,” a…

Women in Identity prepares ID Code of Conduct phase 3, on costs of ID exclusion

By Joel R. McConvey

Jan 20, 2025 - Identity and ID documents aren’t the same thing – but, in administrative terms, they might as well be. Without identification,…

Oosto bought for $125M, far less than $352M raised but 6x annual revenues

By Masha Borak

Jan 20, 2025 - Israeli real-time facial recognition company Oosto has been acquired by AI-based parking lot operator Metropolis for US$125 million. The figure…

Sri Lanka procures 350 biometric devices for national digital ID

By Duruthu Edirimuni Chandrasekera

Jan 20, 2025 - The Sri Lankan government has procured 350 units of biometric hardware, including high-resolution cameras and fingerprint scanners, for its upcoming…

Women in Identity prepares ID Code of Conduct phase 3, on costs of ID exclusion
Joel R. McConvey | 6 hours ago

Somalia officially launches printing process of new national ID card
Ayang Macdonald | 7 hours ago

Facial recognition for borders and travel: 2025 trends and insights
Vito Fabbrizio | 7 hours ago

Azerbaijan president approves 2025-2027 digital ID, govt strategy
Ayang Macdonald | 7 hours ago

Mobile driver’s licenses coming to the UK this year
Chris Burt | 9 hours ago

Guyana national digital ID project gets $4.8M in 2025 budget
Joel R. McConvey | 9 hours ago

Oosto bought for $125M, far less than $352M raised but 6x annual revenues
Masha Borak | 10 hours ago

Sri Lanka procures 350 biometric devices for national digital ID
Duruthu Edirimuni Chandrasekera | 10 hours ago

FTC, Texas AG take action against surveillance, sale of drivers’ data
Anthony Kimery | 10 hours ago

Brazil’s Infant.ID sees bump in biometric birth registration, national rollout expected
Chris Burt | 11 hours ago

Russia’s banks work to boost Unified Biometric System
Masha Borak | 12 hours ago

ASEAN countries discuss digital fraud prevention in Bangkok
Masha Borak | 12 hours ago

Police use of experimental biometrics needs oversight, guidance: report
Masha Borak | 12 hours ago

Biometric information management service from KFTC coming for commercial use
Joel R. McConvey | 12 hours ago

Emerging biometrics markets draw a crowd
Chris Burt | 3 days ago

Laxton to supply hundreds of biometric kits to Honduras under $1.9M UNDP contract
Chris Burt | 3 days ago

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BorderAge promises 100% anonymous age assurance with hand gesture modality

By Joel R. McConvey

Jan 14, 2025 - Imagine a magician who waves their hands not to conjure a white rabbit, but to provide age assurance without collecting…

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Biometric transactions to generate $315B by 2028: Prism Project
Chris Burt | 2 weeks ago

Biometrics starts 2025 with new and increasingly clear roles in the digital world
Chris Burt | 2 weeks ago

What we talk about when we talk about ‘humanness’
Joel R. McConvey | 4 weeks ago

Networks aim to make digital identity truly reusable in 2025
Chris Burt | 4 weeks ago

Financial services need digital identity stitched together, investors take note
Chris Burt | 2 months ago

Humanity Protocol: ‘We’re building a full credential ecosystem’
Masha Borak | 2 months ago

DefAI Project aims to give age assurance its own dedicated deepfake detection toolkit
Joel R. McConvey | 2 months ago

Socure calls for US digital identity taskforce, critical infrastructure status
Chris Burt | 2 months ago

Industry Insights

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Facial recognition for borders and travel: 2025 trends and insights

By Vito Fabbrizio

Jan 20, 2025 - By Vito Fabbrizio Managing Director, Biometrics Business Unit, HID The world of biometrics is constantly evolving, and 2024 was a transformative…

More Industry Insights

State of passkeys 2025: passkeys move to mainstream
Vincent Delitz | 5 days ago

Will change in the White House sound a different tune for AI-driven biometrics in law enforcement
Fraser Sampson | 7 days ago

Revealed: the world’s most surveilled cities of 2024?
Fraser Sampson | 3 weeks ago

Biometrics and digital identity M&A in 2024
Alan Goode | 4 weeks ago

Chinese spycams back under the tree?
Fraser Sampson | 4 weeks ago

Do robots have the right to remain silent? Ask Miranda
Fraser Sampson | 2 months ago

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.

L1 biometric device certification now mandatory for Aadhaar authentication

By Chris Burt

Jan 16, 2025 - India has transitioned to more secure biometric authentication devices, with the requirement for only registered devices certified to the Level…