Biometric Update for June 24, 2025

Daily biometrics news and exclusive features about biometrics companies.

Cyber Threat Observatory workshop advises on protections for national digital ID systems

By Lu-Hai Liang

Jun 23, 2025 - The Alan Turing Institute launched the Cyber Threat Observatory last year to monitor cyber threats to digital ID systems. The…

UN cautions govts to safeguard human rights in AI procurement

By Lu-Hai Liang

Jun 23, 2025 - AI is a major trend of this decade with advancements in the technology having an effect across society, for both…

Kyrgyzstan state printer wades into biometric passport market with Namibia deal

By Chris Burt

Jun 23, 2025 - A shipment of 130,000 biometric passports has been sent from Kyrgyzstan to Namibia, after a contract was signed between the…

Facia declares breakthrough deepfake detection scores

By Chris Burt

Jun 23, 2025 - Facia has reached the point where it is scoring perfect accuracy for deepfake detection on third-party datasets, including Meta’s. The…

OCR Studio MRZ ID document scanning integrated by Greek hospitality IT provider

By Chris Burt

Jun 23, 2025 - Greece-based digital tourism solution provider ZeusTech is integrating machine readable zone (MRZ) scanning from Dubai-based OCR Studio into its hospitality…

Reddit considers World for proof of personhood, age verification: Report

By Masha Borak

Jun 23, 2025 - Reddit is reportedly in talks with Tools of Humanity to use the World ID biometric-based digital identity for proof of…

Spanish law among most comprehensive for age checks, kids’ online safety

By Joel R. McConvey

Jun 23, 2025 - Among EU nations pursuing child online safety legislation and age verification tools, Spain has been at the forefront. It has…

New NADRA ID card rules redefine biometrics, mandate birth registration with Union Councils

By Ayang Macdonald

Jun 23, 2025 - Several reforms, including a redefinition of biometrics within the context of Pakistan’s national ID card system and compulsory birth registration…

Optimistic plan would pair universal legal identity with basic income program

By Joel R. McConvey

Jun 23, 2025 - A new paper calls the lack of legal identity for millions of people around the world one of the “most…

Nepal’s biometric passport contract awarded to Veridos, Mühlbauer

By Joel R. McConvey

Jun 23, 2025 - Nepal’s biometric passport system has a new primary supplier. German firms Mühlbauer and Veridos have successfully outbid incumbent identity provider…

Cyber Threat Observatory workshop advises on protections for national digital ID systems
Lu-Hai Liang | 9 hours ago

Kyrgyzstan state printer wades into biometric passport market with Namibia deal
Chris Burt | 9 hours ago

Spanish law among most comprehensive for age checks, kids’ online safety
Joel R. McConvey | 10 hours ago

UN cautions govts to safeguard human rights in AI procurement
Lu-Hai Liang | 11 hours ago

Optimistic plan would pair universal legal identity with basic income program
Joel R. McConvey | 11 hours ago

Facia declares breakthrough deepfake detection scores
Chris Burt | 12 hours ago

Nepal’s biometric passport contract awarded to Veridos, Mühlbauer
Joel R. McConvey | 12 hours ago

Reddit considers World for proof of personhood, age verification: Report
Masha Borak | 14 hours ago

New NADRA ID card rules redefine biometrics, mandate birth registration with Union Councils
Ayang Macdonald | 15 hours ago

OCR Studio MRZ ID document scanning integrated by Greek hospitality IT provider
Chris Burt | 16 hours ago

Alipay introduces smart glasses payment with voice authentication
Masha Borak | 16 hours ago

UAE Pass streamlines access to over 5k digital services as transactions surge
Ayang Macdonald | 16 hours ago

Benin shares its X-Road DPI interoperability experience in peer learning webinar
Ayang Macdonald | 16 hours ago

Biometrics providers and systems evolve or get left behind
Chris Burt | 3 days ago

Findynet funding development of six digital wallet solutions
Masha Borak | 3 days ago

Patchwork of age check, online safety legislation grows across US
Joel R. McConvey | 3 days ago

AVPA laud findings from age assurance tech trial
Joel R. McConvey | 4 days ago

Sri Lanka to launch govt API policies and guidelines
Duruthu Edirimuni Chandrasekera | 4 days ago

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Au10tix gets nod from Microsoft as ideal solution for AI agents built in MS Copilot

By Joel R. McConvey

Jun 12, 2025 - At the recent Microsoft Build event, Au10tix got a public endorsement from Microsoft as an ideal match for AI agents…

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No watchlist needed to secure public spaces: Corsight execs
Chris Burt | 2 weeks ago

Phygital IDs and PPPs: IN Groupe CEO Agnès Diallo on realizing identity’s promise
Chris Burt | 3 weeks ago

Ethiopia’s digital ID chief lays out roadmap for reaching 90M enrollments by 2027
Ayang Macdonald | 3 weeks ago

Somalia walking a thorny road to an inclusive national digital ID system
Ayang Macdonald | 3 weeks ago

Infant.ID system can effectively address child swaps, trafficking: Integrated Biometrics
Ayang Macdonald | 4 weeks ago

Biometrics experience, policy and tools must converge to transform lives
Chris Burt | 4 weeks ago

Reusable digital identity arriving in the nick of time
Chris Burt | 4 weeks ago

Inclusive digital ID poised for leap forward with QR codes, similar credentials
Chris Burt | 1 month ago

Industry Insights

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You can’t reset your DNA. So why are you letting companies treat it like a password?

By Aras Nazarovas

Jun 17, 2025 - Not long ago, mailing your saliva to a Silicon Valley startup was treated like a novelty – a quirky gift,…

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Building trust in the age of digital identity: why cyber resilience must come first
Nathalie Gosset | 1 week ago

Privacy doesn’t have to cost us great online services
Andrew Black | 1 week ago

The face of commerce: When your identity becomes your wallet
Matt Marino | 2 weeks ago

Texas bill calls for tough age checks – but sensible access needs a clear roadmap
Mary Ann Miller | 3 weeks ago

Harnessing AI to reinforce security and identity in Australia
Ramesh Songukrishnasamy | 3 weeks ago

5 ways fraud is reinventing itself in 2025
Bess Farrell | 4 weeks 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.