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Seon’s biometric IDV software certified for eIDAS 2.0, age verification in Germany

By Chris Burt

- A double-certification announcement from U.S.-based Seon positions the company’s software to compete for share in Europe’s growing digital identity verification…

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Account renting exposes the limits of current gig worker screening

By Raj Ananthanpillai

- By Raj Ananthanpillai, CEO and Founder of Trua A background check tells a gig platform something about the person who…

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Mexico's new banking rules signal a new era for biometric identity verification

By Jesus Aragon

- By Jesús Aragón, CEO and Co-founder of Identy.io Opening a bank account today looks very different than it did a…

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Caribbean nations are building a cross-border layer of digital public infrastructure

By Ayang Macdonald

- Countries in the Caribbean are implementing national digital public infrastructure (DPI) projects with objectives that increasingly go beyond their territorial…

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GuyID combines IDV with reputation for online dating

By Joel R. McConvey

- Ravi Shankar wants you to trust him. The founder of Ottawa-based startup GuyID is combining identity verification with vouching in…

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Podcast: Deepfake fraud goes industrial as identity defenses evolve

By Joel R. McConvey

- Deepfake fraud is no longer experimental. Cheap AI tools, fraud-as-a-service platforms and injection attacks are transforming identity fraud into an…

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ICE seeks AI platform to analyze billions of investigative records

By Anthony Kimery

- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is exploring a centralized investigative platform that would place generative AI on top of…

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Meta offers new compliance numbers on Australia SMMA, deactivates 750K accounts

By Joel R. McConvey

- Meta says it has taken down more than 750,000 accounts believed to belong to Australian users under 16 years of…

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Prove plans launch of privacy-preserving biometric binding with new IP

By Chris Burt

- Behavioral signals and contextual information can go a long way in assessing risk and approving authentications. But Prove’s new General…

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Challenge to facial recognition at protests to be examined by Supreme Court of India

By Joel R. McConvey

- India’s Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the deployment of facial recognition technology (FRT) and other biometric surveillance tech…

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ICE seeks AI platform to analyze billions of investigative records
Anthony Kimery |
Challenge to facial recognition at protests to be examined by Supreme Court of India
Joel R. McConvey |
Meta offers new compliance numbers on Australia SMMA, deactivates 750K accounts
Joel R. McConvey |
Caribbean nations are building a cross-border layer of digital public infrastructure
Ayang Macdonald |
Seon’s biometric IDV software certified for eIDAS 2.0, age verification in Germany
Chris Burt |
Beyond accuracy: What NIST’s latest age estimation results mean for age assurance
Ashok Singal |
Scottish Biometrics Commissioner plans 8 reports, reviews by autumn 2027
Chris Burt |
UNICEF urges governments to use schools to close global birth registration gaps
Lu-Hai Liang |
Self brings identity verification to universal basic compute initiative
Joel R. McConvey |
Researchers explore facial recognition with foundation models, synthetic data
Chris Burt |
Podcast: Deepfake fraud goes industrial as identity defenses evolve
Joel R. McConvey |
CBP expands multimodal biometrics with new palm, iris and face equipment buy
Anthony Kimery |
HHS plans nationwide biometric sponsor vetting network linked to Palantir
Anthony Kimery |
FBI twin research highlights why multimodal biometrics still matter
Abhishek Jadhav |
Birth registration emerges as foundation for digital public infrastructure
Ayang Macdonald |
AI fraud pushes identity defenses toward IAD and continuous verification
Chris Burt |
DHS surveillance spending tops $2.9B as domestic enforcement architecture expands
Anthony Kimery |
Most consumers want age verification through reusable digital IDs: Jumio survey
Chris Burt |
Account renting exposes the limits of current gig worker screening
Raj Ananthanpillai |
Meta smart glasses quietly enter Florida law enforcement
Anthony Kimery |

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Podcast: Deepfake fraud goes industrial as identity defenses evolve

By Joel R. McConvey

- Deepfake fraud is no longer experimental. Cheap AI tools, fraud-as-a-service platforms and injection attacks are transforming identity fraud into an…

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Prove plans launch of privacy-preserving biometric binding with new IP
Chris Burt |
GuyID combines IDV with reputation for online dating
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New framework argues government AI depends on strong DPI
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Why Veridas and Fourthline are building a new kind of identity platform
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Asia becomes testing ground for social media age assurance models
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NIST shifts focus from mobile driver’s license technology to adoption
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Account renting exposes the limits of current gig worker screening

By Raj Ananthanpillai

- By Raj Ananthanpillai, CEO and Founder of Trua A background check tells a gig platform something about the person who…

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Mexico’s new banking rules signal a new era for biometric identity verification
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Continuous adaptive trust is the new fraud detection mandate
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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.

Caribbean nations are building a cross-border layer of digital public infrastructure

By Ayang Macdonald

- Countries in the Caribbean are implementing national digital public infrastructure (DPI) projects with objectives that increasingly go beyond their territorial…

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Digital Identity in Developing Nations
Birth registration emerges as foundation for digital public infrastructure
Ayang Macdonald |
UN moves to renew Palantir deal despite unresolved privacy, governance risks
Anthony Kimery |
Cameroon: When birth certificates represent children who do not exist
Ayang Macdonald |
New framework argues government AI depends on strong DPI
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Pakistan fast-tracks digital identity as Digital Nation Act takes effect
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