Biometric Update for April 27, 2025

Daily biometrics news and exclusive features about biometrics companies.

Biometrics and injection detection for deepfake defense a rising priority

By Chris Burt

Apr 26, 2025 - Biometrics integrations with injection attack detection to defend the latest front in the global battle against fraud, deepfakes, is the…

Pindrop surpasses $100M in annual recurring revenue, kicks off BU podcast

By Joel R. McConvey

Apr 25, 2025 - A release from Atlanta-based voice biometrics firm Pindrop celebrates a milestone: the firm has surpassed US$100 million in Annual Recurring…

New Zealand issues tender for digital ID services accreditation infrastructure

By Masha Borak

Apr 25, 2025 - New Zealand’s accredited digital identity services regulator, the Trust Framework Authority (TFA), has published a request for information (RFI) for…

WEF launches new DPI initiative focused on emerging tech, including biometrics

By Masha Borak

Apr 25, 2025 - Global Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) initiatives are lagging behind emerging technologies such as AI, which could lead to inefficiencies, bottlenecks…

MOSIP explains how its integration with OpenG2P facilitates social protection services

By Ayang Macdonald

Apr 25, 2025 - MOSIP says that with robust and dynamic digital ID systems, governments can effectively intervene to bring assistance to people suffering…

Odds are good for biometrics firms in the global gambling sector

By Joel R. McConvey

Apr 25, 2025 - Gambling has always been a vice associated with certain kinds of criminal activity, but the development of the online gambling…

Caution urged as UK supermarkets check out facial recognition

By Fraser Sampson

Apr 23, 2025 - By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner In the same week the UK Prime Minister said shoplifting…

Biometric Update Podcast looks at the road to a global standard for age assurance

By Joel R. McConvey

Apr 25, 2025 - Episode 2 of the Biometric Update Podcast is a dispatch from the 2025 Global Age Assurance Standards Summit, held from…

Biometric Update Podcast digs into deepfakes with Pindrop CEO

By Joel R. McConvey

Apr 18, 2025 - Deepfakes are one of the biggest issues of our age. But while video deepfakes get the most attention, audio deepfakes…

Pakistan launches one patient, one ID to transform healthcare access

By Ghulam Shabir Arain

Apr 25, 2025 - Pakistan has launched a historic digital health program called One Patient One ID, which aims to transform how medical records…

Biometrics and injection detection for deepfake defense a rising priority
Chris Burt | 13 hours ago

Biometric Update Podcast looks at the road to a global standard for age assurance
Joel R. McConvey | Yesterday

WEF launches new DPI initiative focused on emerging tech, including biometrics
Masha Borak | Yesterday

Odds are good for biometrics firms in the global gambling sector
Joel R. McConvey | Yesterday

New Zealand issues tender for digital ID services accreditation infrastructure
Masha Borak | Yesterday

Pindrop surpasses $100M in annual recurring revenue, kicks off BU podcast
Joel R. McConvey | Yesterday

Pakistan launches one patient, one ID to transform healthcare access
Ghulam Shabir Arain | 2 days ago

MOSIP explains how its integration with OpenG2P facilitates social protection services
Ayang Macdonald | 2 days ago

KYC providers add new layers as higher transaction volumes boost market
Chris Burt | 2 days ago

Cognitec supplies biometric hardware and software for Australian airports
Chris Burt | 2 days ago

OCR Studio launches browser-based ID document scans, shipping container recognition
Chris Burt | 2 days ago

Keyo’s palm scanning device now half smaller and even more versatile
Masha Borak | 2 days ago

Anonybit, FPC to provide multimodal biometric authentication for Ping Identity platform
Joel R. McConvey | 2 days ago

Regula adds document liveness feature in recent SDK update
Ayang Macdonald | 2 days ago

AuthID joins Secure Technology Alliance, Idemia exec named secretary
Masha Borak | 2 days ago

Kantara welcomes Proof executives
Masha Borak | 2 days ago

EU inches towards gradual rollout of biometric border controls
Chris Burt | 2 days ago

New Zealand seeks selfie guidance, liveness capabilities for biometric capture
Lu-Hai Liang | 2 days ago

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Biometric Update Podcast digs into deepfakes with Pindrop CEO

By Joel R. McConvey

Apr 18, 2025 - Deepfakes are one of the biggest issues of our age. But while video deepfakes get the most attention, audio deepfakes…

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Age assurance standards approach inflection point as regulations roll out
Chris Burt | 2 weeks ago

Digital ID community steps up: reflections from MOSIP Connect 2025
Chris Burt | 3 weeks ago

KILT, Youverse and Key State Capital on challenges for decentralized identity in EU
Masha Borak | 1 month ago

Inclusive digital identity progress, improvements in focus at MOSIP Connect 2025
Chris Burt | 1 month ago

Looming quantum event gives rise to the need for cryptoagility, post-quantum prep
Joel R. McConvey | 2 months ago

STA Identity and Payments Summit stars mDLs but looks ahead to post-quantum future
Joel R. McConvey | 2 months ago

New database sheds light on decentralized identity projects across the world
Masha Borak | 2 months ago

Biometrics rolling towards relevance for automakers and drivers
Jack Shaw | 2 months ago

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Caution urged as UK supermarkets check out facial recognition

By Fraser Sampson

Apr 23, 2025 - By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner In the same week the UK Prime Minister said shoplifting…

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Can AI predict who will commit crime?
Fraser Sampson | 3 weeks ago

Retailers are at risk of ID fraud – better defenses are now imperative
Jimmy Roussel | 4 weeks ago

Smooth travels: How airports are paving the way for widespread biometric technology adoption
Patrick Harding | 4 weeks ago

Surveillance, identity and the right to go missing
Fraser Sampson | 1 month ago

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Collette Smith | 1 month ago

AI agents bolstering security for biometric authentication
Anshu Raj | 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.