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FinCEN digital credential guidance leaves banks responsible for identity assurance

By Joel R. McConvey

- An article from Anderson Insights highlights an important distinction in digital identity: a digital credential is not simply an image…

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Certifying fairness in face recognition: what happens when metrics disagree?

By Neily Sanon

- By Neily Sanon, Test Analyst Fairness is becoming an increasingly important part of biometric evaluation. For organizations developing, buying or deploying…

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Socure Q3 growth reflects shifts in identity verification market

By Ashok Singal

- Socure, an identity verification, fraud prevention and risk intelligence platform, announced its third-quarter 2026 results on October 15, reporting $42.7…

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Ghana engages over 10 African countries on digital payments interoperability

By Ayang Macdonald

- Ghana is in talks with more than 10 African countries about connecting digital payment systems, building on cross-border interoperability pilots…

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What proof of human presence must mean when AI agents ask for approval

By Stéphane Gervais

- By Stéphane Gervais, Founder and CEO of ApexTransform Imagine an AI agent preparing to send a confidential customer file to…

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ROC joins AVPA as it expands facial age estimation business

By Abhishek Jadhav

- ROC has become a member of the Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA) as it expands its commercial facial age estimation…

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BSI launches AI assurance schemes spanning biometrics, LLMs and risk management

By Ashok Singal

- The British Standards Institution (BSI) has launched three AI assessment schemes covering high-risk biometric systems, large language models and product-level…

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Beyond passwordless: SenseCrypt IdP brings passkeys and privacy-preserving biometrics together

By Chris Burt

- Every change made to customer accounts by an organization’s support agents now relies on getting a trustworthy answer to a…

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Thales and Badge team up to tackle AI agent authorization with biometrics

By Chris Burt

- Enterprises are faced with a situation in which they cannot answer reliably whether the user in a given session is…

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Germany approves digital ID law with biometrics opt-out for EUDI Wallet

By Chris Burt

- Germany has moved a step closer to launching its version of the EU Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet, approving legislation Thursday…

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ASEAN moves toward interoperable digital identity with verifiable credentials

By Lu-Hai Liang

- The 11 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are among the world’s most active adopters of digital identity.…

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Public services should drive DPI investment, says ID4Africa's Atick

By Chris Burt

- Gaps in digital public infrastructure are often addressed by international development agencies with loans and support based on projections of…

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Public services should drive DPI investment, says ID4Africa’s Atick
Chris Burt |
BSI launches AI assurance schemes spanning biometrics, LLMs and risk management
Ashok Singal |
Germany approves digital ID law with biometrics opt-out for EUDI Wallet
Chris Burt |
FinCEN digital credential guidance leaves banks responsible for identity assurance
Joel R. McConvey |
ROC joins AVPA as it expands facial age estimation business
Abhishek Jadhav |
Ghana engages over 10 African countries on digital payments interoperability
Ayang Macdonald |
Socure Q3 growth reflects shifts in identity verification market
Ashok Singal |
Thales and Badge team up to tackle AI agent authorization with biometrics
Chris Burt |
Nepal to require national ID for health insurance services from December
Lu-Hai Liang |
PAX gives retailers control over face and palm biometric checkout
Abhishek Jadhav |
Experimental fingerprint authentication avoids storing biometric templates
Joel R. McConvey |
Malta goes digital-only with seafarer records in IDSure wallet
Ayang Macdonald |
Nepali Congress announces digital and paperless transformation
Lu-Hai Liang |
Brands NZ rolls out upgraded ID Station passport and ID photo system
Joel R. McConvey |
Rego Guardian offers plug-in SaaS online safety architecture with parental controls
Joel R. McConvey |
SITA scales up airport biometrics portfolio with Collins Aerospace deal
Chris Burt |
Prove sues KYXStart over patent infringement, alleged contract interference
Chris Burt |
Inside DHS’s RIVR: How identity document verification is put to the test
Ashok Singal |
NIST sets new accuracy threshold for entry into 1:N face recognition evaluation
Ashok Singal |
Italian bank loses $108M to AI messaging fraud, as identifAI warns of deepfake threat
Joel R. McConvey |

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Public services should drive DPI investment, says ID4Africa’s Atick

By Chris Burt

- Gaps in digital public infrastructure are often addressed by international development agencies with loans and support based on projections of…

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Beyond passwordless: SenseCrypt IdP brings passkeys and privacy-preserving biometrics together
Chris Burt |
ASEAN moves toward interoperable digital identity with verifiable credentials
Lu-Hai Liang |
‘We’re verifying identity in a way that we haven’t’: Janice Kephart on 25 years after 9/11
Joel R. McConvey |
ROC looks beyond biometrics with unified Vision AI strategy
Ashok Singal |
Arc’s Socure integration pushes identity deeper into crypto infrastructure
Ashok Singal |
Podcast: GLEIF brings verifiable LEI framework to question of AI governance
Joel R. McConvey |
Who verifies the verifier? Indicio on the race to give AI agents an identity
Ashok Singal |
Are we at a tipping point for digital identity? Biometric Update podcast explores global shifts
Joel R. McConvey |

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Biometric Update Industry Insights feature biometrics and digital ID industry experts discussing their unique perspectives.

What proof of human presence must mean when AI agents ask for approval

By Stéphane Gervais

- By Stéphane Gervais, Founder and CEO of ApexTransform Imagine an AI agent preparing to send a confidential customer file to…

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Certifying fairness in face recognition: what happens when metrics disagree?
Neily Sanon |
A biometric match is evidence, not the whole identity decision
Steven Renwick |
Biometric authentication still needs an accessible fallback
Manisha Varma Kamarushiis |
Data breaches make the case for minimizing identity data in KYC
Vladimir V. Arlazarov |
Do we trust supermarkets more than the police with our biometrics?
Fraser Sampson |
Tower of Babel 2.0: When misunderstanding becomes a security risk
Eduard de Knegt |

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.

Public services should drive DPI investment, says ID4Africa’s Atick

By Chris Burt

- Gaps in digital public infrastructure are often addressed by international development agencies with loans and support based on projections of…

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Digital Identity in Developing Nations
Can Africa’s new CRVS decade close the death registration gap?
Ayang Macdonald |
Cameroon’s civil registration reform faces $85M funding gap
Ayang Macdonald |
India is defining ‘DPI 2.0’ as it shifts beyond identity and payments
Duruthu Edirimuni Chandrasekera |
Tariq Malik says countries should export DPI mistakes, not just expertise
Ayang Macdonald |
Africa’s identity authorities have made International ID Day their own: founder
Chris Burt |
Africa’s digital ID push runs into mobile internet usage gap
Ayang Macdonald |

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