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Articles By Alessandro Mascellino

Alessandro Mascellino is a freelance multimedia journalist focusing on emerging technologies. His work has been featured on The Independent, The Mirror Online, and The Sun, among others. Alessandro is also the author of TÉKUNI, a newsletter about technology in Japan.

 

Clear, Alaska Airlines, TSA deploy biometrics to ease US airport experience

Biometrics vendors and their aviation sector customers have recently completed new or analyzed existing biometrics deployments to make traveler journeys…

 

AML and KYC compliance grows beyond banking

It has been a busy April for companies focusing on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) products, with…

 

PayPay and Yahoo! Japan launch face biometrics payments at convenience store

Japanese e-payment service firm PayPay is working with Yahoo! Japan to test a face biometrics payment platform at Yahoo! Mart…

 

Intellicheck, OCR Labs, and Privately each pass security, privacy evaluations

Several companies in the identity and biometrics space have announced new certifications to demonstrate their commitment to privacy and security…

 

What are passkeys, and how do they work?

Passkeys are a type of authentication credential that uses an individual’s unique personal characteristics or tokens and cryptographic signatures to…

 

Nok Nok updates passwordless authentication suite, Entrust launches new zero trust tools

In an eventful week for passwordless authentication news, Nok Nok Labs has updated its S3 Authentication Suite (S3 Suite) with…

 

Accura Scan updates OCR to read Chinese, Japanese and Korean IDs

Mumbai-based authentication firm Accura Scan has updated its optical character recognition (OCR) software development kit (SDK) to introduce support for…

 

NEC, Socure, SecureAuth, ID Secure, Simprints add senior leadership

Several companies in the biometric and digital ID space have expanded their leadership teams with new appointments. The first is…

 

Financial firms push for no payments in EU Digital ID

The European Credit Sector Associations (ECSAs) have published a statement calling on the European Parliament and the Council to reconsider…

 

1Kosmos’ selfie biometric platform gains traction in India

Several companies in India have adopted BlockID, 1Kosmos’ identity verification solution based on selfie biometrics. The company’s growing customer portfolio…

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