BIO-key focused on expanding distribution for identity-bound biometrics, joins AWS network
In an eventful fortnight for BIO-key, the company has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN), days after…
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Belgium unveils virtual digital identity card to extend itsme app functionality
Belgium Secretary of State for Digitalization Mathieu Michel has unveiled the creation of a new virtual digital identity card to…
Facial recognition in casinos under scrutiny in Australia after complaint against retailers
Casinos in Australia have fallen under scrutiny for the lack of regulation around their use of face biometrics technologies to…
Speechmatics to extend voice biometrics, speech recognition accuracy with $62M funding round
Voice biometrics and speech recognition provider Speechmatics has raised $62 million in a Series B funding round led by Susquehanna…
ams Osram and trinamiX unveil behind-screen face biometric authentication tech
ams Osram and trinamiX have jointly announced the development of a solution that enables biometric face authentication suited to mobile…
Zitadel raises $2.5M for open-source digital identity platform
Switzerland-based firm Zitadel has raised $2.5 million for the development of an open-source identity and access management (IAM) platform focusing…
Millions in funding in UK for AI ethics, Canada for digital ID privacy research
The U.K.’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has unveiled a new program worth £8.5 million ($10.43 million) that will…
Digital ID provider SignD selects Smart Engines for OCR-powered credit card scanning
Smart Engines has entered a new collaboration with SignD, a know your client (KYC) service provider offering 30 different digital…
Sentry Enterprises, ID.me, authID.ai receive authentication, data security certifications
A number of companies in the biometric space have received new qualifications, with Sentry Enterprises announcing the completion of FIDO2…
TrustSec unveils new biometric cards for physical and logical access control
Information security company TrustSec has released the first generation of its biometric access control cards. The TrustSEC Bio Access solutions…
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