Intellicheck rides IDV growth to operational profitability
Intellicheck reports it reached operational profitability for the first time in the company’s history in fiscal and calendar 2025, netting…
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Chris Burt is managing editor and industry analyst at Biometric Update. He has also written nonfiction about information technology, dramatic arts, sports culture, and fantasy basketball, as well as fiction about a doomed astronaut. He lives in Toronto. You can follow him on Twitter @AFakeChrisBurt.
Idemia PS and Indicio collaborate on globally interoperable biometric IDV
New strategic partners Idemia Public Security and decentralized digital identity provider Indicio plan to jointly develop globally interoperable biometric identity…
CyberLink proposes deal to take prior AI spin-off Perfect private
Facial recognition provider CyberLink has proposed a deal to take virtual try-on AI and augmented reality provider Perfect private at…
ID4Africa prioritizes digital identity ecosystems to center users at upcoming AGM
ID4Africa’s AGM has addressed a changed digital identity landscape in Africa each year, but the 2026 edition will reflect a…
Canadian parliament seeks to expand biometric background checks nationwide
Canada’s lower legislative branch is looking for a supplier to help extend its fingerprint biometrics capability for background checks across…
Amazon ordered to share ‘limited source code’ in biometric data privacy dispute
Amazon’s legal representation in a lawsuit filed under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act has taken the awkward position that its…
Neurotechnology updates MegaMatcher with Level 2-tested biometric spoof protection
Neurotechnology has updated its biometric authentication platform with the advanced biometric liveness detection that just passed a Level 2 Biometric…
Consultation questions, Companies House incident highlight UK IDV industry’s fears
The consultation the UK government is holding to inform how it builds the national digital identity system raises important questions…
Biometric IDV startup raises $1M, opens US operations and launches anti-fraud suite
Toronto-founded biometric identity verification startup deepidv has closed a $1 million seed funding round, expanded its operations to San Francisco…
Authenticity vs. Deepfake: Who validates what’s real?
From deepfake movies to real-world fraud: the threat is no longer fiction. At SXSW 2026, Unico explored how generative AI…
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