Cardlab, swIDch receive public sector support for biometric cards
Cardlab has been selected amongst the 20 companies for the EU Pavilion at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022 by…
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Penalties for Aadhaar violations set as Indian government expands applications
Penalties for hacking, sharing or using Aadhaar data without authorization can be levied by the Unique Identification Authority of India…
Document-free checks launch at Vienna Airport with NEC biometrics
Airports in Vienna and Jakarta are deploying face biometrics to make passenger processes contactless and document-free, with NEC supplying the…
IBIA appoints Washington veteran as managing director
The International Biometrics + Identity Association (IBIA) has appointed Washington insider Robert Tappan its new managing director, in which role he…
Zetes launches mDL, mobile digital ID solution in full compliance with new standard
Mobile driver’s licenses and mobile digital IDs from Zetes have reached availability, in the aftermath of the publication of and…
Socure claims highest valuation in biometric IDV space with $450M funding round
The highest valuation of any private identity verification provider may now belong to Socure, after the company raked in $450…
Tourism industry deploys computer vision in Kazakhstan and Japan
Smart Engines is supplying its optical character recognition (OCR) technology to HT.KZ, a leading travel agency in Kazakhstan, to facilitate border…
Failed institutions incite fear of Mexico’s biometric national ID plan
Centralized biometric databases held by untrusted governments that have not passed robust data protection laws continue to elicit criticism and…
Biometrics regulations and standards moving market
Push and pull on biometrics and related technologies from regulations and standards is one of the main through-lines of the…
Biometrics providers unready for AI Act requirements risk market exclusion: EAB lunch talk
The impact of Europe’s new artificial intelligence regulation on vendors and users of biometrics could be quite severe, and even…
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