Biometrics providers stake out facial recognition, fingerprint sensor market positions
The interoperability of digital wallets and health passes, smart city biometrics, truly inclusive national digital ID systems and the fight…
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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.
Payments network to offer digital ID services from SecureKey to Canadians
Canadian interbank network Interac Corp. has acquired exclusive rights to use SecureKey’s digital ID services in Canada, and plans to…
BIO-key, Plurilock and Onfido win Cybersecurity Breakthrough Awards
BIO-key, Plurilock and Onfido have each won 2021 Cybersecurity Breakthrough Awards for their biometrics and digital identity technologies. Elsewhere, 1Kosmos and…
Thales wins biometric bank card deal, Zwipe partners on payments, hybrid ID cards
Jordan Kuwait Bank has selected Thales to supply biometric payment cards for contactless EMV transactions. The fingerprint-enabled cards will be…
Tech5 contactless fingerprint biometrics for mobile devices unveiled
Tech5 has launched its contactless mobile fingerprint biometrics-capturing technology, along with an enhanced artificial intelligence-based fingerprint matching algorithm the company says…
Digital ID officials confront open-source opportunity, brain drain, and true gender inclusivity
The challenges facing African countries renewing their digital ID systems appear to be converging with those experienced by countries in…
Acuity Principal Most predicts $3B in biometrics investment in 2021
The growing wave of investment in biometrics and identity verification has major implications for how technology providers in the space…
SenseTime sources legal opinion suggesting limits to US sanctions ahead of planned IPO
American sanctions against SenseTime for supplying its biometric technology in support of rights abuses in Xinjiang only apply to one of…
Fingerprint Cards and Infineon move biometric authentication within cards’ secure element
Fingerprint Cards and Infineon have developed a method for carrying out biometric authentication entirely within the latter’s secure element, eliminating the need…
Smart Engines adds EU digital IDs in document scanning SDK update
Smart Engines has added EU digital ID cards and residence documents scanning to its Smart ID engine and boosted the application’s…
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