ACLU urges hard questions on mDLs to protect digital ID privacy
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is warning of the potential dangers mobile driver’s license (mDL) adoption in America could…
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FaceTec liveness and biometrics drive 320 percent revenue growth, onboard 15M a month
Revenues for FaceTec grew by a spectacular 321 percent on a year-over-year basis in its first quarter of fiscal 2021,…
Amazon extends police facial recognition moratorium
Amazon has taken the time limit off of its self-imposed moratorium on offering its face biometrics technology to U.S. law…
ID R&D patents combined behavioral and face biometrics for frictionless MFA
ID R&D has been awarded a patent for multi-modal biometric authentication building on existing login processes on mobile devices. The…
Keyless biometrics certified for FIDO compliance by Fime
Keyless’ biometric enterprise security platform has been certified to the FIDO Alliance’s biometrics standards, with testing carried out by Fime….
Technologies and regulations supporting selfie biometrics expand
Basis ID has announced a selfie biometrics customer win for compliant customer onboarding, while Verify 365 and iDenfy have launched…
IATA Travel Pass adds NFC, Hawaii adds NEC face biometrics for health screening
A trial of digital identity and COVID-19 test results with NFC technology through the biometric International Air Transport Association (IATA)…
Cerence biometrics partnership brings voice purchases to US gas stations
Cerence is expanding its biometric authentication and voice-based payment services through a partnership with mobile commerce platform provider P97 Networks….
Face biometrics provide operational efficiency opportunity for banks, Telpo says
Banks have an opportunity to improve their business efficiency, reduce errors and improve customer satisfaction by deploying face biometrics, according…
Yinda Infocomm doubles down on Tech5 biometrics with $8M investment
Tech5 has received a further $8 million investment from Yinda Infocomm, which has also expressed an intention to exercise its…
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