Fingerprint Cards’ transformation lifts 2025 results
Fingerprint Cards completed its final full year before its planned merger with Precise Biometrics with revenue up, costs down and…
Articles By Chris Burt
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.
LATAM, Asian firms pass biometric PAD assessments from iBeta
Four liveness detection developers have passed assessments for compliance with the international biometric Presentation Attack Detection (PAD) standard from iBeta…
German gov’t retries pitch to let police use facial recognition on social media
German federal lawmakers are proposing a change to the country’s Code of Criminal Procedure that would allow law enforcement agencies…
AI fraud surge drives Socure ARR past $340M as IDV demand expands
Socure’s new annual recurring revenue from its digital identity verification and biometrics and fraud prevention technologies grew by 62 percent…
Amadeus unveils planned €1.2B Idemia PS acquisition to extend travel biometrics
Amadeus IT SA has officially declared its intention to acquire Idemia Public Security for 1.2 billion euros (approximately US$1.4 billion)…
Unico highlights importance of defense amid World Cup iGaming surge
The FIFA World Cup is the largest sports tournament in the world, and the 2026 edition will drive a 50…
Idex loses NOK 90M ID Centric investment, turns to smaller share sale
Idex Biometrics is considering a private placement for 10 percent of its shares to replace a canceled deal. A proposed…
IAM’s adaptation for AI agents drives M&A deals for Silverfort, iC Consult
Digital identity security firm Silverfort has acquired AI-native identity security provider Fabrix Security to deliver autonomous identity security at runtime….
Australia plans biometric liveness detection refresh for national digital ID
Australia plans to contract a biometric liveness detection capability to support the country’s national digital ID and protect it against…
Biometrics demand holds firm across core and emerging use cases
A UK court ruling that live facial recognition use by police does not violate human rights could have major implications…
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