BIO-key to offer full biometric authentication stack with $2.5M PistolStar acquisition
BIO-key has reached an agreement to acquire enterprise authentication provider PistolStar for $2.5 million in cash, with plans to integrate the…
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Persona facial recognition and biometric liveness secure scale-up of Umbrella volunteer base
Facial biometrics and liveness checks from Persona have been integrated with volunteer network Umbrella’s platform to provide online identity verification as…
Proposal would ban warrantless facial biometrics on U.S. police body cameras, use on protestors questioned
Among the changes proposed in The Justice in Policing Act recently unveiled by House Democrats in the U.S. is a ban…
UK to collect migrant fingerprints in France and plans longer retention of terrorism suspect biometrics
UK border officers have been instructed by the Home Office to collect fingerprints from migrants attempting to enter the country…
Trinidad and Tobago, Korea, and Belarus governments advance ID credential plans
The Roadmap to Recovery team within Trinidad and Tobago’s government has recommended fast-tracking the country’s digital identity plans to support…
IBM pulls face biometrics and questions their use by law enforcement in letter to Congress
IBM is mostly exiting the biometric facial recognition business, pulling its general purpose recognition and analysis software from the market and…
NIST requests feedback on digital identity guidelines, including for behavioral biometrics and liveness
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a call for comments on its digital identity guidelines contained in four…
Daon partners with Denver airport as contactless biometrics proposed to restore air travel confidence
Daon and Denver International Airport (DEN) have formed a strategic partnership to develop contactless biometric solutions for deployment throughout the airport…
Digital health credentials with face or fingerprint biometrics supported by Tony Blair Institute
Digital health credentials secured by biometrics should be adopted by the UK to allow people to resume travelling, according to…
ID R&D biometric liveness detection chosen for low-bandwidth fraud prevention
South African KYC and compliance technology provider RelyComply has selected ID R&D’s passive facial liveness technology to improve its customer’s user…
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