Chinese government and biometrics suppliers respond to U.S. Entity List expansion
State publication China Daily reports expert opinion that the addition of 33 new companies, including five biometrics providers, to the U.S….
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ID4Africa launches registration for webinar on ID management and COVID-19
Registration is now open to attend a webinar presented by ID4Africa with some of the leading lights of identity authorities in…
Australia’s digital ID system passes $200M in costs as fee system considered
Australia’s GovPass scheme has exceeded $200 million in costs so far, as the government attempts to monetize the national digital…
HooYu facial biometrics and identity verification tools to boost onboarding for Equifax customers
Equifax has partnered with HooYu to expand the range of identity and fraud prevention tools it offers with the onboarding…
Biometric cash relief payments system in Pakistan shows positive results with $695M disbursed
Pakistan’s biometric COVID-19 benefits scheme, Ehsaas Emergency Cash, has disbursed 112 billion Pakistani Rupees (roughly US$695 million), The International News reports,…
Payments with Windows Hello face and fingerprint biometrics added to Google Chrome
Google Chrome has added support for biometric payment authentication for Windows 10 users with facial or fingerprint recognition through Windows…
Biometric access control systems launched from TBS, Morse Watchman and ApnaPay-Fingerprint Cards integration
TBS (Touchless Biometric Systems AG) has announced a pair of partnerships to deliver access control based on fingerprint and iris or…
Sri Lanka and Croatia each working towards biometric digital ID cards launch, Indonesia weighs benefits options
Sri Lanka is planning to launch a biometrics-backed Digital Identity Card to support digital access to a range of government…
Acuant beats some biometric privacy lawsuit claims, others remanded to state level
Some of the claims against Acuant in a Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) suit have been thrown out by a federal…
Biometric app proposed for Chilean inmates on home release, monitoring deployed to Australia prison
An app leveraging face and voice biometrics and geolocation is being proposed by Chilean technology company GeoVictoria to enable Columbia to…
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