Mobey Forum expert group to focus study on digital identity for pandemic management and recovery
The role of digital identity in helping life to continue through online channels will receive more focus from the Mobey…
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Swiss bank-note printer acquires stake in Procivis to build digital identity “one-stop shop”
The venerable company that holds a monopoly on printing money in Switzerland made a strategic investment in Procivis, which specializes…
Biometrics deployments and growth stats roll in as businesses and governments adapt to crisis
Britain’s biometrics industry is booming, as businesses turn to fingerprints and other modalities to enable secure access to private corporate…
UNHCR moving biometrics to contactless iris-only in some countries after successful testing
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Next Biometrics to further cut costs and headcount to mitigate COVID-19 impact on fingerprint business
Next Biometrics is undertaking another set of cost reduction steps to optimize its fingerprints business in the face of challenges…
Idex Biometrics to supply fingerprint sensors for Zwipe payment platform for new card solution
Idex Biometrics will provide its fingerprint sensor products for integration with the Zwipe Pay ONE platform to offer a complete…
Foundational role of biometrics for digital identity credentials discussed in IBIA paper
The International Biometrics + Identity Association (IBIA) has published a report examining the transition which is beginning towards the use…
Innovatrics on NIST FRVT biometric accuracy leaderboard with fast matching algorithm
The latest biometric facial recognition benchmarks show Innovatrics’ technology among the fastest for identifying people from large data sets. Innovatrics’…
Small businesses face fraud and compliance challenges with PSD2 deadline looming
Small businesses are not ready for the looming PSD2 deadline, Accertify has heard from a number of different sources at…
Biometrics companies raise $303M in three funding rounds as fingerprint card market matures
The most widely read news of the week in the biometrics and digital ID industry has been a trio of…
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