New South Wales allocates AU$52.6M for national biometric system rollout
The state government of New South Wales has allocated AU$52.6 million (US$38.8 million) over four years, beginning in 2018-2019, to…
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Signicat integrates Belgian eID itsme to extend digital identity service across Europe
Signicat has partnered with Belgian Mobile ID to integrate the itsme digital identity scheme with its Digital Identity Platform, enabling…
Indian IT Minister says Aadhaar saves government millions per year, backs 880 million bank accounts
Indian IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad defended the Aadhaar program at a ministry conference and declined to say what the…
Acuant integrates selfie and ID document verification with Experian fraud prevention platform
Acuant is integrating its Assure ID with Experian’s CrossCore to bring its machine learning-powered facial recognition and ID document verification…
NEC responds to Australian biometrics services contract termination
NEC has responded to the recent cancelation of its biometric identity services (BIS) contract with the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission…
Driver’s license photos increasingly used by U.S. police for identification with facial recognition
Police in Hagerstown, Maryland have arrested a robbery suspect identified by comparing a photo from Instagram to the State’s database…
Czech bank adopts Nuance voice biometrics for secure and easy contact center authentication
Voice biometrics technology from Nuance Communications has been adopted by the Czech Republic’s largest bank, Česká spořitelna to increase the…
Google to open its first Africa AI research center in Ghana
Google has opened an AI research center in Ghana’s capital of Accra, to take advantage of the cities educational ecosystem…
European Council receives mandate to develop framework for biometric data interoperability
The Permanent Representatives Committee of the European Council has endorsed a mandate for talks on two regulations to provide a…
OneLogin and ShoCard partner to add blockchain to unified access management service
OneLogin has partnered with blockchain identity management company ShoCard to add blockchain to the biometric, geo-fencing, and mobility capabilities of…
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