Home Office Biometrics seeking technology delivery partner for multi-location IT service
The UK’s Home Office has posted a request seeking a technology delivery partner to work with the Home Office Biometrics…
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Umanick to promote IriTech iris recognition healthcare app in Spain
Following a successful pilot of IriTech’s iris mobile solution, Umanick will promote the biometric ID app to penetrate the biometric…
PYMNTS survey finds 52% of consumers prefer biometrics over passwords
PYMNTS has released its latest Digital Identity Tracker study, which finds that customers prefer to use “modern authentication methods” instead…
GBG to acquire IDscan Biometrics and raise up to $33.8m in share placing
Identity intelligence firm GBG has agreed conditionally to acquire identification software provider IDscan Biometrics, and raise up to £25 million…
Sighthound releases facial recognition software for mobile platforms
Sighthound announced that it has released an advanced facial recognition software for mobile handheld platforms. The company will be demonstrating…
Organizations respond to FBI’s call to exempt biometric ID database from privacy laws
Forty-six privacy, civil liberties, and immigrants’ rights organizations sent a letter to a group of senators and congressmen, urging their…
Norway’s BankID selects Encap Security platform for digital ID pilot
Encap Security announced its smart authentication platform has been selected by Norway’s mobile identity solution, BankID, for a pilot program…
Ghana’s voter registration exercise to feature biometric verification devices
Ghana’s Electoral Commission has said the upcoming voters’ register exhibition exercise — which will run from July 18 to August…
Technavio, ABI Research forecast growth in fingerprint VAR, voice recognition markets
Technavio has published new a research report titled ‘Global Fingerprint Biometrics in VAR Market 2016-2020‘, which forecasts the global fingerprint…
DHS S&T awards $199K to Factom Inc. to secure digital identity for IoT
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) recently awarded $199,000 to Austin, Texas-based blockchain technology firm…
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