Kenyans’ efforts to improve digital ID prominent among Good ID Awards
The Good ID Awards for 2021 have been announced, with four winners in each Accountability, Inclusion, Privacy and Security. The…
Articles By Katya Pivcevic
Katya Pivcevic wrote for Biometric Update from October, 2020 until November, 2021, while living in the UK.
UK immigration bill proposing biometric data collection from millions faces criticism
The recently updated Nationality and Borders Bill set out by the UK Home Office includes plans to introduce an Electronic…
iProov partners to bring face biometrics to Eurostar, fight against online fakes
International rail service Eurostar will begin a two-week trial of facial recognition-based immigration system whereby enrolled passengers will not need…
Technical issues hit EU biometric border plan, potentially delaying 2022 launch
The EU’s updated biometric border control system, Entry/Exit System (EES), is suffering massive technical and organizational problems, and looks to…
Auraya updates ArmorVox voice biometric suite with confidence scores
Auraya has announced the release of newly updated voice biometrics software suite ArmorVox to add a confidence scoring system and…
Face biometric payments launch at scale in Moscow Metro
Moscow’s metro system has seen the launch of a new biometric facial recognition payment system, Face Pay, at over 240…
After acquisition spree, Entrust plans turnkey traveler ID, payments solutions
Minnesota-based Entrust has spent the past year expanding and accelerating company growth by boosting its secure digital ID solutions infrastructure and…
Non-biometric EU ID cards no longer valid to enter the UK
Crossing the UK border with a national identity card is no longer possible for EU, EEA and Swiss citizens, as…
iDenfy selfie biometrics to help secure blockchain ecosystem for clinical trials
iDenfy has joined forces with blockchain solutions expert Triall to help ensure smooth-running clinical trials with biometric facial verification. Netherlands-based Triall is…
Sensory speech recognition for children could transform apps, wearables and education tech
Sensory has released a custom trained speech recognition model designed to understand the unique linguistic patterns in children’s speech. The model…
