Concerns raised as Uganda plans DNA upgrade for biometric ID cards
Uganda’s next digital national ID card will add DNA biometrics to improve identity verification for service delivery, according to Kenyan…
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European Commission extends deadline for digital identity framework proposals
The European Commission has pushed back the deadline for the second wave of Digital Europe Programme proposals that includes the European…
Taiwan digital COVID certificates add national ID for identity verification
Taiwan’s COVID-19 certificate of vaccination and test results now includes the bearer’s national ID number, according to the Taipei Times….
Vida raises over $47M to address digital ID in Southeast Asia, investment market still hot
Vida, an Indonesian digital identity startup, raised $47.67 million in a funding round to help it meet the rising demand…
Innovatrics and Blaize partner up for facial recognition security at the edge
Innovatrics partners with edge computing and artificial intelligence (AI) company Blaize to build facial recognition applications for physical access control and…
Biometrics providers continue to bring leadership talent in (or back)
Jumio, Socure, Veriff, OCR Labs, and SITA have each taken on new talent, including three c-suite executives and two regional…
Google debuts Wallet, new Pixel Watch and Phone at I/O event
At Google’s I/O developer conference this week, the company released its Wallet for Android, with plans for biometrically secured digital…
Innovatrics updates ABIS, launches Android biometrics app
Slovakia-based Innovatrics has updated its Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) with an enhanced iris recognition algorithm and an Android app…
Teen takes top 10 spot in MIT program with biometric inclusive ID project
An Illinois teen is getting recognition for a biometrics innovation of hers to help indigent people globally identify themselves to…
Pindrop presents three research papers on voice biometrics, speech recognition at ICASSP
Three research papers from Pindrop have been presented at the 2022 International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, & Signal Processing (ICASSP), and indicate…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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- Online Age Assurance
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