Streamlined data privacy rules for businesses nearer for US, UK
The United Kingdom is closer to replicating with the U.S. a biometrics data sharing agreement it signed with South Korea…
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Suprema ID rebrands as Xperix; unveils plans to diversify
South Korean biometrics developer Suprema ID has officially changed its name to Xperix. Xperix has decided to rebrand to better…
Iris biometrics coming to three national ID programs
Iris biometrics are being added to Pakistan’s national ID system with support from Iris ID, Jordan’s via IrisGuard, and are…
Thin-film sensor partners developing finger vein biometrics
Biometrics firm Mofiria and Isorg, a French company specializing in organic photodiodes and printed electronics, have partnered to develop a…
Tech5 develops biometrics checking capability to protect printed IDs against fraud
Tech5 has launched a digital security capability using biometrics to guard against the substitution or manipulation of the facial image…
Group says doc shows Irish benefits card data collection and transparency issues known
A privacy agency in the Irish government has collected face scans from 3.2 million residents over 10 years without telling…
Digital fraud’s 20 percent rise motivates search for digital identity insights
The world has witnessed a hike in digital fraud during 2022, with attacks from cybercriminals rising 20 percent since the…
Face biometrics deployed for cardless ATM transactions at Japan’s Seven-Elevens
By as early as March 2024, Japan’s Seven Bank will allow customers to make deposits and withdrawals using facial recognition…
Live biometrics checks ‘the only way’ to prevent identity scams in finance
In a recent podcast from PaymentsJournal, Micheal Sheehy, chief compliance officer at payments firm Payoneer, pointed to large-scale recent fraud…
How advances in ID proofing and decentralization are changing the game
By Nir Stern, VP product management at AU10TIX Businesses are moving a growing number and variety of transactions online, and…
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