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AuthID raises $8.2M in share sale, renegotiates $8.9M of debt

AuthID, a provider of digital identity authentication solutions, has raised $8.2 million in its latest share offering. The deal saw…

 

Sonavation files for Ch. 11 reorganization; faces market without buyers

A United States company that designs and develops ultrasound biometric fingerprint scanners has filed for reorganization in the southern district…

 

A lot rides on biometric gun safes in schools. Their effectiveness is debatable

Startup safe maker 360 Life Safety says its biometric gun safes will keep weapons out of schools. The company, in…

 

White paper on digital ID aims to help increase trust before widespread adoption

Digital identity can be a confounding concept for the general public. To help define digital ID in a way that…

 

Microsoft outlines approach to regulating risks of its biometric tech

Microsoft has highlighted some of the risks of unpoliced biometric adoption, discussing some of the strategies it uses to manage…

 

UK MPs examine Met police use of facial recognition

The facial recognition system used by the UK’s largest police force is “very accurate”  but when live facial recognition is…

 

Worldcoin biometric crypto initiative raises $115M

Tools for Humanity, the company behind the Worldcoin cryptocurrency project that relies on biometric identification, announced it has raised $115…

 

Idex raises $11M for commercialization, partners to speed biometric card deployments

Fingerprint biometrics firm Idex Biometrics has raised NOK 125 million ($11 million) via the sale of 147 million new shares…

 

Facephi enters Saudi Arabia and UAE markets with Qashio, gets AWS approval

Facephi has entered the Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates markets as part of a bundling deal with UAE expense-management…

 

Socure advances in StateRAMP, posts digital ID playbook

Leaders of U.S. states victimized by pandemic-related benefits fraud – and that would be all 50 states – are motivated…

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