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Fingerprint Cards targets new biometrics markets with mobile capacitive bounce-back ahead

Moving back to Sweden to take over as the CEO of Fingerprint Cards was a big change for Ted Hansson…

 

Instagram takes Yoti facial age estimation to Europe, Australia, Canada, Japan

Meta Platforms is continuing its pilot of age verification via facial age estimation technology from UK firm Yoti in a…

 

Biometric anti-spoofing handbook updated with liveness competitions, legislative impact

The Handbook of Biometric Anti-Spoofing has been updated, with the third edition published by Springer to provide comprehensive and authoritative…

 

It’s been an ugly six months for identity theft and data breaches

A look back at U.S. security debacles in 2022, combined with a “major incident” this year, is doing nothing to…

 

Analyzing the impact of the BIPA claim accrual decision

By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney On February 17, 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court definitively resolved…

 

Kenya Huduma Namba funding almost entirely cut as UPI, digital birth registration begins

The identity landscape in Kenya continues to shift as birth registration goes digital on 1 March and funding for Huduma…

 

Digital identity market poised for massive growth, but not in the US

If a new industry research paper is correct, digital ID apps are going to boom. Juniper Research says the 2.3…

 

Oversight may become common feature of facial recognition policies for police

The 2023 crop of biometric surveillance legislation in North American is trying to find a balance between public safety and…

 

Partners join forces to enhance digital payment experience with biometrics

A pair of partnerships have been formed to bring biometrics to payments, one in Asia Pacific and another in the…

 

Digital wallets beyond $16T in payments; banks want to handle identity transactions too

The launch by the Linux Foundation Europe of the global OpenWallet Foundation  (OWF) drive to create an open-source engine –…

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