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Plurilock closes a smaller second tranche of debt amidst a lot of corporate activity

It has been a busy couple of months for Canadian behavioral biometrics firm Plurilock and its new subsidiaries. Try to…

 

US customs agency finds its face biometrics program is meeting expectations

It seems it is all good news for the U.S. Traveler Verification Service following an evaluation of privacy policies and…

 

San Francisco cops a step closer to formalized access to private surveillance camera feeds

A final vote is still forthcoming, but San Francisco, famous for beckoning people to travel there with flowers in their…

 

Liberian agencies spar over alleged irregularities of biometric voter card contract decision

The review of Ekemp’s contract to provide biometric voter registry cards for Liberians continues, with back-and-forth communications between the government’s…

 

Onfido, ComplyCube upgrade biometric solutions for faster, easier KYC checks

Onfido and ComplyCube have announced upgrades to their ID verification platforms for seamless and speedy KYC checks. Onfido says it…

 

UK passwordless authentication guidelines include FIDO2 and MFA biometrics

The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published new guidelines to help businesses adopt passwordless authentication, including biometrics and…

 

GSA calls for assessment of demographic factors on biometric proofing checks

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is planning a research study assessing the impact of demographic factors on biometric and…

 

Deepfakes detected via reverse modeling of the vocal tract are ‘comically’ non-human

Scientists have long been researching what sorts of sounds a dinosaur made or how a person’s voice may sound based…

 

Workshop on face image quality added to IFPC event as biometrics standard progresses

A second edition of the Face Image Quality Workshop hosted last November by the European Association for Biometrics will be…

 

PayByFace expansion brings retail biometrics to South Africa, India, UAE, US

Romanian biometric firm PayByFace has deployed its face recognition-powered payment solutions in South Africa, India, UAE, and the U.S. The…

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