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Thales-backed startup incubator accepts new crop to fight driver drowsiness, upgrade vehicle tech

Software République, a technology incubator founded by Thales and partners, has announced the second batch of startups accepted into the…

 

Response time of Philippines’ digital ID portal for transport recovering

The Land Transportation Office in Manila, Philippines, announced its Land Transportation Management System portal has recovered following a couple of…

 

US state lawmakers look at biometrics for voting, say it’s just not ready

There are just too many fingerprints for election officials in the state of Arkansas to reliably be matched with computing…

 

Biometric access control options grow with new partnership, launches and integrations

Biometrics are being built into an ever-increasing range of access control solutions, with the latest crop covering fingerprint, face and…

 

Fast e-commerce settlement play with selfie, behavioral biometrics pulls in $51.5M

A biometric and financial-security startup is offering a potential answer to how to make online sales and fend off fraudsters,…

 

India turns to fingerprint biometric liveness to stem spoof attacks on Aadhaar payments

A new liveness detection feature for fingerprint authentications is being introduced as part of the Aadhaar-enabled payment system to prevent…

 

Serpro signs up Persona for Brazilian biometric ID verification database

Brazil’s federal government is working on biometric identity verification infrastructure that would act as a backstop for businesses looking for…

 

Nigeria commission explains removal of voters from biometric registry and fends off rumors

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission is explaining the removal of millions of partially-registered voters from the registry as incomplete online…

 

Digitalization moves forward in India with Aadhaar biometrics for more gov services online

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in India has issued a new notification that allows citizens to access…

 

Biometric authentication use in US businesses tripled over 3 years to tackle cyber threats

The use of biometric authentication in U.S. businesses has almost tripled from 27 percent in 2019 to 79 percent in…

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