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Acquisition-hungry Unico buys another and looks forward to more

Acquisitions are the order of the day every day for executives at Brazilian digital ID unicorn Unico. They are in…

 

Chekk pulls in another investor to expand ID verification, KYC reach

Chekk says Standard Chartered Bank has added to the digital identity and KYC firm’s apparently still-open multimillion-dollar financing round, which…

 

New integrated reference design readied for biometric mobile payments

TrinamiX and STMicroelectronics have finished their reference design for facial authentication and plan to demonstrate the innovation in September at…

 

Estonia’s AI Govstack to help other countries digitalize, offer virtual admin assistant

Estonia has one of the most advanced digital identity schemes in the world, allowing its citizens to access government services…

 

SES RFID shows off biometric smart card with sensor under PVC

The cold lamination technology acquired by SES RFID Solutions to put fingerprint biometric sensors under the PVC layer of smart…

 

4 digital identity firms appoint new VPs, Okta expands board

Several biometrics providers have completed new executive hires over the last week. NEC Corporation of America welcomed Gary Lac as…

 

GBT Technologies nears patent grant for real-time 3D biometric security for devices

GBT Technologies has received a notice of allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a patent on…

 

Liminal compares biometrics and other age verification methods, urges interoperability

Self-declaration for age as a means of controlling access to sensitive materials online is pretty much useless. Liminal starts here…

 

Passwordless authentication partnerships signed by ForgeRock with SDO, 1Kosmos with Simeio

ForgeRock announced this week it has entered a new strategic partnership with Secret Double Octopus (SDO), while 1Kosmos confirmed that…

 

Bank Pocztowy deploys digital ID, expands biometric payment cards rollout

Bank Pocztowy has signed an agreement with digitalization company Usługi Cyfrowe (a subsidiary of Poland’s national postal service Poczta Polska),…

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