Two new funds – one for digital ID access management, one for trust tech
Fifty million is the biometrics funding number of the day. In the United States, Ping Ventures, a new corporate venture…
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Fingerprint Cards appoints acting Board Chair after Carlström found guilty of insider trading
Johan Carlström is leaving Fingerprint Cards’ Board of Directors after being found guilty of insider trading and sentenced to a…
U of Nebraska prepares to do whole-body biometric recognition from far-off sensors
Researchers in the U.S. state of Nebraska are preparing for biometric experiments to test facial and whole-body recognition. The Defense…
Scot committee likes Biometrics Commissioner’s data ideas; suggests he expand vision
Having drafted a code of practice for biometric use by three Scottish law enforcement agencies earlier this month, that nation’s…
Microsoft restricts facial recognition services, sunsets facial analysis
Microsoft has released their Responsible AI Standard, a framework to guide the company’s work in artificial intelligence. Calling it “an…
Ethiopia’s Zemichael on delivery of 70M digital IDs by 2025, lessons drawn from ID4Africa
The Executive Director of Ethiopia’s national ID program, Yodahe Zemichael, says the country is well on course to reach 70…
Suprema ID appoints sales rep to target aviation market with biometric passport scanner
Pascal Thomas has joined Suprema ID as a sales representative for digital document readers for the global market, in a…
SITA expands airport biometrics portfolio with new partnership, self-serve solutions
The air transportation industry continues to invest heavily in digitization and IT infrastructure, with the announcement that SITA and Skyports…
Idemia exec says new innovations could improve biometric data privacy at EU borders
EU Member States and biometrics vendors are broadly ready to implement the Entry/Exit System as it comes online, as seen…
Big little investment: $3M in seed for digital ID startup Allthenticate
As seed financing goes, the just-completed round for passwordless digital ID authentication startup Allthenticate is notable. The company took brought…
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