Pakistan launches digital wallet for financial inclusion on back of biometric SIM registry
Pakistan’s government has unveiled a plan to bring 50 million people into the financial system by leveraging the country’s biometric…
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Biometric mass surveillance pitched in alleged Huawei company materials
Huawei’s involvement in tracking Chinese citizens has come under renewed scrutiny regarding the use of biometric identification systems. The Washington…
Committee urges UK gov to halt voter ID bill as requirement could reduce turnout
The Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC), a group of cross-party MPs, has urged the government to stop…
Nigerian telco 9Mobile to enroll biometrics of 10M rural residents for national ID
Nigeria’s federal government has appointed 9Mobile to register at least 10 million people living in rural areas for national identity…
MIT researchers introduce approach to biometrics, ML on low-resource devices
Two research groups at MIT have discovered a way of reducing memory usage of machine learning algorithms on edge devices that use…
SentryCard integrates with HID Global for employee access control
Sentry Enterprises and HID Global have partnered to combine their leading employee biometrics and physical and logical access control systems. The…
Hundreds of millions worldwide become eligible for biometric passports
Zimbabwe and Pakistan launch biometric passports while nations push for better service and support for their citizens overseas. Malawi terminates…
US government leans into airport biometrics, providers envision automation options
An executive order signed this week by U.S. President Joe Biden could boost funding for the Transportation Security Administration’s biometric…
Fourthline, INTERPOL and AML collaborators identify 18K money mules
A crackdown on money laundering in Europe by a Europol-coordinated group and utilizing Fourthline’s digital identity and fraud prevention technologies…
OpenBCI raise funds to further biometric mixed reality platform development
Neurotech firm OpenBCI has announced a new investment of an undisclosed amount, attracting Bitkraft Ventures, re.Mind, and NaHCO3 to back…
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