Mastercard partnership to capture biometrics of 30 million Africans
A joint venture by Mastercard’s Community Pass and its partner Paycode aims to capture the biometrics of 30 million individuals…
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Idemia provides selfie biometrics for remote verification of NASA collaborators
NASA is gaining the ability to verify the digital identity of partners and collaborators remotely with selfie biometrics through a…
Face, behavioral biometrics well represented on AIFinTech100
Biometrics providers are prominent on the 2021 AIFinTech100, with Jumio’s use of artificial intelligence in its ID document and selfie…
Governments adding biometrics, digitizing ID worldwide: Zimbabwe passports, China mDLs, Belarus ID cards
National ID continues to go biometric and digital around the world. Zimbabwe’s Civil Registry prepares to go digital with Semlex…
University researchers say voice biometrics can tell identical twins apart
Muscle use, emotion and psychological intent lead to differences between identical twins detectable by anti-spoofing voice biometrics tools according to…
ICO opens consultation for flow of biometric and other data out of the UK
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has opened a new consultation inviting organizations to comment on the protection of citizens’ data…
Synthetic voice industry wants as much distance from deepfakes as possible
The synthetic voice industry sees how nefarious deepfake creators have been able to define the market for realistic video animations…
Socure unveils executive promotion, award win, and AIFinTech100 listing
It is an eventful time for digital identity solutions provider Socure, with the company announcing the promotion of Pablo Abreu…
Databac, Invixium each integrate biometrics with ID cards for secure, touchless access control
ID card-maker Databac has developed a new cloud-based platform for mobile credentials, bringing the native fingerprint and face biometrics of mobile…
$200M fundraise turns Advance.AI into biometric fraud prevention unicorn
Advance.AI is working to finalize a $200 million funding round that would bestow unicorn status on the Singaporean biometric fraud…
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