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Mitek and Yinda Infocomm report gains amid biometrics market consolidation

Revenues from Mitek’s biometrics, digital identity verification and mobile deposit technologies jumped by 25 percent on a year-over-year bases to…

 

Identity experts challenge the notion of new digital ID systems

What do we want from digital ID? And is it the solution for problems faced by societies across the world?…

 

Akshar Vastarpara develops battery-powered biometric scanner with Fingerprint Cards module

A new wireless, NFC-enabled fingerprint biometric scanner has been developed with Fingerprint Cards’ FPC BM-Lite capacitive sensor by hardware entrepreneur…

 

Liberia’s electoral commission seeks biometric voter registration help from Nigeria

Liberia’s government is asking Nigeria for assistance as it stands up biometric voter registration, Nigerian outlet Punch writes, with National Electoral…

 

Corsight AI’s Fortify facial recognition can now identify individuals wearing helmets and face covers

The updated Fortify platform. Credit: Corsight AI. Corsight AI has recently updated its facial recognition system Fortify to reportedly identify…

 

Mobile driver’s licenses and health IDs merging as part of a new digital wallet

In an interesting coincidence, a Chinese digital health pass is gaining broader mobile ID capabilities as a Utah mobile ID…

 

PSA completes biometrics registration of 20M Filipinos, NSIA processes more than 5M applications

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has recently completed the Step 2 biometric registration of more than 20 million residents for…

 

Using digital ID to screen potential employees in the UK

Two stakeholders coming from different perspectives are encouraging the United Kingdom towards the adoption of a digital ID-focused screening process…

 

Would you really recognize that smile anywhere? This algorithm can, say biometrics researchers

Using teeth for identification to date has mostly been a grim matter for coroners and police detectives, but researchers in…

 

New South Wales’ digital identity advisory council seeks to balance privacy, fraud protection

The government of the Australian State of New South Wales has appointed 18 members to the Digital Identity Ministerial Advisory…

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