Improved digital ID number slip, mobile app to ease Nigeria’s SIM registration
Nigeria’s federal government has moved to ease the procurement of biometrics-backed national identifications numbers (NINs) and the process of linking…
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Biometric authentication startup Ondato expands in Europe with $2M funding
Ondato, a Lithuanian biometric authentication software company, is expanding its presence across Europe in France, Germany, Spain and in the…
NJ man wrongfully arrested based on facial recognition sues police and prosecutors
A New Jersey man has filed a civil rights lawsuit against police and prosecutors alleging racial profiling and misconduct in…
Disruption boosts new markets for biometrics as digital ID undergoes shock evolution
A review of the top article of each month from 2020 on Biometric Update shows the top themes of the…
Fime Product Manager says biometrics testing efficiency improving with AI
As biometric applications multiply across a variety of sectors worldwide, smartphones remain the main medium through which these technologies are…
Selfies for sale: Stolen data for biometric spoofs available on mainstream internet
Some advice about biometrics from a fraudster discovered by Montreal-based cybersecurity firm Flare Systems: “Major cryptocurrency exchanges like Coinbase have…
Africa’s digital ID authorities revisit strategy to build new enrollment models
For a range of reasons, 2020 was set to be a big year in the development of digital identity systems…
EU border agency says biometrics interoperability framework includes robust safeguards
eu-LISA is set to play a crucial role in the facilitation of interoperability in Europe, with its management of a…
Cameroon plans to introduce a biometric youth card in 2021, but is it ready?
Cameroon, like a number of other countries across Africa, is gradually delving into and embracing biometrics and digital identity. This…
PayByFace CEO discusses biometric payments, privacy and expansion plans
PayByFace has spent the past year significantly ramping up its biometric payments for in-store purchases, raising the profile of its…
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