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Palm vein biometrics from ePortID integrated with MNM’s physical access control

Biometric access control provider ePortID LLC has announced a “strategic teaming arrangement” with physical network infrastructure company MNM Group. A…

 

UK turns to better CCTV, facial recognition use for national knife crime strategy

The UK government has presented a new national strategy to tackle knife crime, which includes upgrading CCTV coverage to minimize…

 

TSA plans new biometric buildout for airline crew access lanes

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is seeking to expand its use of touchless identity verification technology at airports through a…

 

Massachusetts moves to pair school phone limits with tough youth social media crackdown

On Wednesday, the Massachusetts House passed a broad rewrite of Senate bill S.2581, using H.5349 as its amendment text, which…

 

PoC by Toppan, partners on tech for secure transition to PQC successful

A partnership between Toppan Holdings, Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) and Isara Corporation has developed technology…

 

Japan introduces new rules on biometric data in APPI amendment bill

Amendments are coming to Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI). The country’s cabinet has approved a bill…

 

Signzy integrates biometric KYC with Velocity FinCrime fraud, AML monitoring

Identity verification and regtech company Signzy has secured a deal to integrate its Know Your Customer (KYC) technology with Velocity…

 

Suprema launches access control reader for high-volume QR code entry

The new XPass Q2 access control reader from Suprema reflects the role QR codes have taken as a standard credential…

 

Synthetic identity fraud soared 8X in 2025: LexisNexis

Theft using synthetic identities now accounts for 11 percent of all reported fraud, making it the fastest-growing fraud type worldwide,…

 

Global Development Network launches $50K DPI inclusivity research grants

The Global Development Network (GDN) has launched a new research initiative for national teams to assess how inclusive their countries’…

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