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MotionAnalytics takes biometric identification beyond face, fingerprint and iris

Move over faces, fingers and irises, there’s a new biometric game in town, and it’s all about motion. While the…

 

Hopae adds Polish IDV provider Identt to growing European network

Hopae has partnered with Polish identity verification provider Identt as it continues to build out its European digital identity network…

 

SecureAuth launches platform to govern AI agent identities in real time

SecureAuth has issued a release marking the launch of its Agentic Authority Platform, a real-time, zero-trust control layer for agentic…

 

Ghana moves toward mandatory biometric verification as child ID enrollment expands

Ghana is moving toward mandatory biometric verification for many public and private sector transactions while expanding child enrollment and strengthening…

 

Barbados, Guyana to accept national IDs for cross-border travel

From July 1, citizens of Barbados and Guyana who hold valid national ID cards won’t need a biometric passport to…

 

US defense bill sustains military biometric identification infrastructure

Two modest biometric funding lines in the House version of the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) point…

 

UK migrant age assessment errors intensify debate over biometric age estimation

New Home Office figures raise fresh questions about the reliability of appearance-based age assessments used at the UK border, showing…

 

London police transparency push raises more facial recognition concerns

London’s Metropolitan Police will begin releasing more body-worn camera footage as part of a transparency initiative aimed at providing greater…

 

Why decentralized digital identity looks different in every country

Governments globally are developing and launching digital identity schemes. A variety of models exist, and many of the largest are…

 

ROC tops NIST fingerprint identification benchmark

New results from NIST’s Friction Ridge Image and Features Technology Evaluation One-to-Many (FRIF TE E1N) place ROC at the top…

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