Mobey Forum expert group to focus study on digital identity for pandemic management and recovery
The role of digital identity in helping life to continue through online channels will receive more focus from the Mobey…
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Swiss bank-note printer acquires stake in Procivis to build digital identity “one-stop shop”
The venerable company that holds a monopoly on printing money in Switzerland made a strategic investment in Procivis, which specializes…
Biometrics in Africa this week: Idemia suspension in Kenya overturned, local solutions sought for cybercrime
Kenya’s biometric past and present are covered this week from multiple angles. Its electoral commission will continue to use the…
Biometrics deployments and growth stats roll in as businesses and governments adapt to crisis
Britain’s biometrics industry is booming, as businesses turn to fingerprints and other modalities to enable secure access to private corporate…
UNHCR moving biometrics to contactless iris-only in some countries after successful testing
UNHCR, the UN’s Refugee Agency, has piloted contactless iris biometrics in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Zambia and Malawi, according to a newly-published…
Next Biometrics to further cut costs and headcount to mitigate COVID-19 impact on fingerprint business
Next Biometrics is undertaking another set of cost reduction steps to optimize its fingerprints business in the face of challenges…
Idex Biometrics to supply fingerprint sensors for Zwipe payment platform for new card solution
Idex Biometrics will provide its fingerprint sensor products for integration with the Zwipe Pay ONE platform to offer a complete…
Chinese companies push AI, biometric thermal imaging tech for U.S. deployment amid COVID-19
Chinese AI tech developer Rokid is negotiating with U.S. companies to sell its thermal imaging glasses with biometrics to U.S….
Yoti, Synetics introduce biometric digital identity and e-KYC risk assessment onboarding project for banks
Yoti and Synectics Solutions have jointly developed Project Endeavour, a real-time electronic digital identity and e-KYC risk assessment onboarding solution…
Foundational role of biometrics for digital identity credentials discussed in IBIA paper
The International Biometrics + Identity Association (IBIA) has published a report examining the transition which is beginning towards the use…
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