Certn nets $50M investment for biometric background screening
Certn has raised US$50 million in a series B round to invest in its product line, which verifies identities with face…
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Checkout.com buying biometric ID verification startup ubble to secure online payments
British cloud payments company Checkout.com wants strong ID verification and more security from fraud for its clients, and it thinks…
Meta temporarily cuts photo filters to sidestep biometric data privacy lawsuits
Meta executives have shut off some avatars and filters for their Texas and Illinois subscribers. Both states have laws restricting…
Many small investments add up to $17m for biometric gun maker Biofire
Firearms with biometric safeties have been discussed for years with little to show for the brainstorming. But this week, a…
Incode selected by hotel group to develop seamless processes with biometrics
Incode Technologies has been selected by global luxury hospitality company Jumeirah Group to innovate guest experiences and reduce time-consuming processes with…
Avarta brings biometric digital wallet to Indonesian crypto exchange collaboration
Avarta, a decentralized finance and identity firm that offers a cryptocurrency wallet secured with biometrics from FaceTec, will work with…
Aratek launches management system for mobile devices used in digital ID programs
Aratek has introduced an all-in-one solution for managing the mobile devices used for remote biometrics enrollment or identity verification in digital…
Plurilock biometrics secure Amazon WorkSpaces; $1.4M in sales for subsidiary
Plurilock’s zero-trust cybersecurity solution with biometrics will be available for Amazon WorkSpaces virtual sessions, the company said. It also confirmed…
Apple granted patent for under-display optical biometric sensor
Apple has been granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for an under-display bundling of…
Big jump in public face biometric dataset size
A large team of researchers overwhelmingly from China says it has created new million-scale facial recognition benchmark. They claim in…
