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Enghouse acquires Aculab to integrate biometrics, cloud platform

UK-based biometrics and telecommunications technology provider Aculab has been acquired by Enghouse Holdings UK Limited to integrate cloud platform and…

 

In 2025, payments tech will bring to thee, a wallet and a passkey

‘Tis the season for trend forecasting. As 2024 draws to a close, payments firms are lobbing out predictions for what…

 

Persona’s selfie biometrics power more real-time ID verification for Dashers

DoorDash is beefing up its identity verification measures, integrating machine learning and selfie biometrics from Persona for ID re-verification of…

 

Ofcom releases online safety rules, sets compliance deadline of March 16, 2025

Ofcom has published the first major policy statement outlining final guidelines for online platforms under the Online Safety Act. The…

 

Idemia’s Australian airport biometrics upgrade contract extended by 10 years

Idemia Public Security has won a 10-year extension of a contract to upgrade systems for processing international arrivals at 8…

 

Passkeys build momentum, enabling access to 15 billion online accounts

Passkeys are a biometric security trend to watch in 2025. The FIDO Alliance themed its 11th annual FIDO Tokyo Seminar…

 

ROC latent biometrics software integrated with Smytec contactless forensic camera

U.S-based ROC and England’s Smytec have partnered to integrate their biometrics and forensics capabilities for the law enforcement market. Next-generation…

 

Bipartisan push heats up to salvage kids’ privacy bill before new Congress is seated

Last week, Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Democrat Sen. Richard Blumenthal, and a legion of supporters of the stalled-out Kids Online…

 

Digital ID for age verification in alcohol sales gets varied guises in Delhi, Istanbul, UK

On whether to allow digital ID for age assurance when buying alcohol, some countries say yes, some say no, and…

 

Sierra Leone launches mobile service to expand biometric ID issuance

A mobile biometrics enrollment initiative has been launched in Sierra Leone to facilitate access to national ID services, particularly within…

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