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CyberLink unveils new facial recognition integrations for POS kiosks, video surveillance

CyberLink’s FaceMe facial recognition platform, which has been deployed across sectors from retail to banking and security, has signed a…

 

Italy okays digital ID for SIM activation, Namibia and Mauritania race to meet deadlines

The telecommunications regulatory body in Italy (AGCOM) says it is now possible for network providers to activate SIM cards using…

 

Race, gender bias in matching algorithm remain – DHS report

An annual U.S. Homeland Security study of bias in commercial biometric software, released in August, suggest similar results found in…

 

Ethiopia to give refugees digital ID to improve living conditions

Ethiopia is planning to issue digital ID to refugees, in what could be the first program of its kind to…

 

Ondato report identifies fake printed ID documents as a favorite tool for crypto fraud

A new report from Ondato, a KYC and AML compliance management firm based in London, finds that digital identity fraud…

 

Zwipe to contribute to EMVCo’s Biometric on Card initiative

Zwipe has joined EMVCo, the global body for technical standards supporting payment card interoperability and acceptance, as a subscriber to…

 

Georgia rolls out facial recognition to upgrade border control

Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has announced the deployment of a biometric border control system that will use facial recognition…

 

Nigeria reaches 57% in special birth registration drive targeting 12M children

The National Population Commission of Nigeria (NPC) says its teams have attained 57 percent coverage of a digital birth registration…

 

Fund non-technical parts of digital public infrastructure for best results: DIAL

Sustainable financing is needed to make sure that digital identity and other pieces of digital pubic infrastructure deliver the promised…

 

Reviews show Australia curbed investment in nascent digital ID system

The long-term funding for Australia’s national digital ID system is in doubt, with the release of gateway reviews from 2021…

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