Veritone buys Vision Semantics, gets Deloitte nod for growth
Veritone says it has bought video recognition company Vision Semantics and is releasing Tracker, an object video recognition tool based…
Trade Notes
Trade notes refers to significant developments in the biometrics industry. This includes corporate appointments, venture capital, funding, mergers, acquisitions, litigation and launches.
A big name enters the battle against deepfake threat
Intel says its new product, FakeCatcher, detects 96 percent of deepfakes. Executives say theirs is the first detector that works…
Seed and angel funders invest in Mexican face biometrics anti-fraud vendor
A Mexican biometric fraud prevention startup says it has closed a seed round of funding valued at $4.1 million. The…
US Army signs directive to set policies for biometrics collection, anticipate future needs
The U.S. Army has signed its first biometrics directive to consider how it will use the technology in the future,…
Liking private placements more than other debt, Idex Biometrics sells 150M shares
Executives at biometrics and authentication vendor Idex has signed a two-tranche private placement raising a total $15 million by selling…
Anonybit passwordless decentralized biometric authentication platform certified by FIDO
The end-to-end passwordless authentication platform from Anonybit, Genie, has received FIDO certification, the company announced. Genie provides a bridge between…
ID.me attempts pivot to champion of the unbanked
ID.me wants to move on from being associated with fraud, “reckless” handling of biometrics and personal information and dire customer…
Idex books $2M order of fingerprint sensors for Idemia biometric payment cards
A $2 million-plus order of fingerprint sensors has been placed with Idex Biometrics by Idemia, representing a significant step for…
AnonCreds graduate to Hyperledger project for VCs with zero-knowledge proof
Hyperledger’s AnonCreds, which add zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) capabilities to verifiable credentials, have graduated from the Hyperledger Indy project as a…
Losses widespread among digital ID and biometrics providers in tough third quarter
It was third-quarter losses for all the ID companies below. All but on-demand identity validation vendor Intellicheck saw the red…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection