W3C launches group to tackle supply chain fraud with VCs
A new initiative has been launched under the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to advance decentralized, verifiable data standards in…
Trade Notes
Trade notes refers to significant developments in the biometrics industry. This includes corporate appointments, venture capital, funding, mergers, acquisitions, litigation and launches.
Discord apologizes for Persona snafu, delays global age verification rollout
In a new blog post, Discord CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy says he’s bummed out how people interpreted language on its website…
ADVP expects digital identity consultation to play by rules of Data Act, DIATF
The row over the UK’s digital identity scheme continues to churn, as the government prepares to launch its public consultation…
ROC meets $24M target in first biometrics IPO of 2026
ROC has raised $24 million in gross proceeds from the first major biometrics IPO of 2026. The company closed the…
Persona pushes back against fears its age assurance tech isn’t secure
The increased prevalence of age checks to access certain online services has brought increased scrutiny to the age assurance sector,…
ID4Africa opens registration for 2026 AGM, releases program brief
Pan-African identity movement ID4Africa has announced the start of registration for its 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM). This year’s event…
Humanity Protocol pivots from Proof-of-Personhood but sticks with palm biometrics
Humanity Protocol, one of the companies that has followed in the footsteps of Sam Altman’s World in creating a Proof-of-Personhood…
HID reports delicate opportunity for biometrics adoption in shaky trust environment
Demand for biometrics is rising as organizations around the world strengthen their protections of user identities, even amid a notable…
ROC stock launches on Nasdaq with $24M target
Members of the public looking for an American facial recognition and forensic biometrics developer to invest in have a new…
Appeals Court confirms Clearview AI biometric data collection violates BC privacy law
A British Columbia Appeal Court will not overturn a ruling by the B.C. Supreme Court in support of the province’s…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Injection Attack Detection
- Understanding MOSIP
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection