Passbase raises $13.5M to improve digital ID security for cryptocurrency
Passbase has announced a $10 million Series A funding round, as well as unveiling a previously unannounced $3.5 million Seed-2…
Trade Notes
Trade notes refers to significant developments in the biometrics industry. This includes corporate appointments, venture capital, funding, mergers, acquisitions, litigation and launches.
Crunch time for user-centric digital identity with DID spec fight
‘Identity Woman’ Kaliya Young is optimistic about the near future of user-controlled digital identity, perhaps in the form of self-sovereign…
Expertise added in security by Alcatraz, biometrics by Rank One, philanthropy by Simprints
A trio of biometrics providers have announced new appointments, with Alcatraz AI unveiling a new VP, Simprints adding an advisor…
Microsoft-Nuance buyout deal slowed by regulator; GBG-Acuant completed
In selling and please-let-me-buy news, an ID-verification firm was sold by a U.S. private equity firm to UK-based GB Group,…
SimplyPayMe integrates Smart Engines OCR into payment app
Smart Engines has entered a new partnership with payments company SimplyPayMe to integrate its computer-vision document scanning capabilities to support…
Scaled-back $767M SenseTime IPO launches in Hong Kong
The much-anticipated SenseTime initial public offering, set to be the largest-yet for a China-based facial recognition firm, has a target…
Jumio acquires 4Stop, integrates data sources to further build out biometric KYX Platform
Jumio has acquired strategic partner 4Stop, which provides orchestration along with a data marketplace for compliance and fraud prevention technologies,…
Military, spy contracts for biometric systems have caught the industry eye
A pair of biometrics and identity vendors have announced organizational changes they hope will bring them sensitive and classified contracts…
Socure targets public sector expansion with hiring of an ex Federal CIO chief
Digital identity verification and fraud detection firm Socure has set its sights on further expansion into the public sector by…
TBS, dormakaba partner to target biometric physical access control adoption
TBS AG announced it has expanded its partnership with dormakaba, a provider of security and access solutions. The two companies,…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection