Digital Credentials API first draft published by W3C
A first public working draft of the Digital Credentials API from W3C has been published by the Federated Identity Working…
Trade Notes
Trade notes refers to significant developments in the biometrics industry. This includes corporate appointments, venture capital, funding, mergers, acquisitions, litigation and launches.
Potential Consortium nears end of digital wallet pilots
Potential, one of the consortia selected to run large-scale pilots for the upcoming EU Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet, is preparing…
Namirial and Signaturit to form new group
E-signature and trust services company Signaturit is joining Namirial Group. The two European trust solutions and digital transaction management (DTM)…
Canada directs Hikvision to stop local operations
Canada has ordered Hikvision Canada to cease all operations in the country and close its Canadian business. Canada’s Industry Minister…
IN Groupe completes acquisition of Idemia Smart Identity
The deal is done: French document printing institution IN Groupe has completed its acquisition of Idemia Smart Identity, the biometrics…
New VP Sales at Tech5 USA, Idex Biometrics CFO resigns
Tech5 has appointed Gary Newlin as Vice President, Sales at TECH5 USA. Newlin is expected to expand the company’s footprint…
Fingerprint Cards appoints 2 board members, plans reverse stock split
Fingerprint Cards is making changes to it leadership and consolidating shares as it continues a transition from specializing in biometric…
Edge facial recognition chip-maker Ambarella considering sale: report
Chip-maker Ambarella, which specializes in semiconductors for edge AI computer vision, self-driving cars and driver monitoring and facial recognition is…
OCR Studio launches industrial text-scanning capability
A new optical character recognition technology for scanning documents in challenging environments has been developed by OCR Studio to support…
Biometrics Institute industry survey gathers professional insights
The Biometrics Institute is inviting industry professionals to participate in its 16th annual industry survey. The Institute notes that it…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection