Facial recognition avoided by Spanish smart city project, planned in Dominican, Indonesia, Brazil
Police in Marbella, Spain are using computer vision analysis of gait, clothes gender, and hair color, but not biometric facial…
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UK pilot of fingerprint biometric payment fob from G+D and Visa begins
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is trialing a fingerprint biometric fob for authenticating payments by its customers in the UK,…
Police facial recognition ruling appealed in Wales, ban delayed in Portland, trial halt requested in Macau
Pushback against facial recognition use by police sits at various stages in countries around the world this week. A Welsh…
Scottish Justice Secretary talks ethics, calls biometrics bill “narrow”
As Scotland is looking into new legislation for the role of biometrics commissioner, Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf believes the use…
Police in Miami, India, Macau expand facial recognition use amid further warnings
The Miami-Dade County Police Department (MDPD), Florida’s largest police force, is seeking to join the many departments in the state…
Apple patents and Mastercard lead this week’s top biometrics and digital ID news
Innovations and new projects by major global corporations such as Mastercard, Apple, and NEC are sprinkled throughout the top stories…
IDnow biometric ID checks used by most top German fintechs
Biometric identification and eSigning provider IDnow is currently delivering online identification and verification assistance for nine of the 15 top…
Governments urged to consider biometrics regulation, laws and oversight as some investigate
The use of facial recognition, along with other technologies related to weapons and security, are being investigated by the House…
IDnow joins FIDO Alliance to help boost online transaction security
Biometric identification and eSigning provider IDnow has come aboard the FIDO Alliance, alongside tech giants such as Google, Amazon, Softbank,…
OneSpan integrates with Avaloq to bring fraud detection to more banks
Global fintech leader Avaloq has integrated anti-fraud technology from OneSpan into its cloud-based banking platform to enable banks to secure…
