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Green Packet to pay $10M for biometrics provider Xendity as firms partner up for remote ID checks

Malaysian tech company Green Packet Berhad has acquired biometric eKYC specialist Xendity for $10 million to boost its identity verification capabilties,…

 

Test shows Infinity Optics True Biometric Hash enables face recognition to meet privacy standards

An independent test by Horangi Cyber Security reports that Infinity Optics’ technology creates no detectable biometric information in the outcoming…

 

Australian rights advocates criticize use of facial biometrics by police, government

Australian Human Rights Commissioner Edward Santow is pushing for more rigorous facial recognition regulation to prevent law enforcement from abusing…

 

Public sector payroll reform for Liberia and Zimbabwe, Côte d’Ivoire voter registration: biometrics in Africa this week

In biometrics and digital identity across Africa this week, civil servant pay is something of a theme as countries successfully…

 

iProov and HooYu announce new partners, IDnow expands UK presence, Socure launches KYC solution

iProov has partnered with regtech specialist NorthRow to bring its biometric facial authentication for onboarding and transactions to the property, professional…

 

Washington is worried that COVID-19 will infect mobile banking via cybercrime

The FBI has issued an alert saying that agents anticipate mobile banking exploits attacking businesses and consumers. Agency officials are…

 

Amazon pauses sale of facial biometrics to police while advocates push Microsoft and Ring to follow

Amazon has put a one-year moratorium on direct sales of its biometric facial recognition service to law enforcement to allow for…

 

Proposal would ban warrantless facial biometrics on U.S. police body cameras, use on protestors questioned

Among the changes proposed in The Justice in Policing Act recently unveiled by House Democrats in the U.S. is a ban…

 

New standard will address jurisdictional and societal considerations for biometric applications

This is a guest post by Antoinette Price, Co-editor of IEC e-tech magazine. As global connectivity increases, we need to…

 

Biometric voter list in Ghana draws long lines and criticism, ID4Africa webinar series launch a hit

Innovation from and for the continent is one running theme in this week’s African biometrics news round-up, while issues around…

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