Biometrics providers getting lift and seeking clarity from public policy
Collaborations on biometrics and digital wallets to assist further development related to public policy made up the top stories of…
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Kenya Huduma Namba funding almost entirely cut as UPI, digital birth registration begins
The identity landscape in Kenya continues to shift as birth registration goes digital on 1 March and funding for Huduma…
Biometrics adoption for remote identity verification expands as tech demo begins
Two biometrics studies, very different in form and subject, are the subject of widely-read articles on Biometric Update this week,…
France probes Thales subsidiary over past ID deals in Africa
A subsidiary of Thales – Thales Digital Identity and Security (Thales DIS) — known as Gemalto before the acquisition in…
Free-to-use civil registration system OpenCRVS adds features, configuration
The open-source, free-to-use civil registration and vital statistics platform OpenCRVS has introduced substantial developments in its latest version, 1.2. New…
Face and fingerprint biometrics for retail payments advancing by inches
Biometric technologies for retail payments made up a pair of the most-read articles of the week on Biometric Update, in…
Fingerprint biometrics mature for government use, mobile phone sensors and newborns
Fingerprint biometrics and innovations in national identity systems are common themes in many of the week’s most-read stories on Biometric…
New biometrics products, IP and standards on the way
New standards related to biometrics and online transactions are coming from NIST, and are behind two of the week’s most-read…
ID16.9 podcast examines role of private sector in meeting UN’s 2030 legal identity goal
The latest episode of the ID16.9 Podcast produced by Biometric Update focusses on how involved private sector companies and other…
Researcher cautions African govts against biometric surveillance without proper legislation
African governments must press on with efforts to put in place robust data protection regulations if they continue to deploy…
