Brazilian facial recognition payment startup joins Mastercard accelerator program
Payface, an up and coming facial recognition payment firm in Brazil has been selected among eight other companies for the…
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Airports deploy biometric gates and travel apps to streamline passenger, staff checks
Attendees of the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA’s) recent Ground Handling Conference were urged to use biometrics and consumer apps…
Mastercard partners on Brazilian student digital ID to support remote exams
Mastercard has launched a digital identity partnership to secure the legitimacy of academic examination results in Brazil. The partnership between Mastercard,…
Facial recognition in schools: systems deployed in Europe and the US amid privacy concerns
New facial recognition systems are being deployed across school campuses around the world, while others are being removed amidst privacy…
Biometric boarding for Brasilia and Newark airports
The adoption of biometrics by airports continues to develop at pace as the contactless approach is hoped to appeal to…
Brazilian startup Unico raises $120M for face biometrics-powered authentication
Brazilian biometric identity authentication provider Unico has raised 625 million reals (US$120.27 million) in a funding round led by General…
Brazil’s Bahia State contracts $131M facial recognition system to tackle criminality
Bahia State Governor Rui Costa has okayed the disbursement of funds for the deployment of a facial recognition surveillance system…
Integrated Biometrics partner Akiyama wins Brazil Federal Police contract
The Federal Police of Brazil have purchased 1,500 fingerprint scanners made by Integrated Biometrics after a recent bid. The order…
Brazil’s pilot of Idemia face biometrics advances to simultaneous operation at capital airports
An air shuttle service between Brazilian state capitals São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro is testing an end-to-end biometric solution…
Rights group says there’s no transparency in face biometrics use by Brazilian government
Human rights activists are concerned that a data-processing agency in Brazil’s federal government is not adequately protecting against anti-transgender bias…
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